EA’s Fight Series might just be the best sports franchise of all time. Starting with the KnockOut Kings titles, the series that eventually brought us Fight Night Round 4 never had a bad game. And then, for some reason, EA stopped making them. Despite all their praise and success. So, what happened? This is the rise and fall of EA’s Fight Night series.
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LostferWords
12.04.2023Thanks
Matt
12.04.2023Fight Night was without a doubt one of the best boxing games ever made. Fantastic graphics, amazing mechanics and great gameplay. Can't ask for much more.
no name
12.04.2023It undoubtedly has to do with profitability. EA increasingly has pulled resources away from other games and poured those resources into Madden over the years. I think they could've kept the Fight Night franchise alive but i'm guessing the resources put into the game weren't worth the profit gained (or lack thereof). You could tell the designers loved the game but boxing games just don't print money like Madden does.
somebl@ckguy
12.04.2023Fight night ain’t fall off I’ll beat yo ass in the game
MR REALITY
12.04.2023undisputed is the next best thing , but it lacks my favorite mechanic that fight night had and its not even a mechanic ….SLOW MOTION PLAYBACK !
Brian Isaac
12.04.2023Check out the video for Undisputed. Sick looking Boxing game, no release date yet.
NYG5
12.04.2023The other issue is boxing suffering a massive popularity collapse as UFC becomes the premier bloodsport
Michael
12.04.2023If EA sports put out fight night champion again with undisputed graphics that would be the best boxing game of all
Allan R
12.04.2023this is the problem with a game made by Electronic Accountants, the developers may care and have passion but ultimately the robots in the boardroom make decisions based on anything but dedication and passion for the things we care about. That kind of disconnect will always come to the surface sooner or later.
STREAMSKI Media
12.04.2023Would love to see you do a video on undisputed, the new boxing game
Stun and run maximum protection self-defense
11.04.2023In my opinion fighting 3 was the best one after that I went downhill Play figgt night champion sucked
Stun and run maximum protection self-defense
11.04.2023Fight night champions is the worst fight night they have ever made which is why they are no longer making fighting games fight night 3 was the only one that was really good other than that the rest not so much
Stun and run maximum protection self-defense
11.04.2023If you think fight night champion is better than fight night 3 ur smoking crack I can't see say I hate it fight night champion They took away from the long stamina they made the blocks of clunky hard to even block in the same way you would fight night 3 And if you're saying it's the same that's because you never played fight night 3 or you weren't any good at it I was sick at fight night 3 and I sucked At fight night champions that says something
Darrein Robinson
11.04.2023great game … fight night 3
C Bixby
11.04.2023I still play fight champions on Xbox the UFC games are fun but I'd like a new fight night game
Special ED
11.04.2023As soon as online got introduced Cheaters and spammers took over…. That's why these games fail because of the community
Arwen guitar player
11.04.2023I must have played 50 careers with created boxers in FNC
BigStuwop
11.04.2023Fight night champions biggest flaw was the decision to map punches to the face buttons. This ruined online. People would build oversize boxers and spam the haymaker straight button the entire fight. Keeping the analog sticks would have required these people to develop at least some type of skill.
Lamar A
11.04.2023My son put fight night champion on his Xbox for me. He was able to get it. I've been playing his Xbox everyday! I'm 40 and loving it
Nav Singh
11.04.2023FNR 2/3 was awesome…."because it's the ones you dont see, that hurt the most!" Lol that line from the commentator has been etched into my memory by playing Round 3 so damn much back in the day at uni.
I didnt bother with Round 4 or Champion since they changed the way Total Punch Control worked, I wasnt a fan. I still play Round 3 via emulator everynow and then with me as Oscar De La Hoya going up against Joe Frazier. Yes, I'm smart as a Bull Fighter 😀 lol
TMAC
10.04.2023Ready 2 Rumble was good too.
Mike Gee
10.04.2023I literally still play fight night champion to this day
Mike Gee
10.04.2023Never realized how many boxing games were released… maybe a bit of over-saturation ?
Prince Hikeem
10.04.2023My opinion fight night round four was the best fight night ever. If they don’t come out with another fight night at least remaster fight night around four and I’ll be happy.
VaderPopsVicodin10
10.04.2023Grew up playing all these .. still have Round 4 and Champion. Still play them, too. Awesome games.
Round 4 was the peak of my hype, no doubt. Being able to FINALLY play as Iron Mike was the clincher that made me buy the PS3 in the first place. I remember that first time ever, booting up the console, and being almost giddy 😄
Giovanni Georgio
10.04.2023They need to come out with a new one. That other new boxing game that other company is coming out with is corny. Skip UFC one year and get back into boxing.
Giovanni Georgio
10.04.2023I loved these games. Thanks for making the video, it was great and brought back a lot of memories.
Shooter_McGavin
10.04.2023I always felt like FNC was just a polished version of FN4 FNC mechanics are unmatched to this day FN4 punches look like Undisputed punches
Jim Smith
10.04.2023dude- FNR3 on 360 when that shiz come out!!! Blew my mind!!!! I miss those days
rah holman
10.04.2023It's Maddens fault
N.B.L.
09.04.2023Whoa, ea made makes great to the best sports games
N.B.L.
09.04.2023Tito Trinidad
Terry Kirk
09.04.2023STILL PLAYING FIGHT CHAMPION 2011 IN 2023…AND STILL WAITING!😠
Shadow Ki
09.04.2023They goofed up some of the theme music, but it's still a great game. Example? Akon should be the franchise's artist for the music.
Maphyous
09.04.2023Support undisputed on PC.
TheVizions
09.04.2023WE PLAYING FNC RIGHT NOW….what u talkn bout?????
GiveAF
09.04.2023Loved Fn r3
The Old A
09.04.2023No ultimate boxer mode = no predatory system. = no game.
Magdaleno Huerta
09.04.2023Love to see a new fight might boxing game ❤
Jeremiah Bradshaw
09.04.2023Pay the man. We NEED him on the game!?
Michael C
08.04.2023Is this video a project for your school media studies class? It's got that feel.
Adrian Canestra
08.04.2023EA is making a new one. They're just waiting for Esports to drop their game first…
David Anderson
08.04.2023EA decided to only make UFC games and hence I am still
Playing Fight Night Champion since i don’t really like the MMA games
MrErnieHanks
08.04.2023FNC has 3-4k population everyday and that's just XBOX. I don't even think UFC4 has as big of a playerbase lol
Katakuri Fan
08.04.2023Might as well spoil since it can't be played anymore.
Josh Robinson
08.04.2023I just wanna play fightnight on ps5 😢
Taylor Sankey
08.04.2023Gotta check out Undisputed! New boxing game!! It's wip though so we will see how it matures. It looks really good graphicly and the game play is being tweaked alot lately. I really do hope they bring in a career mode. But love your vids
Logan Hill
08.04.2023They are worried about profits now but don't they see the near cult following these games had? People would be coming out the woodwork to get that game
Erik Wahlberg
08.04.2023As the Lead Designer (and Associate Producer) of KOK 2000 and 2001 you were 💯 correct that this development was driven by passion and love of the sport (and fans!). As a martial artist, amateur kickboxer and huge fight fan I was absolutely motivated to make 2001 the best boxing game I could. Of course this was just design and direction…the entire dev team cared about the title as well and did so much great work.
Fun fact…KOK 2000 (PS1) was built from scratch in only 8 months! We had a slightly longer development cycle and of course built off of KOK 2000 when we made 2001 which gave us that chance to really make an upgrade.
I may not be done making boxing games! ❤
SOFTDRINKTV
08.04.2023Would you guys be interested in a retrospective on Fight Night Round 4, which, in my opinion, is the greatest boxing game of all time?