Where Is A New Fight Night Game?

[SHAKYR]

Excellent article and thank you very much for writing this because I was really frustrate that a site like Operation Sports wasn't doing anything about boxing when there are developers who watch this site and listen(read) to what is being said. Your articles do make noise in the sports gaming industry.

[DJ]

What's also hurting the Fight Night series is that boxing's most marketable star, Floyd Mayweather Jr., is likely going to retire after this year. Outside of Canelo Alvarez, I don't see a lot of fighters brimming with star potential.

The UFC has marketable fighters like Ronda Rousey, Jon Jones, Connor McGregor, etc., that carry more name recognition that 99% of today's current boxers.

[JayBee74]

Quote: Originally Posted by DJ

What's also hurting the Fight Night series is that boxing's most marketable star, Floyd Mayweather Jr., is likely going to retire after this year. Outside of Canelo Alvarez, I don't see a lot of fighters brimming with star potential. The UFC has marketable fighters like Ronda Rousey, Jon Jones, Connor McGregor, etc., that carry more name recognition that 99% of today's current boxers.

I've never heard of any of them. Guess I need to hang out at the MMA forum to learn some of them.

So much for name recognition.

[fistofrage]

Quote: Originally Posted by JayBee74

I never heard of any of them. Guess I need to hang out at the MMA forum to learn some of them. So much for name recognition.

I think I heard of Ronda Rousy because she was posing for some swimsuit magazine. Not sure who the other people are. Ken Shamrock? Was he MMA or WWE? I can't remember.

I would have to bet that Boxing is much more popular on a world stage than MMA. And given what Pac/Mayweather will draw, I can't imagine MMA is more popular than boxing in the US even though people have been saying boxing is dead for 30 years.

[SHAKYR]

Quote: Originally Posted by fistofrage

I think I heard of Ronda Rousy because she was posing for some swimsuit magazine. Not sure who the other people are. Ken Shamrock? Was he MMA or WWE? I can't remember. I would have to bet that Boxing is much more popular on a world stage than MMA. And given what Pac/Mayweather will draw, I can't imagine MMA is more popular than boxing in the US even though people have been saying boxing is dead for 30 years.

Exactly! A great game will sell regardless of the stars. I keep telling EA they need to market the boxing game more globally. I'm not an MMA fan; I wouldn't even say casual either. Boxing has a very huge fan-base but people try to overshadow it with MMA.
If you go to any of the major boxing websites they have many fans on them sites daily. Boxing isn't dead but casual fans will make you believe it is.

[Boxers and Boxing community need to support another boxing game]

Some say boxing is dead and some of these game producers(EA) are contributing to the hype because their lack of passion and knowledge of boxing translate into the product(Fight Night). Boxing is still making money and has million of fans worldwide. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the highest paid athlete two years in a row.
EA needs to stop blaming the sport of boxing and give the fans what they want and not what they think they need. Fans want the game to be similar to what they see on TV or a live match. The fans want a deep game with depth in various areas like the customization, controls, career, features, and things that apply to the sport in general.

If boxing was dead why are sites like these flooded with fans and posts everyday.

BoxRec: Total members 42649

East Side Boxing: Total Members 30,969

BoxingScene : Total Members 162273

SaddoBoxing: Total Members21,697

MaxBoxing: Total Members 19,439

And a large number of other boxing sites exist.


Read more: http://boxinggamewishlist.proboards.com/thread/66/boxing-dead-easports#ixzz3UaIh56l4

[JKSportsGamer1984]

Quote: Originally Posted by SHAKYR

Exactly! A great game will sell regardless of the stars. I keep telling EA they need to market the boxing game more globally. I'm not an MMA fan; I wouldn't even say casual either. Boxing has a very huge fan-base but people try to overshadow it with MMA. If you go to any of the major boxing websites they have many fans on them sites daily. Boxing isn't dead but casual fans will make you believe it is. [Boxers and Boxing community need to support another boxing game] Some say boxing is dead and some of these game producers(EA) are contributing to the hype because their lack of passion and knowledge of boxing translate into the product(Fight Night). Boxing is still making money and has million of fans worldwide. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the highest paid athlete two years in a row. EA needs to stop blaming the sport of boxing and give the fans what they want and not what they think they need. Fans want the game to be similar to what they see on TV or a live match. The fans want a deep game with depth in various areas like the customization, controls, career, features, and things that apply to the sport in general. If boxing was dead why are sites like these flooded with fans and posts everyday. BoxRec: Total members 42649 East Side Boxing: Total Members 30,969 BoxingScene : Total Members 162273 SaddoBoxing: Total Members21,697 MaxBoxing: Total Members 19,439 And a large number of other boxing sites exist. Read more: http://boxinggamewishlist.proboards....#ixzz3UaIh56l4

Well said man. Totally agree!

[JayBee74]

Quote: Originally Posted by DJ

What's also hurting the Fight Night series is that boxing's most marketable star, Floyd Mayweather Jr., is likely going to retire after this year.

Floyd hasn't been in the last three Fight Nights, and if he retired tomorrow five years from now you could have a "Floyd Mayweather" boxing game. That's how marketable he is.

[Dirk5049ers]

I def want a new Fight Night way more than another UFC game. UFC was fun, but I only bought it to get my fighting fix. People think that boxing needs to be popular for Fight Night to sell, but that's not true. Since the game was accessible, many people who didn't even follow boxing still enjoyed it. Plus if you go to Canada or overseas, boxing blows MMA out the water, so Fight Night would def sell on a global scale. Just include guys like Froch, Kessler, Bute, Kovalev and Pascal.