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[ChoosableOne]

NHL 25 is not coming to PC

To the surprise of nobody, the list of platforms NHL 25 is launching on doesn't include PC.

www.shacknews.com

As usual... Every game comes to PC, but not this one. Damn it. How expensive could porting be? Did this game not sell at all on PC? I love playing Nhl and this situation sucks.

 

[fudgybrownie]

Finally skipping last generation consoles. Thank goodness.

 

[Guilty_AI]

good, don't poison the PC market with this crap

 

[Doctor Hades]

PC doesn't get the UFC games either. And for years, Madden was only available on consoles, and not PC. So not that surprising but, nevertheless, it's annoying that EA still don't show the same commitment to PC as they do consoles.

 

[rodrigolfp]

good, don't poison the PC market with this crap

It's hockey, not handegg.

 

[Delt31]

Really disappointing. I wasn’t expecting it but was hopefuly.

EA.

BRING NHL TO PC!!

 

[drotahorror]

I swear I read an EA NHL game was coming to PC finally. Guess it was this one a while back when I read it. Sucks.

 

[R6Rider]

It's hockey, not handegg.

Did he stutter?

 

[Catphish]

good, don't poison the PC market with this crap

 

[rodrigolfp]

Did he stutter?

Yes as he skipped the "." at the end.

 

[FoxMcChief]

I hate what the game has come. I’ve been playing Stanley Cup on the SNES to get my hockey fix the last few years.

 

[Gamezone]

Why do they ignore the PC platform with certain games?

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

Even more crazy is College Football didn’t come to PC, considering how well it sold on consoles.

 

[Three]

good, don't poison the PC market with this crap

I suppose that's one way of coping with a game not coming to a platform of choice.

 

[jm89]

good, don't poison the PC market with this crap

 

[TintoConCasera]

PC bros are chads that actually play real sports between sessions of sweaty sex with super models.

We don't need a game for any of that, you console lads can keep it.

 

[Sleepwalker]

EA sports in general doesn't care about PC.

FIFA was last gen version until a couple years ago.

CFB and UFC don't even get ported, unsure about madden.


2k is the same way btw, NBA 2k25 is finally going to be next gen version on PC.

 

[ReyBrujo]

Oh, noes, all the improvements they will be missing from the previous year's version! Like... updated player lists and... and...

 

[MikeM]

PC bros are chads that actually play real sports between sessions of sweaty sex with super models.

We don't need a game for any of that, you console lads can keep it.

I don’t know man. A lot of them look like this:

… except me of course.

NHL not being on PC is a big head scratcher. Makes no sense unless they know they canmt handle PC cheaters.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Oh, noes, all the improvements they will be missing from the previous year's version! Like... updated player lists and... and...

new payment options, updated prices and enhanced in-game ad system

 

[ChoosableOne]

Oh, noes, all the improvements they will be missing from the previous year's version! Like... updated player lists and... and...

the last NHL game released on PC is NHL 09

I'm sure one of the players in the new game is the child of someone from NHL 09. So a roster only update might be a good idea for this one.

 

[Hari Seldon]

Why do they ignore the PC platform with certain games?

Because they have like 1 dude working part time on this game.

 

[ssringo]

That's fine. Those indie hockey games are more fun anyways.

Though I wouldn't buy a modern EA Sports game regardless.

 

[poppabk]

Why do they ignore the PC platform with certain games?

I think they just don't want to spend the money supporting another platform and are trying to force the sports market to go console only.

 

[gamingforum1]

I would pay full price for this, and now they won't get a cent from me.

 

[Catphish]

The primary benefit of it coming to PC, in my opinion, would be its mod-ability.

The community could fix a lot of its issues, like they did with Madden 24. That would only drive sales.

I'm honestly at a loss as to why it's not something EA will do, when the game was on PC for 12 years in the past.

The only thing I can speculate is that modders might find something in the code that EA doesn't want people to know about.

 

[Catphish]

I think they just don't want to spend the money supporting another platform and are trying to force the sports market to go console only.

Then why is Madden and FIFA/FC on PC now? 2K also has NBA on PC.

 

[rodrigolfp]

I suppose that's one way of coping with a game not coming to a platform of choice.

It's a very sad coping to have to choose only 1 platform.

 

[SportsFan581]

I guess it shouldn't be mentioned. But, at the moment the best you can probably do on PC is to emulate the last version to get a PS360 release. Those disks can be found cheap and if you want to jump through enough hoops to get them converted to iso and then into a format supported by the emulator you should be good.

 

[Three]

Why do they ignore the PC platform with certain games?

I think it's mainly a legacy decision. I remember older NHLs came to PC but at the time there was low sales and piracy so they just stopped some time in 2010. I can see it coming back at some point though.

 

[Gamezone]

I think it's mainly a legacy decision. I remember older NHLs came to PC but at the time there was low sales and piracy so they just stopped some time in 2010. I can see it coming back at some point though.

Yeah, but that's a long time ago, and PC's acts more like a console replacement for many these days. Also, they never stopped releasing FIFA or Madden.

 

[Three]

Yeah, but that's a long time ago,

Yeah, that's what I mean by legacy decision.

 

[SNG32]

They need to try and release it on steam. Shit is different than 2010. They could put denuvo on it if they are worried about pirating and shit.

 

[Ozzie666]

It’s a shame I used to buy it religiously on PC and before that was genesis versions.

 

[SlimySnake]

they didnt port NCAA Football to PC either. Lets face it, PC is huge in europe and asia and they couldnt give two shits about Madden, college football and ice hockey. even NBA2k was porting last gen versions of NBA2k until recently.

PC is a growing market in the U.S but i wouldnt be surprised if its smaller than even xbox. if people were buying these games on pc, EA would be porting them.

 

[lh032]

console FTW!!!!!!

 

[Thabass]

And another year where I will not buy a NHL game. Very weird that they continue to ignore the PC audience with this crap.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I dont think EA ports all theor sports games to PC and havent for a while.

NHL games arent big sellers to begin with (maybe 1M copies on consoles?). I thought way back they didn't bother making PC ports due to people cracking it and updating rosters themselves. So EA probably lost interest.

 

[PendekarRajawali]

Do PC players even play sport games?

 

[Sleepwalker]

they didnt port NCAA Football to PC either. Lets face it, PC is huge in europe and asia and they couldnt give two shits about Madden, college football and ice hockey. even NBA2k was porting last gen versions of NBA2k until recently.

PC is a growing market in the U.S but i wouldnt be surprised if its smaller than even xbox. if people were buying these games on pc, EA would be porting them.

Yup.. nba 2k25 (releases in a couple weeks) will be the first pc port to be next gen. It also won't have crossplay

Fifa also did the same for years.

 

[tmlDan]

Good. The 12 people who would buy it are mad.

 

[ChoosableOne]

they didnt port NCAA Football to PC either. Lets face it, PC is huge in europe and asia and they couldnt give two shits about Madden, college football and ice hockey. even NBA2k was porting last gen versions of NBA2k until recently.

PC is a growing market in the U.S but i wouldnt be surprised if its smaller than even xbox. if people were buying these games on pc, EA would be porting them.

When people think of PCs, everyone imagines big desktop towers, but we shouldn't forget handheld PCs. I believe there's a growing PC audience for sports games, thanks to handheld consoles. EA, hear me out!