06:53 PM - January 13, 2011 by Steve_OS
The President of EA Sports, Peter Moore has posted another blog, where he asks... Is Boxing Dead?
Of course he brings in a little Fight Night Champion flavor into the mix. Check it out.
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Fight Night Champion News Post
06:53 PM - January 13, 2011 by Steve_OSThe President of EA Sports, Peter Moore has posted another blog, where he asks... Is Boxing Dead?
Of course he brings in a little Fight Night Champion flavor into the mix. Check it out.
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LingeringRegime @ 01/13/11 07:56 PM
Don't know too much about this, but can you create a boxer in the story mode? Or are you stuck with the default character?
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I would have much rather they focused all of this effort on Legacy Mode than some pre-determined story mode, but it is what it is.
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Why not create an organic legacy mode that has these elements sprinkled in. We would all be blown away. everyone.
Starcraft is such a deep and intricate game that still sells millions. Why does EA think simple is best? That things can't be too difficult, "can't add too much depth, it'll scare away the casuals."
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I didn't read the article but instead decided to answer the question in the title... Is boxing dead?
No. It is very much alive in the lighter weights, but it's struggling mostly in the HW division. Any boxing follower/supporter would've said the same thing.
No. It is very much alive in the lighter weights, but it's struggling mostly in the HW division. Any boxing follower/supporter would've said the same thing.
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LingeringRegime @ 01/13/11 11:11 PM
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GamerzIgnite @ 01/13/11 11:20 PM
no idea why there is so much hate for the story mode. personally i loved the Road to Wrestlemania mode...which is basically the same thing. Plus in SvR theres still the normal CAW career and they are fine as 2 different things.
looking forward to this story mode thing, for sure.
looking forward to this story mode thing, for sure.
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I do however hate the idea of adding it when there is still so much left to add to the Legacy Mode. I just feel they could have spent all that time they put towards Champion Mode into Legacy Mode, so that we could get a Legacy Mode like some of those older (I think) Japanese boxing games.
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This blog is an example of how video games work. Here we have an executive of EA Sports telling us why they went with this version of Fight Night, and if you read everything in its context, it's not a bad move at all.
A for-profit company is going to always be challenged with increasing revenue. Moore's question, "Is boxing dead," tells us that they can't trust the sport itself to sell the game. That's completely understandable. We aren't here on the release of a new system, where FN3 was, showing us graphics we've never seen before and that alone being the foundation of a big seller. Now EA is challenged with a less popular sport (among gamers) and they have to do something to catch the eye of the consumer.
I think the Champion Mode is a step in the right direction. It's also nice to see Moore comment on the broken stamina system that hurt FN4's online mode. At first I read the blog as an obvious PR stunt to promote FNC in a positive light, but in its context, what he writes shows us what probably goes on from the top down. The pressures are there to seel the game, while the developers try to make the game a solid representation of the sport.
A for-profit company is going to always be challenged with increasing revenue. Moore's question, "Is boxing dead," tells us that they can't trust the sport itself to sell the game. That's completely understandable. We aren't here on the release of a new system, where FN3 was, showing us graphics we've never seen before and that alone being the foundation of a big seller. Now EA is challenged with a less popular sport (among gamers) and they have to do something to catch the eye of the consumer.
I think the Champion Mode is a step in the right direction. It's also nice to see Moore comment on the broken stamina system that hurt FN4's online mode. At first I read the blog as an obvious PR stunt to promote FNC in a positive light, but in its context, what he writes shows us what probably goes on from the top down. The pressures are there to seel the game, while the developers try to make the game a solid representation of the sport.
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I can only hope boxing isn't dead. It's my favorite sport...well, tied with baseball. Little things need to be done to bring the popularity back up. More national TV matches, much attention getters, lot what Paccy and Floyd are doing. We need a new Roy Jones Jr. A boxer than is great and backs it up week after week. That guy was mad popular. I saw him in an old episode of Married with Children. I'd imagine he had a lot of TV time.
To chime in on the question if boxing is dead; No it's not. Not at all.
However, it's not close to having the popularity it once had 60 years ago.
Multiple belts certainly have helped dilute the field, but I think the greater evil has been the addition of several weight classes.
Get rid of all the catchweights, leave Cruiserweight and reduce the amount of divisions to 9.
Imagine how great the Light-Heavyweight class would be if you added all the Super-Six contestants?
Or how about forcing all the great fighters at 140 into Welterweight?
There would be no avoiding anyone. Boxing would be back in a huge way.
However, it's not close to having the popularity it once had 60 years ago.
Multiple belts certainly have helped dilute the field, but I think the greater evil has been the addition of several weight classes.
Get rid of all the catchweights, leave Cruiserweight and reduce the amount of divisions to 9.
Imagine how great the Light-Heavyweight class would be if you added all the Super-Six contestants?
Or how about forcing all the great fighters at 140 into Welterweight?
There would be no avoiding anyone. Boxing would be back in a huge way.
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Next thing you know you're not going to be able to control the life of your Sims in The Sims 4...
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apparently you havent played SVR 2011 and experience all of the flaws and bugs the Universe Mode has (the new career mode)
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Sorry for the triple posts.
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aholbert32 @ 01/14/11 02:12 PM
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The ONLY chance boxing has to cleaning up so we're seeing good bouts and one champ is if some crazy billionaire forms his own league ala UFC and signs all the good fighters out of the amateur ranks before pariah like Don King or Bob Arum get their talons into them.
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