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Cod · 02-05-2025, 09:59 PM

Great, well-written article.

I don't know of any sports sim that gets the financial system "right". The closest I've seen for baseball is OOTP, but even it can't handle deferments at all. The financial systems for all sports are so intricate and change every CBA, I'm not sure if we'll ever see a great solution.

Also, it's very hard for game developers to keep up with the trends because sports teams pay some very smart people a lot of money to find these trends before they become one. By the time game developers figure out how to implement something, the league has moved to a new fad. So the value is just not there from a business perspective.

02-05-2025, 09:59 PM	#6
Cod MVP OVR: 10 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fort Worth, TX	Re: MLB The Show Franchise Mode Can't Handle the Dodgers (And Neither Can the MLB) Great, well-written article. I don't know of any sports sim that gets the financial system "right". The closest I've seen for baseball is OOTP, but even it can't handle deferments at all. The financial systems for all sports are so intricate and change every CBA, I'm not sure if we'll ever see a great solution. Also, it's very hard for game developers to keep up with the trends because sports teams pay some very smart people a lot of money to find these trends before they become one. By the time game developers figure out how to implement something, the league has moved to a new fad. So the value is just not there from a business perspective.