Sports Games Are All Trash Now 

I think 2K fell apart when they introduced the 250K tournament. Every game feels like the finals and the casual player barely exists on it anymore

Online play, micro transactions,exclusive licenses,shareholders and Tech Bros have destroyed sports gaming. Just sad.

Well said, and also lack of competition(which I blame ea for that) makes them do the bare minimum

They need to remaster NBA Vol 2

Lack of competition is the problem. EAss and 2k got lazy and greedy because of that.

Lack of competition has killed modern sports titles. For WWE games you used to get like 4-5 of them a year, now it's just "Hey look at this 2K game that's going to be trash but they will quote on quote fix it with about 20 patches". Same goes for NBA 2K or Madden or MLB the show, it's no secret they were all good in the mid 2000's cause of competition it brings the best out of everyone.

I honestly like just about every sports game untill i play online and people look for every exploit instead of stick work

I thought NBA Jam was going to be here forever...how wrong I was...

What's missing nowadays is Arcade style sports games. I think way too many people shunned the Saber Interactive era of arcade sports such as NBA Playgrounds, WWE Battlegrounds, and currently Wild Card Football all because those games aren't like NBA JAM, WWE All-Stars, nor NFL Blitz. Even Mutant Football League and AEW Fight Forever didn't get much attention when they're trying to bring back the nostalgic era of Mutant League Football and WWF No Mercy. I am happy we're getting a second MFL soon, so there's that. I recently bought one of the modern R.B.I. Baseball games despite a bunch if people calling all of them garbage, but in my opinion, they're all solid and play exactly like the old NES RBI games that I played and enjoyed, but I think it's because that style of baseball is very outdated nowadays, which is sad. There is Super Mega Baseball that is more of an Simcade style baseball game if people get so tired of MLB The Show, but this biggest issue about the modern AAA sports games is that they don't have any competition and many of their audience isn't gonna be interesting in an indie game that doesn't have "Next-Gen" realistic graphics or Real Players, which is pretty pathetic imo.

this video need so much more attention because man if i could edit videos n do this i would say the same exact thing word for word yu summed up everything people been saying bro if they remastered those ps2 games like def jam, smack down shut your mouth and , all the streets sports games and added online people would go fucking crazy man i promise i wish i could get that shit back

360 n ps3 sports game were great

Honestly what I really think the indies need to light a fire under EA and 2K as well as all the other video game franchises is not only promotion but also the return of those mechanics that are more reminiscent of an arcade game to hook and entice more players. If the indies start selling more copies than the big name sports games, then they're gonna have no choice but to improve. I'd also like to note that EA's NHL games have not made the jump to PC, same with their Madden titles not being on Switch. I aim to capitalize on that someday.

Current gen games just sucks. I only play old games now.

Good video!

Here before this guy goes viral

The wwe games don't count. Don't lump it in with madden, nhl, fifa and nba 2k. 2k15 and 2k20 are the only actual bad games.

I miss old fifa the old virtua tennis games with great career modes and no damn micro transactions each game built on previous games but around 2010 that changed and it ruined sports games focusing on graphics and microtransactions all we want is fun gameplay with a decent career mode but nope we get crap and they remove content i liked when fifa had a full world cup game now its just a dlc that is just a tournament and not a whole career mode to play through

fam, they need to bring back the card packs of madden 04 where its free and u can unlock wild af teams lol.

Imo they've Always sucked. I play games to immerse myself in worlds that dont exist in real life like a fantasy RPG or do get my wits scared out of me in a twisted horror game or blow a bunch of shit up in GTA which would not go over well. Why do i wanna play a sports video when you can go do all that shit in real life. I can go play basketball with my friends or go to a game anytime i want in real life. In games i wanna do things you cant do in real life like blow up demons and visit alien planets

Mlb the show i think is the most solid these days but thats still not saying much

I would have to disagree with the take on wwe games . This last one is the best since 2k got the rights. The gameplay is fun and there are endless possibilities with creations.

My whole account got banned because PlayStation is EA sports screw them both

WWE 2k23 is good

Nba 2k and wwe 2k23 are better than madden tho

They were always trash. Pong isn't a sport. Gamers should have gatekeep'd the stupid jocks and normies away from gaming, because now all modern games follow the same formula. Same sh++ different year.