MMAWeekly.com caught up with Blair Herter, chief correspondent for the G4 television network’s X-Play series to discuss the success of UFC 2009: Undisputed, as well as the recent announcement that video game giant Electronic Arts is going to step into the cage with its own release.
I think the real question here is, what do people care about, inquired Herter. Do people want to play an MMA or do people want to play a (UFC-branded) game with their favorite fighters?
I think that’s what it is going to boil down to. Let’s say the THQ game was crap – which it isn’t – would you still play it just to play as Brock Lesnar? Or would you play a game that’s really good that maybe didn’t have the UFC stars? I think that’s the big question.
At the end of the day, when all is said and done, Herter feels that winner between THQ and EA could very well come down to realism; but ultimately expects the margin between the two to be razor thin.
G4: “Enough room for two video games”
MMAWeekly.com caught up with Blair Herter, chief correspondent for the G4 television network’s X-Play series to discuss the success of UFC 2009: Undisputed, as well as the recent announcement that video game giant Electronic Arts is going to step into the cage with its own release. I think the real question here is, what do…
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