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Generally well regarded, the game was developed only for Xbox and PlayStation 2, faded out as the current console generation took hold, and appealed to a niche audience at best. Rule variants, the more than 200 different NCAA Division I teams and their home fields, and the legal entanglements raised by realistic collegiate rosters make replica Tissot T64168681 WoMen's watch unlikely we will ever again see the College World Series in a video game, even as a game mode within a larger baseball simulation. Maybe Rosenblatt Stadium could reappear as a novelty venue in a future MLB title, but as the park will be sold to pay for the CWS' new venue, its new owner probably would want money for that.

Madison Square GardenThe World's Most Famous Arena is represented in EA Sports' NHL products, but not any NBA game, nor NHL 2K11 on the Wii. More importantly, in boxing, while Fight Night features both Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, you can only recreate their Fight of the Century in the generic “New York Arena.” 2K Sports' Don King replica Tissot T64.1.785.81 watch Presents: Prizefighter, from 2008, did feature MSG, but that game's boxing roster was dwarfed in starpower by EA Sports', offering no matchup worthy of such a stage. Madison Square Garden is considered a boxing mecca - its original ring was retired in 2007 and is now on display at the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

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There still are major leagues, licenses and personalities with no current representation in a game. It's not to say that their stature automatically makes financial sense to either them or to a games developer. But for fans, their absence is conspicuous.Floyd Mayweather, Jr.It's hard to tell if boxing fans want this guy in a video game to fight as him, or replica Tissot T36138652 Men's Watch to fight against him. Manny Pacquiao is in Fight Night, ready to go anytime, anywhere, but just as in real life, Mayweather is nowhere to be found, except as a custom boxer among the Borats, Ron Burgundys and David Hasselhoffs created by Fight Night users.

Producer Brian Hayes has described Fight Night's boxer-by-boxer licensing negotiations as a nightmarish process, and it must be doubly so for Mayweather, whatever he wants. If EA Sports were willing to pay it, it might as well put him on the cover of a boxing game, and given fight fans' antipathy toward Mayweather for ducking Pacquiao, that may not be replica Tissot T36.1.316.72 Men's Watches such a smart idea.The Final Four2K Sports bailed on its highly regarded College Basketball series in early 2008, and EA Sports canceled its NCAA Basketball series after last November's release. The Final Four is easily the biggest sporting event in the world without any current representation in a video game, and the problems with it are well known.

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