Why No Rugby Games For Xbox?

flyswatter

Can anyone explain why there (as far as I know) have been no rugby games for the Xbox 360? EA Sports don't even release a rugby game every year it seems for any console.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

I was wondering this too lately. I used to love "Rugby 20-whatever" on PS2.

Atavan-Halen

Maybe it stopped selling well and they feel no one would want one. Even though I know lots of people who would.

calex71

It's not like EA would have to mod the madden series much but I'd say it's a numbers game. Much as i like watching rugby I would have no interest in a game.

Sabre0001

Might just be PS3 but at least there may be hope of a Rugby game on a console of some sort...

Wikipedia (but did read it elsewhere too ):

Rugby (rugby union) series
Started at Rugby World Cup 1995 on Sega Mega Drive which went on to Rugby 2001 (A late version of Rugby World Cup 1999) PC only, Rugby, Rugby 2004, Rugby 2005, Rugby 06 and Rugby 08 all on PlayStation 2 and Xbox as well as PC
In a recent interview for PS3 magazine Peter Moore hinted at a Rugby game coming soon to Next-Gen Consoles. He said,"Stay tuned for Rugby and Cricket debuting on PS3."

amacachi

Hard to get a game that would barely sell in the US, Japan and most of Europe off the drawing board alas.

Y2J_MUFC

Just for the PS3?

I used to love the Rugby 2005 game for the original xbox. It was great craic, but when you were first to the breakdown, you couldn't dive on the ball, you had to wait for your pack. I'd love if they made another rugby game.

It always annoyed me that there were no rugby or F1 games.... at least F1 is coming soon. Although, having got Forza 3 for Christmas, I have to say its savage!

flyswatter

amacachi wrote: »

Hard to get a game that would barely sell in the US, Japan and most of Europe off the drawing board alas.

Fair point.

amacachi

flyswatter wrote: »

Fair point.

I'd probably pick it up if it did come out. Obviously I'd prefer a Rugby League game on the Xbox but that's only going to happen in a more logical parallel universe where League is the more popular sport. :pac:

mise

Jonah Lomu Rugby, with original and updated roster and rules, on xbla and psn please

Raoul

Jonah Lomu rugby was such a great game!!

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mise wrote: »

Jonah Lomu Rugby, with original and updated roster and rules, on xbla and psn please

Raoul wrote: »

Jonah Lomu rugby was such a great game!!

+1000000000000000000000000000

Mikeyt086

This question pops up on boards every 6 months or so.

The answer is there would not be a fan-base of console owners who would go out and buy the game.

It would top the charts in Ireland and New Zealand, it would do well in Austrailia and UK but no company wants to take a risk considering it wouldnt sell 250,000 in the USA or Japan.

Creamy Goodness

it's quite obvious why there isn't one.

1. the only way these games sell these days are by being officially licensed. EA have that license. no one likes good gameplay, look at PES vs Fifa (barring the last two years) PES was the better game but didn't have the licenses so fifa (the ****ter game) sold much more favourably.
2. EA are cash grabbing money whores.
3. EA they'd have to sacrifice a dev team to make the game.
4. it wouldn't generate them enough money to warrant doing point 3.
5. madden/woods/soccer etc have audiences. rugby outside of several european and a handful of southern hemisphere countries it won't sell well.

they will release one in 2011 for the world cup like they did for the last world cup as they'll get a load of impulse buys.

Jonah Lomu rugby is a good game (still play it regularly on my ps3) but christ it's 13 years old, ya think a dev team would have gotten together and develop another good rugby game.

Massive Muscles

How do you play Lomu on your ps3?

Rugby 2005 was a decent job by EA and with a few bits of tuning, graphics and team updates would be a decent game for 2010. Was it made in New Zealand?

Creamy Goodness

Massive Muscles wrote: »

How do you play Lomu on your ps3?

Rugby 2005 was a decent job by EA and with a few bits of tuning, graphics and team updates would be a decent game for 2010. Was it made in New Zealand?

it's a ps1 game, all ps1 and ps2* games run on a ps3.

*ps2 games only run if you have a original 60gig ps3 like smart people like myself :pac:

Massive Muscles

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

it's a ps1 game, all ps1 and ps2* games run on a ps3.

*ps2 games only run if you have a original 60gig ps3 like smart people like myself :pac:

Ah just realised that. I'm out of luck with a 250gig ps3 and no copy of Lomu.

smooch71

Massive Muscles wrote: »

Ah just realised that. I'm out of luck with a 250gig ps3 and no copy of Lomu.

If you can find a copy (check ebay) it'll work on your ps3.

All ps3's can play ps1 games.