"I do agree with you on the online games thing, though. Even though I'm quite happy to play DAOC on my PC, I cannot imagine playing something like that on a console."
There are many types of games out there. I have Madden 2003 for the PS2, which I play online, and it is quite enjoyable. You agreed with the original post that online gaming for a console should be scrapped. Why? You cite one game. Sports games in particular have always, in my opinion, been better on a console and I don't see why an online component should not be included.
That's not a good predictor to use at all. Basically, you're taking event X, which is related to event Y in a few ways but in many other ways is quite different, to predict event Y. If they were using the demo mode to let Gameday play out the game itself, then it would be a more sound predictor because then the behavior of the two teams would be based on the statistical models represented in the game. As it is, the individual players who are representing their teams are not indicative of how well the team meshes as a cohesive unit. And the 8 out of 8 factoid is such a small number that it's insignificant. There are over 200 regular season games. If Sony were to let a player from each team simulate the game before it was played, I doubt that you'd get overe 50% accuracy.
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That's not a good predictor to use at all. Basically, you're taking event X, which is related to event Y in a few ways but in many other ways is quite different, to predict event Y. If they were using the demo mode to let Gameday play out the game itself, then it would be a more sound predictor because then the behavior of the two teams would be based on the statistical models represented in the game. As it is, the individual players who are representing their teams are not indicative of how well the team meshes as a cohesive unit. And the 8 out of 8 factoid is such a small number that it's insignificant. There are over 200 regular season games. If Sony were to let a player from each team simulate the game before it was played, I doubt that you'd get overe 50% accuracy.