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Madwolf · 02-02-2018, 12:17 PM

It's all about Market size. The video game Hockey Market is small, and if you want to tap into it you're going to need the NHL license and a AAA effort to snag enough of the small market to be profitable.

The first year or two the of the game are going to make it tough to earn your money back, and unfortunately the guys running these companies are only interested in what rakes in maximum profits. Diving into the hockey market just means taking a risk for a small potential return. In the current economy of Big Data, and 0 risks that's just not going to fly for most people in charge of marking share holders money.

EA Sports downsized the NHL team a few years ago when they started the UFC team, and has never really looked back. There is very little reason for them to give the Vancouver based team anything to work with for NHL when they're making money hand over fist on FIFA and can just dump even more resources into that instead.

Sure, they could use the FIFA profits to help out the NHL Franchise, but then you're not thinking like a modern businessman.

02-02-2018, 12:17 PM	#2
Madwolf MVP OVR: 9 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Louisville, KY	Re: A New NHL Series game. It's all about Market size. The video game Hockey Market is small, and if you want to tap into it you're going to need the NHL license and a AAA effort to snag enough of the small market to be profitable. The first year or two the of the game are going to make it tough to earn your money back, and unfortunately the guys running these companies are only interested in what rakes in maximum profits. Diving into the hockey market just means taking a risk for a small potential return. In the current economy of Big Data, and 0 risks that's just not going to fly for most people in charge of marking share holders money. EA Sports downsized the NHL team a few years ago when they started the UFC team, and has never really looked back. There is very little reason for them to give the Vancouver based team anything to work with for NHL when they're making money hand over fist on FIFA and can just dump even more resources into that instead. Sure, they could use the FIFA profits to help out the NHL Franchise, but then you're not thinking like a modern businessman.