EA Enters The Mixed Martial Arts Cage With EA Sports MMA (Press Release)

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by Wet Bandit

Why would EA release this game at the same time as the next Undisputed? They're gonna have a hard enough time getting out of Undisputed's shadow, they don't need to go lay themselves down right in the middle of that shadow. If THQ sticks to May releases, I'd imagine EA will release around September/October of 2010. Get some holiday sales, and catch MMA fans when they might be jonesing for a new MMA game experience.

There is a problem with that. 1) EA likes to drop its sports games once a month. September is NHL month and October is NBA month. 2) Most MMA fans are sports fans so they buy other sports games. There is a reason that UFC and Smackdown are released in May and November respectively. Those are months when other sports games arent released. EA doesnt want to potentially cut into its sales by releasing it close to other sports games.

[Wet Bandit]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

There is a problem with that. 1) EA likes to drop its sports games once a month. September is NHL month and October is NBA month. 2) Most MMA fans are sports fans so they buy other sports games. There is a reason that UFC and Smackdown are released in May and November respectively. Those are months when other sports games arent released. EA doesnt want to potentially cut into its sales by releasing it close to other sports games.

Ignoring the fact those concerns can be easily solved by releasing the game in November, do you really think EA would be more worried about releasing an MMA game in the same timeframe as an NHL or NBA game than they would be about releasing an MMA in the same timeframe as a more visible MMA game?

[Gotmadskillzson]

Oh great.........................I bet half of their disc will be full of fluff like MMA cards and create your own fan and crap like that.

[judgejudy]

So much blind hate for EA in here. Don't get me wrong, I too drank the EA haterade at one point, but they're really getting their act together lately. FIFA 09 and NHL 09 were great, Live (while not as good as it's 2k counterpart) made huge strides, and Madden 10 is looking pretty awesome.

Sure they've let us all down in the past, but before the release of Undisputed, what had THQ done in the past to make anybody think they'd put out a decent MMA effort? I for one will give this a chance and I think EA could pull it off.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by Wet Bandit

Ignoring the fact those concerns can be easily solved by releasing the game in November, do you really think EA would be more worried about releasing an MMA game in the same timeframe as an NHL or NBA game than they would be about releasing an MMA in the same timeframe as a more visible MMA game?

LOL...I wasnt ignoring the fact. You said Sept/Oct. To your second question, it depends on when they release it. I think they have a much better shot selling the game in Jan/Feb/March then in Nov. Nov is the prime month most major releases are released because of the Christmas holiday. That game could easily get lost in the shuffle.

Three years ago they released FN round 3 in February and that game did gangbusters. No reason they couldnt do it with EA MMA. Honestly, I dont thenk the game will sell much period without a UFC license. Shoot, I'm a huge MMA fan and without a ufc roster it is nothing more than a rental for me.

[Rau71]

Not too excited about this. EA hasn't made a game I couldn't stop playing since NCAA 03. They are always worried about being about to change the color of your players toe nails instead of making a worth while game.

[Greene_Flash03]

Be smart this time EA, please use the buttons not the stick... or at least give us option to use the damn buttons.

[sven]

Maybe they'll sign more than one promotion. That would make for one hell of a career mode.

Or they could just sign individual fighters and use a fake promotion.