More Signs Point to PS4 & Xbox One Versions of NHL 15 to Ship Without EASHL

[JKSportsGamer1984]

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Thanks for the vid.

[messngretz]

For what it's worth - so far, Costco is the only retailer that offer the back cover artwork...Amazon, Target, Gamestop nor Walmart have the back cover shown.

[Rhys1218]

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Not a big hockey fan, but I was gonna get this on PS4 purely for this game mode with a few friends. The fifa equivalent is a good laugh, but seeing as it's almost definitely not in the game for some bizarre reason, I think I'll save my money instead.

[Pete1210]

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Not a big hockey fan, but I was gonna get this on PS4 purely for this game mode with a few friends.

I was doing the same, only on XB1. If there is no EASHL I will be canceling my preorder.

[Segagendude]

Re: More Signs Point to PS4 &amp; Xbox One Versions of NHL 15 to Ship Without EASHL

*uncommon opinion*

This news doesn't bother me at all.

[messngretz]

Re: NHL 15 Back of the Box Details Show No Online Multiplayer PS4, Xbox One - No EASH

This?

This is so clearly, clearly fake it probably shouldn't have been posted...

It says Xbox Live and then has all Playstation logos below..

Come on OS.

That image had several version all together, that's why it was confusing-looking.

I put the two XBOX back cover images together, you can see the difference:

[messngretz]

Re: More Signs Point to PS4 &amp; Xbox One Versions of NHL 15 to Ship Without EASHL

Sorry about that, see this:

[Severyn55]

Re: More Signs Point to PS4 &amp; Xbox One Versions of NHL 15 to Ship Without EASHL

Servus Rammer and Co,
EA Hockey was the beginning of our relationship,bought every game of the EA hockey series since the beginning, every Year i am looking forward to September because of the next release, my half Life Your Product is in my Living room, also i watched the marketing of this game the whole time.
2014 Your PR sucks big time, i know that much of your customers Look angry at your policy right now, and I Tell You they will never fortget.So i still hope NG Hockey has at least the modes we used to have on old Generation, and its just a pr disaster for your Crew.If not your customers will respond their way.
Sorry for my Almosen perfect english, i am a ****ing German
This Psycho Marketing sucks!!
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[pujolsformvp21]

Re: More Signs Point to PS4 &amp; Xbox One Versions of NHL 15 to Ship Without EASHL

I see this more as a sales tactic to squeeze out the last possible profits out of last gen. As opposed to it being too hard to implement on current gen or them being "lazy". Seems similar to what NBA 2k has done this year with bringing back crew mode in full (5v5) on last gen only (for those not familiar with nba, crew is similar to eashl and like eashl it had an almost cult following by those who took the mode serious).

This makes the die hard fans buy the last gen version if they want to get their fix, and these ppl will also likely buy the current gen version if they are a big enough fan of the game to be able to play with the best gfx, etc. Allowing them to double dip on those sales. And even if you skip the next gen version because of this and get the last gen, EA still gets your 60 bucks that you would have spent on the current gen version HAD it included the game mode, so in the end they could careless which version you get. $60=$60

Pretty smart business move on their part actually, considering the amount of people who currently own "next gen" systems is in the 10s of millions and last gen is in the 100s of millions. X1/PS4 will sell just fine to casual consumers especially around christmas time when jimmys 50 year old grandma buys it for him without even knowing what features it contains, let alone hardly tell what sport it is other than it was on his christmas list. By next year when nhl 16 comes and they inevitably introduce the mode back as a "new" feature with fancy bells and whistles ALOT more consumers will have the current gen systems. And no matter how mad you are currently about it and want to boycott or not buy based on your "principles" about how they treat you as a customer, when nhl 16 comes and the feature is in, and its back and better then ever and all your mates are playing it and having a blast. You know damn well you are gonna be taking a trip down to best buy for a copy sooner or later!

EA 1 You guys 0.

[Severyn55]

Re: More Signs Point to PS4 &amp; Xbox One Versions of NHL 15 to Ship Without EASHL

I see this more as a sales tactic to squeeze out the last possible profits out of last gen. As opposed to it being too hard to implement on current gen or them being "lazy". Seems similar to what NBA 2k has done this year with bringing back crew mode in full (5v5) on last gen only (for those not familiar with nba, crew is similar to eashl and like eashl it had an almost cult following by those who took the mode serious).

This makes the die hard fans buy the last gen version if they want to get their fix, and these ppl will also likely buy the current gen version if they are a big enough fan of the game to be able to play with the best gfx, etc. Allowing them to double dip on those sales. And even if you skip the next gen version because of this and get the last gen, EA still gets your 60 bucks that you would have spent on the current gen version HAD it included the game mode, so in the end they could careless which version you get. $60=$60

Pretty smart business move on their part actually, considering the amount of people who currently own "next gen" systems is in the 10s of millions and last gen is in the 100s of millions. X1/PS4 will sell just fine to casual consumers especially around christmas time when jimmys 50 year old grandma buys it for him without even knowing what features it contains, let alone hardly tell what sport it is other than it was on his christmas list. By next year when nhl 16 comes and they inevitably introduce the mode back as a "new" feature with fancy bells and whistles ALOT more consumers will have the current gen systems. And no matter how mad you are currently about it and want to boycott or not buy based on your "principles" about how they treat you as a customer, when nhl 16 comes and the feature is in, and its back and better then ever and all your mates are playing it and having a blast. You know damn well you are gonna be taking a trip down to best buy for a copy sooner or later!

EA 1 You guys 0.

If they act like that,I wont spend money in HUT this year.This is a promise,everybody should boycott HUT and any other Pay to Win features.

[SinisterAlex]

Re: More Signs Point to PS4 &amp; Xbox One Versions of NHL 15 to Ship Without EASHL

Found this image in the EA Sports NHL forums in the 100 page EASHL thread.



Looks to be image of the demo menus or something.

[tpblue]

Re: More Signs Point to PS4 &amp; Xbox One Versions of NHL 15 to Ship Without EASHL

What is really concerning is that the NHL franchise has always taken a back burner to easports other games, this whole situation will definitely hurt them in sales and the backlash from diehard fans will also hurt Microsoft in new console sales, EASPORTS NHL 15 may just be the last game in the franchise because of this. I remember when ea partnered with Microsoft they were boasting about how great all the dedicated Microsoft servers and whatnot were going to improve EA's online services. Guess that was just more B.S talk from the worst rated company in North America.

[Gotmilkman24]

Re: More Signs Point to PS4 &amp; Xbox One Versions of NHL 15 to Ship Without EASHL

Found this image in the EA Sports NHL forums in the 100 page EASHL thread.



Looks to be image of the demo menus or something.

Maybe eashl goes where buy nhl 15 is? There has to be more than three options on the menu.

[KNTTWD]

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The menu finally look nice. If I recall, isn't EASHL/online under "play now." It went play now -> online -> all the online options with community, vs, hut, eashl, etc. I could be wrong

[YoungBuck3]

Re: More Signs Point to PS4 &amp; Xbox One Versions of NHL 15 to Ship Without EASHL

What is really concerning is that the NHL franchise has always taken a back burner to easports other games, this whole situation will definitely hurt them in sales and the backlash from diehard fans will also hurt Microsoft in new console sales, EASPORTS NHL 15 may just be the last game in the franchise because of this. I remember when ea partnered with Microsoft they were boasting about how great all the dedicated Microsoft servers and whatnot were going to improve EA's online services. Guess that was just more B.S talk from the worst rated company in North America.

lol, no. This will not be the last game in the EA NHL franchise.