By now, everyone’s heard the news about EA Sports reviving its College Basketball video game series. We’re not sure exactly when it’ll come out (we’re likely some years away), but EA’s first venture into college basketball in 16 years is an extremely exciting premise. And it’s got the sports gaming community asking several questions about the ripple effect it can have across the industry.
For one, we spoke earlier about how the revived College Basketball series could directly affect the NBA 2K series, the only AAA pro basketball game on the market right now. Because, while they are different in terms of one focusing on collegiate athletics and the other focusing on professional basketball, there aren’t many choices gamers have when it comes to basketball games, especially ones with big budgets. And who knows — maybe the probable success of College Basketball results in EA getting back to the long-defunct NBA Live series.
