Forum Archive Index - May 2000

["Christian Mair" <silu@ihug.co.nz>]

Dear Nigel,

 

Please correct me if I am wrong:

EA Sports = Computer games = PC/Playstation etc.

Virtual Spectator = Computer animation = Television

 

So Virtual Spectator is in no direct competition with EA Sports.

 

Regards,

Christian Mair

 

 

 

Nigel Bree wrote:

That's entirely possible, although I think I've spent enough time in the
U.S. to have a fair idea.

However, the performance of sports software - in particular the EA Sports
line, which has all the big franchises - sets a fairly important benchmark
for what to expect. Sure, they aren't live matches - but on the other hand,
the EA Sports titles in particular are in almost every respect *far* more
technically ambitious and sophisticated than VS.

EA have on-line play, they have the licenses - NBA, NFL NHL, MLB, NASCAR
and FIFA - and have been the leader in this kind of software since the
80's[*]. The question for VS is how to go up against a company like that,
which can easily do anything VS can do and has a dominating presence in
sports software.

[*] Well, except for NASCAR, since Papyrus used to dominate that, but it's
questionable whether Sierra can hang on much longer