Why is the DS lacking good sports games?

[BlueWeasel]

I've had a DS for about 6 months now. While there are plenty of great games for it, the sports genre is simply terrible.

With the exception of Tiger Woods golf and Madden, there's not much else when it comes to sports. I've played both TW 08 and Madden 08, and neither are worth the 8/10 review score, IMHO.

I'm seriously foaming at the mouth waiting on Tecmo Bowl for the DS. I'm thrilled the decision was made to stick with the classic 2D interface, and not pixelated 3D crap.

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[RandomFool]

I never really noticed the lack of sports games but I don't normally buy more than a single sports game per console. Tecmo Bowl is pretty much a must buy for me.

 

[ed21x]

Top Spin 3, and Fifa 2008 are pretty decent on the DS.

 

[BladeVenom]

Blame EA for bad football games. They have exclusive rights to all NFL video games.

 

[Kromis]

I don't think the DS was *really* meant for sports games

 

[potato28]

Originally posted by: Kromis
I don't think the DS was *really* meant for sports games

It can be, but there just isn't the interest from EA to make any good sports games anymore.

 

[Piuc2020]

Well Mario Hoops 3-on-3 is quite fun though not a traditional sports game.

 

[GhettoFob]

Tecmo Bowl is coming out for the DS?? Awesome!

 

[Oyeve]

My first DS game was EA football. It sucked ass, so I dont really care for sports games on the DS. I plenty of great DS games to play. I love my DS. (Hugs DS fondly).