| Hynad said: Rpruett: I find this quite hypocritical of you to complain about the "stagnation" of Mario games when you yourself own multiple editions of NHL and especially NFL games. ¬_¬ |
Ah. A 'Sports' hater. Whatever floats your boat man, right?
Although you are getting an incorrect picture. I may own plenty of sports games, but if you are truly asking me if I WANT to? No, I don't. I hate EA Sports with a passion due in large part to how they nickle and dime and screw over their loyal sports fanbase.
Madden (For example) has monopolized the NFL. So as a pretty avid football fan, If I want to get my football fix for the football season or whenever, I HAVE to purchase Madden. Additionally, with the yearly team updates...real life free agency movement...roster updates...incoming rookie class...etc they make it very hard to keep playing a specific Madden for any great period of time because within a year or two it's totally out-dated and they purposefully don't allow you to upgrade with updated rosters. (And I'm not a PC Madden player).
I loved the Sega Sports versions of the NFL games prior to the arrival of the NFL monopoly and I supported them heavily. As they hit the market at 20$ brand new and were a superior game to Madden. This prompted the NFL / EA into an exclusive agreement.
Trust me, I wish I could play Madden 2007 on PS2 with all the features it had with a current roster.
Lastly, for as stale as sports franchises are often made and for as much as I hate how they operate them. I could drastically show a difference in terms of a 1996 Madden game to a 2010 one. In terms of gameplay, complexity, features, online versus, online co-op, online franchise, etc. A difference that flat out, you don't really see from Mario 64-Mario Galaxy.
