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NFL Street Takes Football 'Extreme'

Posted by simoniker on from the extreme-crown-green-bowling-next dept.

Thanks to IGN PS2 for posting their hands-on impressions of EA's newly unveiled NFL Street. This more 'street' alternative to EA's own Madden series, modeled on other EA BIG titles such as the NBA Street series, is described as "..seven-on-seven street ball showcasing the showoff skills and showboat style of the NFL elite. No helmets, no pads, but all the attitude you'd expect from the game's greats like Ray Lewis, Terrell Owens, Michael Vick, and Marshall Faulk." Could this title join Madden in outselling Sega Sports' football titles, despite Sega's attempts to catch up?

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  1. I see Midway complaining by M3wThr33 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    WHOAH, that ain't right.
    Midway was asked by the NFL to tone back the violence in Blitz, so they decided to make all their games more realistic. How can EA get away with this?

  2. Football in the street... by techstar25 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Most players of basketball actually play in the street, but football? Who plays football in the street?
    Now we have street football, but we can't get a decent Arena Football videogame. What is this world coming to?

  3. Marketing Bonanza! by Acidic_Diarrhea · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I think the NFL will be really pleased with this announcement. One of the problems I've heard cited by marketers with marketing the NFL is that the players wear such an amount of gear and there are so many players on the field at once that it's difficult for some people to become personally involved in the game. What I mean by this is that bringing new fans to the game, specifically ones that didn't grow up watching football, isn't easy because they don't get to know the players.

    What this game does is give people a way to really get to know the players. The NBA has always excelled at marketing their players because you see the guys and they're up close and personal on the television. The NFL doesn't have this benefit but this game will help to bridge that gap - especially if it is anywhere near as well done as NBA Street Volume 2.

    Another poster mentioned the NFL Blitz series - good games - but they don't offer this marketing benefit to the NFL that this new game by EA will.

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