EA Sports developing a CFL game ?

[R.J]

Dennis Skulsky just said that @EASPORTS is making a @CFL game! That's HUGE

— Ryan Houdayer (@RYANhoudayer) July 29, 2016

Stand alone game w/ current & alumni cfl rosters rosters, CFL stadiums, with U.S. field/gameplay https://t.co/D69AkpVFoI

— Ryan Houdayer (@RYANhoudayer) July 29, 2016

I could do without the U.S field and rules.

[DanoT]

Skulsky misspoke in a TSN Radio interview about EA Sports and the CFL (there is no CFL game about to be released) and he had to come out latter and make a correction...what a goof!

[Gill The Thrill]

Skulsky misspoke in a TSN Radio interview about EA Sports and the CFL (there is no CFL game about to be released) and he had to come out latter and make a correction...what a goof!

Unfortunately there is not enough demand in a global economy for a CFL video game. The argument can sadly be made that outside of Western Canada, and the prairies particularly there would be a market for such a game in the 18-49 demographic. In Southern Ontario and the rest of Canada, that market is still developing after years of neglect by the league and the media in marketing and promoting the CFL.

In a local economy that is conducive to business growth and not taxing it and regulating it to death, we'd have an equivalent of the Silicon Valley in Canada that could produce such a game for the Canadian market, which is where the most interest would obviously be. Other than RIM, now Blackberry in Waterloo, and Corel in Ottawa, which has been sold...who else could have had the technology to build it at one time. Is there an EA sports Canada that can offer such a game, and if there is an EA sports Canada, is it really interested in developing a niche micro marketing of a CFL video game? Or is it merely a warehouse distribution outlet offering their foreign products to the Canadian retail market....Unfortunately like so many Canadian offices of multi-national corporations, it's probably the latter.

[gilthethrill]

How unfortunate. I was going to log into the 2009 season with the Argo coached Bart Andrus and go 18-0...on my 9 year old Wii.

[ArgoZ]

Unfortunately there is not enough demand in a global economy for a CFL video game. The argument can sadly be made that outside of Western Canada, and the prairies particularly there would be a market for such a game in the 18-49 demographic. In Southern Ontario and the rest of Canada, that market is still developing after years of neglect by the league and the media in marketing and promoting the CFL.

In a local economy that is conducive to business growth and not taxing it and regulating it to death, we'd have an equivalent of the Silicon Valley in Canada that could produce such a game for the Canadian market, which is where the most interest would obviously be. Other than RIM, now Blackberry in Waterloo, and Corel in Ottawa, which has been sold...who else could have had the technology to build it at one time. Is there an EA sports Canada that can offer such a game, and if there is an EA sports Canada, is it really interested in developing a niche micro marketing of a CFL video game? Or is it merely a warehouse distribution outlet offering their foreign products to the Canadian retail market....Unfortunately like so many Canadian offices of multi-national corporations, it's probably the latter.

EA Sports Canada is located in Burnaby and is the largest studio EA owns. They have developed games from the ground up, most recognized are the NHL and FIFA series, but not Madden (football). The CFL game rumour has circled that studio for 20+ years, but has yet to be developed due to various reasons.

[R.J]

EA Sports Canada is located in Burnaby and is the largest studio EA owns. They have developed games from the ground up, most recognized are the NHL and FIFA series, but not Madden (football). The CFL game rumour has circled that studio for 20+ years, but has yet to be developed due to various reasons.

Actually EA did develop a game just never released it.
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/cf...001431300.html
http://www.polygon.com/2016/7/30/123...a-sports-rumor