I have it on 360 and my console still works, but I’d still buy it on PS4 just to play with friends and because my 360 controllers are beat to hell.
Think of everywhere the school names, logos, mascots, likenesses, etc. exist throughout the game.Not to mention it's still not guaranteed they would avoid some form of litigation coming their way, simply put it's too risky. Would be great though.
I have had my ps3 fired up the last few nights playing some. Felt good to recruit, was pumped to get a few instacommits. Would be down to start an OD. My schedule isnt 100% open but I could make it work. Sim every 2-3 days, sooner/later if everyone is done or needs more time. Something like that.
It would have a small indy-sized market but a really small one. Licensing is so critical to the success - not just the ability to run the option and recruit. Not to mention once you remove the school names (and their logos and stadiums and music and any other IP they own) then there's no reason to keep the number of schools either. A non-licensed "college" football game would have....what?....40-50 generic teams to choose from? There's a reason All Pro Football 2K20 doesn't exist.
I’d be interested in a ps3 14 online dynasty. May have another person interested so just let me know if something gets started.
People are going to be starving for college football this year. If you don't think millions of people wouldn't buy ncaa if they just changed UF to Gainesville U and the logo from an alligator to a dildo, I don't know what to tell you
I think people will. I don't think it's as big of a market as you suggest. Stadiums and colors would also likely need to be removed/changed to further avoid copyright issues. Unlicensed simulation-sports games do not have a great historical track record.
Bc there's always been a licensed alternative. That's not the case here and the game has a history behind it.
Depends on your definition of huge. Would it sell like 2k? No. Would a shit ton of people buy it so they could play their friends on the new system? I believe yes.
That's not that crazy. They always sold over a million copies before. Even if they sold half that, they'd make $30m, and now they'd make a fortune from micro transactions. $5 in virtual currency to hire the Alabama coach? Fuck yes. $2 to hire that ace recruiter from Upstate South Carolina? Take my money. They'd make a ton of money. They'd probably lose it all in lawsuits, but they'd make a lot.
Big cat getting hundreds of thousands of ppl to watch him play NCAA means we need that fucking game back. EA would make billions
I have some BIG news that I discovered last night. Need to figure a couple things out before I release it
I bet they'd have some type of MyTeam with a bunch of UGA RB#34 and UF QB#15 so you could build an all-time team and then play against other people. You could get those players by doing challenges and then sell them on the market, just like The Show and 2k20.
I fully support athletes getting paid. That said how are they defining 3rd parties or do they no longer care if donors use their businesses to endorse and pay athletes? Just curious of the details.
Maybe. They can probably modify the Madden engine well enough in the interim, but to capture RPO’s and such, I assume the entire system must be rebuilt.
He is not wrong. NCAA was never a big seller. I bet they gamble on it now though because the appetite is there. I think kids want it so there is a compromise to be had
something tells me kanell is talking out of his ass and knows absolutely nothing about the video game industry.
Could NCAA just creat a NCAA player database. You can volunteerly sign up. The more that sign up the greater the check or soemthing.
maybe but you'd need 100% participation. The only real option is players would sign released in order to play and the schools would sign away endorsement rights or something. So players wouldn't get paid but they'd at least be able to sign away their likeness rights. Then the NCAA keeps the money. It's stupid and unfair but that may be the easiest option so that schools can approve the likeness usage.
Apparently ea wants the option to pay the players but I don't know how they get 100% participation plus you may have some players hold out. Not sure how that impacts the game
I don't think you need 100% participation. If they don't participate they'll just be QB12 or whatever like MJ used to be on nba games.
Just don't include them in the game, use a generic substitution like before. They have done this with players/coaches for other games in the past
But if a player doesn't opt in but there is still a generic player - what's to stop them from still saying likeness without permission? You don't need the opportunity to opt in in order to get around using likeness without permission. If that was the only issue- they could have easily scrambled skin tones, numbers, heights, weights, etc and kept the game.