Is it just me, or has the AKA promo completely lost its luster?
It was awesome when it first came out. Really gave us something a little different..
Now were just getting the same nicknames year, after year, after year.. Really felt like this year was the time to bring in something fresh, but here we are with same cards. Played out in my opinion.
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Tyguy5570
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i Mean I know I will get killed for this by the people who constantly make excuses for them but they have put less and less effort in year after year. Of course this was bound to happen.
They used to release basically as many cards as we get in the whole year by mid season. I still play because I love football and need to scratch the itch but its pretty obvious they do the bare minimum each year and keep pushing what that bare minimum is.
Eagles215
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Its a pure cash grab. If these cards have xfactors on at start ....lol.
rimbaud76
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Am I correct in assuming these are targeted for 1:30 PM?
Eagles215
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rimbaud76 said:Am I correct in assuming these are targeted for 1:30 PM?
Yes with 95% chance of being delayed.
touchdownking
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Yeah fr “All’ pro Fred” 💀💀
ProlateSpheroid
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Yup. I feel like this is a trend with a lot of the promos. They just aren’t as fun or exciting as they used to be. Everything feels like a cash grab and the content is so repetitive. I wish these things had repercussions but EA has the monopoly.
frugalhobo
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The real killer is the starting xfactors and also the fact that there's "better" versions you pay more for. Both of those things ruin the game way more than nicknames nobody can change.
Coach16
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Ea has lots it's frickin mind not it's luster ,that's been gone for a decade ..
Bnd cards and season pass was the beginning of the end ...no where in pay to hell !! F ea !
Busta
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They’re stretching a bit on some of these names…
MoistureXLR8R
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There’s only so many players with nicknames. Who are some guys they should use to replace the ones from last year?
bbrewer23goblue
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trash lol pokemon avengers bs
AZCARDS
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Ya it was a cool thing for one year but now it’s just a stupid excuse to put crazy xfactors in the game and make some money on bundles
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Busta said:They’re stretching a bit on some of these names…
Stretching? They are flat out making some up on the fly.
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jcoppock5 said:Is it just me, or has the AKA promo completely lost its luster?
It was awesome when it first came out. Really gave us something a little different..
Now were just getting the same nicknames year, after year, after year.. Really felt like this year was the time to bring in something fresh, but here we are with same cards. Played out in my opinion.
You could not be more spot on correct here. If nothing else, EA demonstrated to us (last year, during their M24 "make or break" cycle) that the gloves were off, there's zero chance they are going to put forth any actual effort. Instead, the marketing speak this year is touting the sheer volume of content they released last year -- and doubling down, by going EVEN bigger this year... which of course means, more and more and more of the same, low effort, constantly recycled bullshit.
I realize he's the cover athlete, but how many cards does CMC need in August? He's got THREE totally different cards -- because EA Logic dictates that the pre-order player should be identical to a free preseason reward? Yet way worse. Unbelievable.
The days of innovation in AAA gaming is long since past. Wall Street investor types saw dollar signs during peak COVID and just assumed the world would always operate at those levels when the entire world was basically shut-in / closed down... and being the genius economists that they are, they used these peak-COVID numbers to forecast out across the next 5-10 years and now they're firing teams of developers and closing down game development studios left and right and scrambling to maintain those levels of growth. Bleh.
Our only hope is that (gasp) 2K swoops in to offer a competing game, if/when the NFL decides it is in their best interest to get some competition in the gaming space surrounding "simulation" fatball. Maybe by 2026. Until then, i fully expect EA will continue this pattern that you so accurately described. Uggh.
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