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How Sports Video Games Stopped Getting Better

261K views · May 16, 2026 · Sports

Comments · 842

  • @iamjoonlee · 3 months ago · pinned

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  • @FreckledFreak89 · 4 months ago (edited)

    The fact that there is still not a modern* football video game that allows me to design and run my own plays is INSANE

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  • @joshprice7527 · 4 months ago

    i feel bad for the kids who never experienced loading up a sports game and not having to see micro transaction ads plastered in your face

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  • @novanebula8004 · 4 months ago

    Not even a matter of them no longer improving but even worse they are getting WORSE

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  • @ThatLumpiaHustla · 4 months ago

    Forever a &quot;brown shirt&quot; guy here. I miss playing games when you pay full price for a game and you UNLOCK ITEMS AS YOU PLAY WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY EXTRA FOR ANYTHING 😮‍💨

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  • @Jermaine2099 · 4 months ago

    The worst thing about the lootbox/ultimate team mechanic, is that they don&apos;t carry over.<br><br>You spend all of the money again next year 😂 idk why people do it

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  • @ayoonine · 4 months ago

    This video legendary off the collab alone

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  • @firstbaseman_dev · 4 months ago (edited)

    <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7gDTy9o7t0&amp;t=1084">18:04</a> As someone on the admin team at MVPMods, it brings a smile on my face that the community is remembered. What a shoutout. Thank you and thank everyone who ever visited!

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  • @andrewoliver1330 · 4 months ago

    Its a sad world that wont get better<br><br>1. Companies not having true competition<br><br>2. Dummies enjoying buying &amp; watching Ultimate Team/My Player content<br><br>3. In general we are near peak graphics anyways

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  • @HCXWinchester · 4 months ago (edited)

    I am an NBA junkie for more than 20 years and I know niche end of the bench guys from 2005 much better than players from 2025. I still watch the games but playing NBA Live endlessly during 2000s just engrained 2000s players in my brain. And it was never online, it was about making your own dynasty franchise with your imagination, fooling around with rosters. It was so much fun!

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  • @MidwestArtMan · 4 months ago

    One factor that I realized a while ago is that the games could have 1/2 the audience size and, as long as the remaining players spend 2x as much, they make the same amount of money. They can alienate half of their fans and still increase revenue.

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  • @bobodiddi · 4 months ago (edited)

    I think the biggest thing is that the games aren&apos;t dead, they&apos;re just lifeless. No soul, no passion, no love. Just &quot;&apos;What can make us the most money?&quot; chasing. It&apos;s sad really. I still go look up the FIFA 06 intro and it will give me chills, that kind of thing just doesn&apos;t exist anymore because the studios don&apos;t care about it existing.

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