Sports Gaming

In the gaming world theres only one year to year consistent brand of gaming. Sports. Like sports in real life multiple people may be required to play sports games. Sports games have become a standard in gaming sales. With year-to-year releases sports games remain one of the top multiplayer game types out. EA Games subdivision - EA Sports exists as the top sports gaming company, although Take-Two Interactives 2k sports reigns in basketball with the NBA 2k series and Sony rules in Baseball with the Playstation exclusive MLB the Show. Of course as all games do you can get an amazing clean performance out of the single player in these games. But its the multiplayer that keeps these games thriving. From playing against one another in one household with multiple controllers to online games where, as in NBA 2k, 10 players can control each individual player and work as a team (wishful thinking for people like me) to win games. Madden NFL, known as John Madden football prior to 1993 (Wow I wasn't alive that long ago) is one of the long standing constants in the sports gaming world. People year to year spend their 59.99 + tax on the updated version of this game to stay current. Each year Madden remains a top selling video game. That method of selling has been motto'd by all sports games these days, as a simple roster update and some tweaks to the game can suffice to consumers. The reason these games can stay successful is because they create a replica of the real world that the consumer wishes to be in. Many wish they had the ability to be on the field, court, or ice along with their favorite players but don't, these games manage to satisfy that need for gamers. Without multiplayer these games might have some level of success but what are sports about? Competing. People spend entire days playing sports games online vs one another to get that thrill they can't receive through real life. A former High School pitcher can go online and pitch against other competitors an throw in the Major Leagues as they do in they're dreams. Honestly without the combination of sports and multiplayer the gaming world would be missing a lot of dollars. Without sports games the gaming industry would be out millions upon millions of dollars and many systems wouldn't even be in households. I personally have multiple friends, almost all, that barely ever play their gaming systems unless they're competing in a sports game online. Its the nature of many men to compete and play sports. And in todays technological/[lazy] society, sports gaming the closest thing to it without actually participating in it.