Bingo. Games developers and publishers were forced to tske chances. Some good. Some not. Now, a few bright spots in the AAA market aside, well yeah, the struggle is real.
I had the same thought throughout this video. This isn't just because of DLC content, either. There just had to be a certain amount of content and entertainment built into a game in order to get people to play without the option to play with a pool of 3,000 people online. The games had to be complete by themselves, and be able to establish a world with ongoing communication between the player and the gameplay, and this all had to be done without everything being multiplayer. I guess my point is that the game had to provide its own personality, while online multiplayer is a cheap way of injecting it without actually working for it.
At least back in the days it didn't affect the product, like they where making great games until I'd say either mass effect 3 or the current gen arrived like out this whole generation of consoles I would say the only title that good was titanfall 2
I didnt have a PS2 in DR back in 2002.. and I used to go to a Cyber Club and pay to play. Then got my PS2 in like 2004, used to create my friends and get they're player up and play vs me and pick them up for my team. Oh yes this was the good ol life
Good lord, I rented NBA Street Vol. 2 from Blockbuster near weekly as a kid. Now as an adult I thought I had dreamed it. The tricks, the music, the announcer, the replay camera. Jeez, I miss this game.
Yeah the double game breaker is something I had forgot about like where they turn the camera into a cut scene like play with that old school color scheme
NBA Street Vol. 1 - 3 were amazing to me. I enjoyed them so much and it's a shame that EA has taken a major nose dive from being an amazing and fun game publisher to being what it is today...just money grabbers. This is by far one of the best TH-cam videos about gaming. Keep it up good sir.
* sigh * Well done Tyler. Very well written. This video depressed me. Filled me with nostalgia. I remember I called a classic game store asking them if they had NBA street and the lady sounded so surprised and excited. I appreciate insomniac for what they did for spiderman. They didn't care for money They were spiderman man fans that created a spiderman game ...that was long overdue. ....I'm glad I still have my ps2 so i can travel back in time Smh Thank you tyler
And for this they got rewarded. From my understanding Spiderman sold really well (and probably still is). Why is it so hard for some companies to understand that the best way to sell a game is making it good and advertizing it well (sure Spiderman also got the Spiderman bonus but that's not all there is).
I don’t see the sports games making a come back but definitely the def jam games could make a come back for sure, create ur character upgrade him , make it open world with fights and jobs /side missions.. make it a mix of gta with fight night champion type story, maybe be able to create or join crews with other online players, could be huge depending how much they put into it
The lack of risk taking in 2019. Agreed. As much as I enjoy my ps4, I LOVE my ps2, and times like today when I pulled it out of my closet, dusted it off, and sat down to play NBA Street, Ready 2 Rumble 2, and Twisted Metal Black I found myself playing for the next six hours. I've never done that with my ps4. Watching this video I know why. There is no risk taking with the current generation of games.
The Amazing Lucas It was I wasn't the biggest fan of basketball I was more into extreme sports (skatebording,snowboarding,surfing)but I got more into it playing these games.
I looooooved NBA Street Vol 2!!! It's a shame ..the same happened to Def Jam and vendetta...they were iconic games...I'd buy a remake or remaster day 1....
@@SmashingSnow Def Jam is still one the greatest fighting games of all time to me...if they would just bring it back and actually combine Def Jam 1 and 2 then add multiplayer that would be epic...
Ya I wouldn't give your Hope's up especially since knowing them they would probably adding a bunch of stupid microtransactions that add nothing to the game and would completely screwed over the progression system
Trust me, you don't want that. You will get a terrible frankenstein's monster telling you to pay a few dollars here and there to enjoy a game you already paid for.
This was a favorite game I still cant believe they wont make a remake at least. I remember me and the cousins losing shoes and everything over street games Haha
One of my fondest memories include my brother and I playing NBA Street Vol.2 as multiplayer on PS2 at home after school. My mom would make us some hot coco and we’d play and play after we finished our homework. We were so competitive to make the most perfect dunk or combo! I think that game still is a reason why my bro and I have such a good relationship. We literally grew up together.
Thank you for calling out the streets series and the insight of the development, even if this video has a sad ending, at least you revived some old memories for good.
I’ve been saying for the longest time that video games and the people that make them have lost touch with video games original purpose, to have fun!! Technology was limited in the early video game eras. We always used to fantasize about how cool it would be to play these hyper realistic games. As an older gamer I can honestly say it’s not all that I thought it would be. The games themselves now are undoubtedly beautiful. But a lot of them are way too complicated with many inputs and combos to learn to access more advanced more realistic movements or actions. I just want to sit down and play and have fun. Not have to attend college courses to learn how to play the game. Games have really become overwhelming for someone like me who’s a completist. There’s is way too much content. I miss the days of video game, arcade style of play. One of the main reasons I play is to relieve stress and have fun. Not to get more stressed by the sheer amount of tasks I have to complete or the ridiculous amount of moves or inputs I need to learn!!
rob lucci video games were meant to be exactly that, games. More is not always better. At the end of the day you should feel happy when you’re about to play a game not overwhelmed by the sheer insanity of content. I’m not saying I don’t appreciate it. It just feels a bit daunting to 100% some of the bigger games like gta or red dead.
@@freewillie26 - I think he means the game "Journey." It is a fantastic short ~2 hour single player game. If you are looking for sports might I recommend "Rocket League." Basically Soccer but with cars. Very simple and incredibly fun.
I broke out the PS2 for my kids playing the old school games and they were more into the EA Big games especially SSX. They just love "Tricky" and all the Street games they call them Tricky Games😂 (2 ssx's 2 streetballs 2 streetnfls 1 streetsoccer 1 defjam). At first I thought it's something new to them or different maybe. But the questions were asked by the 9and10yrs "are these games on Xbox one....what about Playstation" "why they stop making Tricky games".... Then I sat wondered myself " why did they stop making Tricky games LoL 😂
Father of the year award salute G keep older gaming Alive! I have the ps2 and regular Xbox still at the house hooked up the younger kids in the family love that ish. I still get on ps2 and play bully.
The answer is real simple. Allow microsoft to put the street games on backwards compatible. Then use the numbers they make to gauge if it would be worth making a new title. Worse case scenario is its not, and there ea access service has like double the content due to backwards compatible titles.
They won't care. They put Skate 3 on backwards compatibility, even re-enabled the servers and when the game got popular, they even went so far as to print a couple thousand discs for retail again. What happened then? Nothing. No Skate 4, no news, no statement, nada. If Skate 3's huge success years after the release can't change EA's mind, nothing will for any other of their old titles. Otherwise, they already would've reacted given the fact that there was a sizeable modding community that worked on NBA Street Vol. 2 giving it roster updates, improving the graphics. Modded versions like NBA Street Vol. 2 2016 or NBASV2HDR show that there's a big interest in the game still.
Melanie L. video game industry has been taken over by something called artificial procedural generation. it's literally algorithms that use A.I. to automatically generate the game content...so the days of teams taking years to painstakingly develop every detail into a well crafted world and experience....very rare now. now its all just being copied and pasted using licensing from other companies and procedural generation....so they seem to be mostly only puting out games that a regurgitated designs with just different skins or flair here and there. this is why almost every big title is still either broken or unfinished in its release form. because these computer generated world's pasted together have not had the bugs worked out yet. this is why sequels of games often are a dumbed down version of the original and they seem to take away good features and aspects that OBVIOUSLY could have been kept and improved on. the sales game now is: once a game makes a name for itself they just rely on the multi million dollar ad campaigns to sell it...and since there are so many people to buy their product, they don't even care about repeat customers or customer loyalty because they know they will still sell enough copies to the endless supply of kids who havnt figured it out yet. monopolies have ruined the industry.
Melanie L. hold up these games exist ? like on pc or what ??? and if that’s the case someone needs to make servers for that shit so we can run it online
I think that remastering NBA Street Vol. 2 and use that to test the waters of the market is a great first step to revive the series. Additionally, with sneaker culture being so intertwined with the sport and it becoming such a huge subculture, I'm sure big sneaker brands would throw money to be included in the game, thus making it more commercially viable. I also just want to dunk on some people in the most ridiculous ways again.
I think Blitz: The League fell off because they didn't have the coveted NFL license. You could also blame EA for that since they snatched exclusive rights to the NFL because NFL 2K was a far better game for half price than Madden and EA could only win by cheating. Because of that, they killed Blitz too.
Oh man, I remember my cousin had NBA Street vol. 1 & 2 and NFL Street. During the summers of '02, '03, '04, and '05, he would swing by my house and we would spend the whole day just playing these games. These games were the epitome of fun sports games. All you had to do was put the disc in and play away.
EA was actually a great company until, Like you said, they stopped taking risks and started monetizing EVERYTHING. the music you have in the background is lit 🔥
Clumsy Trout man....midway needs to make a comeback and make some nba games. they could easily reinvent the street series and also bring back ready 2 rumble for boxing fans! give EA a run for its money and maybe they will step it back up!
The problem is company's back then didint know how blind people were. Now they realize no matter how much shady shit they do people will still buy their game. Back then that wouldn't fly. If your game was bad no one bought it. Now people buy games based on name recognition alone instead of gameplay which you would think that would have happened back then since we didint have TH-cam and social media back then and you would think it wouldn't happen now since we have TH-cam and social media to tell us how bad a game is. But people will be people and still buy nba 2k when it's nothing but a fee to pay experience. Every company lives all the motto " $60 is not enough"
When I hear that song intro. I close my eyes and my mind drift back to a simpler time. Memories flash back , faces and voices stir my feelings... That's y I'm watching this a second time
SSX was my game! It was by far the only thing I would play if I could only play one game after gradeschool from my ps2. The last game I got to play beyond sane amounts was Tricky, and unfortunately I missed on the most recent game because I skipped that whole console generation. I have been waiting for YEARS for a new game of that kind. Steep was a nice reminder of those games, and it was fun for a short time, but it definitely wasn’t the juicy treat the SSX series was
EA should take the park completely out of live and put into it's own game, like NBA Street. And let the consumer transfer their player from NBA Live to the new platform.
This video reminded me of why I drifted away from gaming. The street series were always some of my favorite games. I would buy Madden every year, but sometimes I didn’t want to play NFL football, you know? I wanted to play football the way I did as a kid which Street let me do. Same deal with NBA Street. It’s sad that a lot of games have it so you can just pay to have what you want instead of grinding through and earning it. I guess you still can, but it doesn’t feel like that’s what you’re supposed to do anymore.
Damm, that really was emotional for me, here in Brazil, in the PS2 times, piracy was never a concern, and I was just a kid with my 14 years, here you would by the ps2 and win another 10 games because of the piracy (I'm not here to discuss it, it is just for context) and being Brazil, soccer is really big here and FIFA street was in the hands of every friend of mine that had a ps2, when FIFA street 2 was released it was my first original game, and, funny enough, my second original game was SSX on tour. I had to sell my ps2 but I still have those original copies with me, I played the shit out of this games, I really miss playing with my friends for the absurd, fun, soundtrack, moves and all the little things that made all these games awesome. I really don't like these traditional sports games but the Street series always worked for me. It would be awesome to see a new FIFA street or SSX. Tnx for the video :D
I'm also from Brazil and I also had FIFA street. It was so fun that it got me into NFL and NBA street, and that got me interested in other sports too, and this video was nostalgic and also sad. I hope these games could come back, but then again, I don't see that happening, realisticaly at least.
I love how poetic and narrative your videos sound my man. The music, the content, the passion in your voice. Please keep making videos. When I’m feeling anxious, ill sometimes turn on one of your videos and just learn something new. Respect.
I owe you 6 minutes, my dude. Where you at so I can service you however you’d like. In a clean way, of course. Maybe a 6-minute car wash? I’ll be waiting.
Dude you don't need to setup/foreshadow your main point in your own video over and over again. ie "This lead to a shift in ea that would lead to the end..." x1000
I had pink eye for a week that grade...maybe grade 2. I rented this game and played all day at home everyday that week inbetween the drops my mom was putting in my eyes. The career mode was challenging but not too much for me at 7-8 years old. It had a skill curve with objectives like get so many dunks from 3point line off the opponets head and unlocked cooler moves or something else. Great memory of having pink eye, thanks to this game. Thanks for the trip down NBA/NFL street games memory lanes...good stuff
EA blows man. Those sports games were actually the greatest sports games. Now we’re stuck with the same repetitive games. I’m sure EA would see some numbers if they released a new nba street rather than NBA live. 2k has live stuck in the dirt. Edit: I literally just got to the part where you said it has tough competition in 2k and yes very true however they are already competing with them with Nba live so why not put down live and have a group of people who would put their soul into a new street game? Would get them a better chance against 2k I believe rather than live
Its so weird to me how they were ontop and just blew it. Also crazy how they can't grasp how to make a better game in live. I dont see how they dont understand that live is damn near a perfect game. The only thing that makes it a bad game for me is the stiff movement. Fix that and I feel live will be competing with 2k. Im addicted to basketball games. But after years of the same thing, I stopped playing 2k19 after 2 months which is crazy to think when I'm obsessed with basketball.
I remember the last game i rented from Blockbuster was NBA Street Volume 2, back in 2007. I was 15. Great memories. and Vince Carter was GOD on NBA Street!
The first FIFA Street, NFL Street 2 & NBA Street v3 are still my favorite from the Street series wish they would remaster one of the street games awesome video man 🤙🏼
My teenage years was spent, on top of fighting games, playing stuff like NBA Street Vol.2 & 3, and SSX Tricky and 3. By far the most enjoyable EA games I ever bought. That was surely a different time when people were more focused on making great and crazy fun gaming experiences rather than just shit they can make their annual monopoly over, and the change of priorities surely paints the picture clear as day. I'm actually still amazed SSX 2012 even freaking happened, and even then that game was close to being butchered when it was first revealed by EA trying to make something no one that really enjoyed the franchises wanted. Now? Even if such games did make a comeback I would know for sure the soul that use to drive them would be gone from them, because EA is too darn focused on money to really care about making a truly defining experience. ...it's a shame, too... I miss my SSX girls Kaori Nishidake & Allegra Sauvagess and my NBA Street boys Osmosis and Bonafide... but to EA, all those names would remind them of are coffins next to all the other franchises and studios they buried long ago.... That is, of course, if they even remembered they were a thing to begin with.
Only the Gamecube version did, but lets be realistic, all the NBA Street games had stupid "hidden" teams. I'd rather have Mario in the game than 3lw like the first one had
NFL street 2 all day. I'd love to play a modern version of that. I played it through multiple times making ridiculous teams. Made a team of all wide recievers, made a qb that only ran the ball and couldnt be stopped, made a rb that that doubled as a defensive back. The memories are still there and despite my wishes they sadly will never make another one. ever. but we will get anotber battle royale game guys
"NBA Street wasn't built to be competitive" well sir I don't think you had an older brother.
X X word
Or friends we had nba streets tournaments
X X LMFAOOOO FACTS
Or older cousins
X X it was damn sure competitive if you wanted to stay on the system or pass the controller
The success of the PS2 era is easy to understand. The majority of users weren't online.
Bingo. Games developers and publishers were forced to tske chances. Some good. Some not. Now, a few bright spots in the AAA market aside, well yeah, the struggle is real.
Facts. Plain and simple. There weren't ways to exploit players for money.
Exactly. Developers couldn't "add" to games post-release in order to squeeze every dime out of their audience through DLC and microtransactions.
Yes true..
I had the same thought throughout this video. This isn't just because of DLC content, either. There just had to be a certain amount of content and entertainment built into a game in order to get people to play without the option to play with a pool of 3,000 people online. The games had to be complete by themselves, and be able to establish a world with ongoing communication between the player and the gameplay, and this all had to be done without everything being multiplayer. I guess my point is that the game had to provide its own personality, while online multiplayer is a cheap way of injecting it without actually working for it.
NBA Street Vol. 2 is the best basketball game I've ever played.
What a fun game. They need to remake it and have the updated players in it.
Which is better the first one or vol 2
BEST BASKETBALL GAME EVER
I agree with you 100%...
It's a classic
NBA street 3, nfl street 2, and def jam ffny!!! 2005 was the best year for ea
don't forget nba live 2005
Madden NFL back then was great.
Madden 05 too
EA use to make very good games, now they're one of the worst.
@@kevinpayton2664 madden 05 was pretty bad. The best maddens were 07-09
Man when you put that disc in your PlayStation during summer, no worries about homework...... And then you hear that sax
I reminisce, I reminisce...
Best times
I felt that comment
Brooklynspic I will never forget that early 2003 feeling when life was so damn good
Thats how we like to do it in the.. 90s...
The Def Jam fight series
Fuck yeah DEF JAM
BOUNCE THAT SHIT TILL IT MAKE YAH HURT
Def jam fight for NY
Def jam vendetta
Arguably the best big license fighting game made. They ruined the spirit of the series with def jam icon
roscoe collier icon looked good if it had more time it would have been a beast
I LOVED FIGHT FOR NEW YORK! Amazing!
Anything EA touches... Becomes a microtransaction.
Would you want to unlock more comments? Pay 4.99.
That's why The Sims was killed of...you can't justify putting microtransactions into single player only games
It's been a while Jellal.
It stopped being about the fans and more about money
At least back in the days it didn't affect the product, like they where making great games until I'd say either mass effect 3 or the current gen arrived like out this whole generation of consoles I would say the only title that good was titanfall 2
Def Jam fight for NY was awesome,Its basically wrestling in the streets with Rap artist as the characters 👍🏿
Those games was something genius we probably won’t see again
@@mojojoji5493 Yah i agree. 👍🏿
Takes me back to a simpler time. Really miss ea big games.
AllThingsInfamous me too
AllThingsInfamous same , in today’s world if I see someone with pink gay hair I’ll punch em in the face
I remember playing this on ps2 late night with no memory card
Khiry Jackson cant even turn the game off leave the crib praying moms dont go into my room n cut it off Good ol days
Daniel Curl lol.
Claren Dennis Facts 😓 lol
😂😂😂
I didnt have a PS2 in DR back in 2002.. and I used to go to a Cyber Club and pay to play. Then got my PS2 in like 2004, used to create my friends and get they're player up and play vs me and pick them up for my team. Oh yes this was the good ol life
Good lord, I rented NBA Street Vol. 2 from Blockbuster near weekly as a kid. Now as an adult I thought I had dreamed it. The tricks, the music, the announcer, the replay camera. Jeez, I miss this game.
Yeah the double game breaker is something I had forgot about like where they turn the camera into a cut scene like play with that old school color scheme
"EA BIG......challenge everything". On God I miss SSX Tricky
EA BIG was the shit bro
Hell yeah! Ssx was awesome
It's tricky to rock a rhyme
To rock a rhyme that's right on time
It's tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky
BIIIIIGGGG
Pat's Gang Over Errythang I got that shit on my Xbox one 🤣🤣🤣
NBA Street 2 and NFL Street were legendary games. Id buy them in a millisecond if they dropped on PS4
NFL street 2 even improved on the game. And NBA street 3 was pretty good with all its customization and uniform options that NBA live didnt even have.
I have nba street 1 and V3. Also I have NFL street 1
Nfl blitz was the shit too
@Supa Slime Yeah, I'm just trying to find Street Volume 2. That game is hard to find in my city
@@MrWildboy214 NFL blitz was cool. I liked the X-ray's when you broke an opponent's bone.
Looks like EA has always butchered franchises
*NBA Elite 11 was pretty good*
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back when games were actually fun...ps2/xbox/gamecube era was great
Back when developers bothered to release completed bug free games
SilverBulletTj The golden age of gaming
pre-micropayments
back when games were completed, and released quick too. gta 3 in 2001, vice city in 2002, san Andreas in 2004....all hits. all awesome.
NBA Street Vol. 1 - 3 were amazing to me. I enjoyed them so much and it's a shame that EA has taken a major nose dive from being an amazing and fun game publisher to being what it is today...just money grabbers. This is by far one of the best TH-cam videos about gaming. Keep it up good sir.
1-3 was the best 💯
NBA Street Vol.2 is the funniest and best basketball game I ever play
* sigh *
Well done Tyler.
Very well written.
This video depressed me. Filled me with nostalgia. I remember I called a classic game store asking them if they had NBA street and the lady sounded so surprised and excited.
I appreciate insomniac for what they did for spiderman.
They didn't care for money
They were spiderman man fans that created a spiderman game
...that was long overdue.
....I'm glad I still have my ps2 so i can travel back in time
Smh
Thank you tyler
And for this they got rewarded. From my understanding Spiderman sold really well (and probably still is). Why is it so hard for some companies to understand that the best way to sell a game is making it good and advertizing it well (sure Spiderman also got the Spiderman bonus but that's not all there is).
Calling him by his name doesnt make you any more important then you think you are.
I forgot how much fun the Street series was. Wish they would bring them back along with Def Jam Vendetta and Fight For Ny. Those were Amazing.
EA BIG was such a good studio in general
I don’t see the sports games making a come back but definitely the def jam games could make a come back for sure, create ur character upgrade him , make it open world with fights and jobs /side missions.. make it a mix of gta with fight night champion type story, maybe be able to create or join crews with other online players, could be huge depending how much they put into it
I played the ever living shit out of Fight for NY. Would love for that style play to come back.
I put sooooooo much time into Fight For NY. The game had so much character.
Storm Gruber I played the story mode multiple times with different created characters. Had a lot of fun.
The lack of risk taking in 2019. Agreed. As much as I enjoy my ps4, I LOVE my ps2, and times like today when I pulled it out of my closet, dusted it off, and sat down to play NBA Street, Ready 2 Rumble 2, and Twisted Metal Black I found myself playing for the next six hours. I've never done that with my ps4. Watching this video I know why. There is no risk taking with the current generation of games.
This series was GODLY
The Amazing Lucas It was I wasn't the biggest fan of basketball I was more into extreme sports (skatebording,snowboarding,surfing)but I got more into it playing these games.
Ayy Lucas!
they even had street football those were litt af too i member playing the fuck out of the football one on Xbox
On gawd
@ShadowAngel I kind of liked the style of Homecourt, but yeah it was worse than Vol.2 & Vol.3
I looooooved NBA Street Vol 2!!! It's a shame ..the same happened to Def Jam and vendetta...they were iconic games...I'd buy a remake or remaster day 1....
That one was great
@@SmashingSnow Def Jam is still one the greatest fighting games of all time to me...if they would just bring it back and actually combine Def Jam 1 and 2 then add multiplayer that would be epic...
@@MHSenju3000 I agree
Ya I wouldn't give your Hope's up especially since knowing them they would probably adding a bunch of stupid microtransactions that add nothing to the game and would completely screwed over the progression system
@@kevin-cy3cf you are right
They need to remaster nba street volume two , that’s a good start !
Why not vol 1&2?
I was just about to comment this same thing. Thats all i want
You basically asking for micro transactions Lol
I must be the only one who thinks V3 was the best one
Trust me, you don't want that. You will get a terrible frankenstein's monster telling you to pay a few dollars here and there to enjoy a game you already paid for.
This pretty much explains why I have quit gaming.
Facts. I still play but there's a bit of contempt there. It's kinda crazy
Hung on to ncaa 14 for so long
I remember the streets game so vividly. I miss these games so much :(
This was a favorite game I still cant believe they wont make a remake at least. I remember me and the cousins losing shoes and everything over street games Haha
One of my fondest memories include my brother and I playing NBA Street Vol.2 as multiplayer on PS2 at home after school. My mom would make us some hot coco and we’d play and play after we finished our homework. We were so competitive to make the most perfect dunk or combo! I think that game still is a reason why my bro and I have such a good relationship. We literally grew up together.
Nba street would be awesome nowadays that there's online
Thank you for calling out the streets series and the insight of the development, even if this video has a sad ending, at least you revived some old memories for good.
NBA PLAYGROUNDS 1&2 are basically the predecessors to Street😂
NBA Street Vol 2 is still my favorite basketball game ever!!!
I’ve been saying for the longest time that video games and the people that make them have lost touch with video games original purpose, to have fun!! Technology was limited in the early video game eras. We always used to fantasize about how cool it would be to play these hyper realistic games. As an older gamer I can honestly say it’s not all that I thought it would be. The games themselves now are undoubtedly beautiful. But a lot of them are way too complicated with many inputs and combos to learn to access more advanced more realistic movements or actions. I just want to sit down and play and have fun. Not have to attend college courses to learn how to play the game. Games have really become overwhelming for someone like me who’s a completist. There’s is way too much content. I miss the days of video game, arcade style of play. One of the main reasons I play is to relieve stress and have fun. Not to get more stressed by the sheer amount of tasks I have to complete or the ridiculous amount of moves or inputs I need to learn!!
sounds like you wana play journey
rob lucci video games were meant to be exactly that, games. More is not always better. At the end of the day you should feel happy when you’re about to play a game not overwhelmed by the sheer insanity of content. I’m not saying I don’t appreciate it. It just feels a bit daunting to 100% some of the bigger games like gta or red dead.
@@freewillie26 - I think he means the game "Journey." It is a fantastic short ~2 hour single player game. If you are looking for sports might I recommend "Rocket League." Basically Soccer but with cars. Very simple and incredibly fun.
It's not complicated to me 🤷♂️
Amen
God this video hurts to watch, this series needs to be rebooted
I wish it were rebooted but ea would want to turn it into a cash cow so I also don't want it to be rebooted
I'd definitely want to see the series revived!
EA stopped making the Fight Nights too👿
Dawn Duchess fight night games were so damn good
fight night round 2 the best!!
@@scoped7reaper664 nah round 3 is the best
Nah, fight night 2004
Who in control off this tripped hard this could come back today and still do numbers
I broke out the PS2 for my kids playing the old school games and they were more into the EA Big games especially SSX. They just love "Tricky" and all the Street games they call them Tricky Games😂 (2 ssx's 2 streetballs 2 streetnfls 1 streetsoccer 1 defjam). At first I thought it's something new to them or different maybe. But the questions were asked by the 9and10yrs "are these games on Xbox one....what about Playstation" "why they stop making Tricky games".... Then I sat wondered myself " why did they stop making Tricky games LoL 😂
Heyyyyy I've done the same with my son only instead it's the n64 with Mario kart and stuff. Kids really seem to like the older games 🤷🏾♂️
I love tricky
And that’s sad they had to ask are they on the new consoles they need to bring them back
Tricky games 😂😂😂😂 I love it
Father of the year award salute G keep older gaming Alive! I have the ps2 and regular Xbox still at the house hooked up the younger kids in the family love that ish. I still get on ps2 and play bully.
God just that intro song to the game is SO NOSTALGIC! Damn....
Big fax
They Reminisce Over You is a classic bro
Its a song about nostalgia so its fitting
Hell yeah
I miss the PS2 era I had consoles before but that was the console that really got me hooked on video games
Looks like that syrup has you hooked on drugs now lol
TheFonz 94 💀💀💀
Im just playing haha but damn the ps2 was the shit, hella cool games and the option to play cds and dvds back then made it the one
TheFonz 94 lol facts I’ll take the PS2 over the syrup any day 😂
@@KRittz-yy1el You a real one for that lol miss those days when i had to go to my boys house to play multiplayer lol
The answer is real simple. Allow microsoft to put the street games on backwards compatible. Then use the numbers they make to gauge if it would be worth making a new title.
Worse case scenario is its not, and there ea access service has like double the content due to backwards compatible titles.
well said
They won't care. They put Skate 3 on backwards compatibility, even re-enabled the servers and when the game got popular, they even went so far as to print a couple thousand discs for retail again. What happened then? Nothing. No Skate 4, no news, no statement, nada.
If Skate 3's huge success years after the release can't change EA's mind, nothing will for any other of their old titles.
Otherwise, they already would've reacted given the fact that there was a sizeable modding community that worked on NBA Street Vol. 2 giving it roster updates, improving the graphics. Modded versions like NBA Street Vol. 2 2016 or NBASV2HDR show that there's a big interest in the game still.
Melanie L. video game industry has been taken over by something called artificial procedural generation. it's literally algorithms that use A.I. to automatically generate the game content...so the days of teams taking years to painstakingly develop every detail into a well crafted world and experience....very rare now. now its all just being copied and pasted using licensing from other companies and procedural generation....so they seem to be mostly only puting out games that a regurgitated designs with just different skins or flair here and there. this is why almost every big title is still either broken or unfinished in its release form. because these computer generated world's pasted together have not had the bugs worked out yet. this is why sequels of games often are a dumbed down version of the original and they seem to take away good features and aspects that OBVIOUSLY could have been kept and improved on. the sales game now is: once a game makes a name for itself they just rely on the multi million dollar ad campaigns to sell it...and since there are so many people to buy their product, they don't even care about repeat customers or customer loyalty because they know they will still sell enough copies to the endless supply of kids who havnt figured it out yet. monopolies have ruined the industry.
Melanie L. hold up these games exist ? like on pc or what ??? and if that’s the case someone needs to make servers for that shit so we can run it online
@@melaniel.4269 Ncaa 14 too
Let's not forget about the "Slugfest" baseball games!!
Gunnar Halverson 💯👍🏾
Those were Midway games. Red card and Blitz were also very fun.
Gunnar Halverson amen
Don't forget about NHL hits
@@gkkid3o8 I can't believe I did! It's my fav of them all
You should do a video on The Murder of Dead Space
Check out The Act Mans channel. He made an incredible video on the dead space franchise.
You mean DS3?
Also, mandalore gaming has 3 good dead space reviews
"DEAD SPACE WASN'T KILLED... | It Was Murdered."
I think that remastering NBA Street Vol. 2 and use that to test the waters of the market is a great first step to revive the series. Additionally, with sneaker culture being so intertwined with the sport and it becoming such a huge subculture, I'm sure big sneaker brands would throw money to be included in the game, thus making it more commercially viable. I also just want to dunk on some people in the most ridiculous ways again.
DEF Jam Fight for NY and NBA Street 2 need remastered versions now! Get on it EA!!!
Alot of these companies are the cause for their downfall. Graphics & immense stories don't always = *FUN!*
Bring back the fun video games!
Who remembers NBA ballerz. ?.
hell yeaa!
I did
Bringing the house down hell Yeah
starbury
the pistons were legit in that game (hamilton, wallace x2, billups) !!
Anyone remembers NBA Ballers??
oh yeah
mark84g5 rags to riches
N...B....Aaaaa Bbbbbbbballlerrrssss
@@OodlesanNoodles mc supernatural
Cameron Wharton I read the last part with lil Troys voice haha
Ssx tricky is the best snowboarding game I've ever played, perfect controls and just a great game period
Are the controls better than SSX 3? I've only got the first SSX and SSX 3, gonna get Tricky when I can find it.
@Rave Man! ahh that’s awesome! Really miss this age of gaming
@Icewulf yeah, it's really great, but I really like the open world of SSX3
Man if they could remaster NFL Street 1 & 2 and add online to it. I'd be on that 24/7 LT was a beast on Street 2.
This was 2k before 2k
Delvon Bailey.... No not at all.... far from 2k
Yep
2k was already out but I know what you mean
same question is what happend to Blitz: The League?
Loved that game. Nothing more satisfying then laying down some hitsticks and seeing a damn x-ray of dudes collar bone snapping 😂
I think Blitz: The League fell off because they didn't have the coveted NFL license. You could also blame EA for that since they snatched exclusive rights to the NFL because NFL 2K was a far better game for half price than Madden and EA could only win by cheating. Because of that, they killed Blitz too.
Midway shutting down had a lot to do with no more Blitz The League games.
No Midway, no Blitz. Shame, it pretty much taught me everything I needed to know about the anatomy.
@@TnD_BigJax Mom was not a huge fan of me playing that game when I was a kid because of all the swearing and brutality. Dad never minded.
I'll pay 120$ for an NBA Street Vol.2 Remasterd
I still have that game, i play it on my wii.
@@exillityclappz3675 I lost mine I had it in ps2
Mines is gamecube
The game i really miss is Fifa street 2 on PS2... /:
I wouldn't pay that much but I'd definitely be interested in getting it if they released it again
Oh man, I remember my cousin had NBA Street vol. 1 & 2 and NFL Street. During the summers of '02, '03, '04, and '05, he would swing by my house and we would spend the whole day just playing these games. These games were the epitome of fun sports games. All you had to do was put the disc in and play away.
Yeah NFL street were amazing. NFL street 3 was my favorite. You know what basketball game I loved back in the day? NBA ballers. Man that game was fun
Phenom was the shit 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
It's sad how Midway is gone for good
dude ballers was so much fun! I remember breaking a few controllers trying to beat STephon Marbury lmao
i loved nba ballers more than street lol
Big facts
Soundtrack in this video was pretty dope
Geo C you know the beats used?
Nico Tingzon
1. Pete rock and CL smooth - T.R.O.Y
2. Goapole - closer (7:46)
3. Biggie - juicy (10:37)
In between it sounds like vlog music.
Whats the song that starts at 15:00 minutes in this video, i love the melody
Facts!!
FRESH VOLTAGE Its a stripped down version of Forrest Gump by Frank Ocean
You should make a video about these horrible EA creatures neglecting BOXING GAMES SMH
Am I the only one that still remembers Knockout Kings?
Fifty Faces of Manning no we all remember knockout kings, the original fight night. I just bought 2001 for ps2 two weeks ago
@@East_Texas_Gaming Knockout Kings 2002 was actually one of the first games I ever played.
Knockout Kings.
The father of console boxing. Ring king was the grandpa
Mike Tyson's punch-out was your favorite cousin tho 😎
@@rjhikups78 greatest heavyweights for the sega genesis was 1 of the best boxing games ever made
I'm playin NBA street vol 2 rn.. NFL and nba street 2 are still my favorite games of all time
He moves his hand at literally every word he ways
EA was actually a great company until, Like you said, they stopped taking risks and started monetizing EVERYTHING.
the music you have in the background is lit 🔥
Clumsy Trout man....midway needs to make a comeback and make some nba games. they could easily reinvent the street series and also bring back ready 2 rumble for boxing fans! give EA a run for its money and maybe they will step it back up!
The problem is company's back then didint know how blind people were. Now they realize no matter how much shady shit they do people will still buy their game. Back then that wouldn't fly. If your game was bad no one bought it. Now people buy games based on name recognition alone instead of gameplay which you would think that would have happened back then since we didint have TH-cam and social media back then and you would think it wouldn't happen now since we have TH-cam and social media to tell us how bad a game is. But people will be people and still buy nba 2k when it's nothing but a fee to pay experience. Every company lives all the motto " $60 is not enough"
NBA Street V2 is such a sweet game.
We need an NFL BLITZ the midway one...where I drop back and throw hailmarys on FIRE🔥
Ohh yeeeah! Blitz 😃😃
Im 37 yrs old and I totally agree. I'd buy a new Blitz game. The hits were vicious and it was just a fun game!
FAAAACCCTS
EA put out an updated Blitz game maybe 2 or 3 years ago for digital download.
fuck that blitz the league needs to come out again
NBA Street 1 & 2 are some of the most playable pickup sports games... takes me back to NBA Jam arcade 💯
11:00 I recognize that instrumental anywhere! How subtle.
Aaron Pride juicy fruit?
When I hear that song intro. I close my eyes and my mind drift back to a simpler time. Memories flash back , faces and voices stir my feelings...
That's y I'm watching this a second time
NAME?
Man this is so true and so sad make me wanna cry
@@chawarmamcfill4990 T.R.O.Y by Pete rock and CL Smooth
SSX was my game! It was by far the only thing I would play if I could only play one game after gradeschool from my ps2. The last game I got to play beyond sane amounts was Tricky, and unfortunately I missed on the most recent game because I skipped that whole console generation.
I have been waiting for YEARS for a new game of that kind. Steep was a nice reminder of those games, and it was fun for a short time, but it definitely wasn’t the juicy treat the SSX series was
Same dude. SSX On Tour is still my favorite game ever
Still have SSX.
A remake of the first 3 games need to happen
EA should take the park completely out of live and put into it's own game, like NBA Street. And let the consumer transfer their player from NBA Live to the new platform.
i remember NFL street 2 having a feature to put your created character after you finished the main game into madden.
Don’t give EA anymore ideas to juice the consumers wallets.
@@Monkeybaby520 Yo, I never even knew that! I would have done it!
The Biggie instrumental you included at 10:37 was very fitting for this video
This video reminded me of why I drifted away from gaming. The street series were always some of my favorite games. I would buy Madden every year, but sometimes I didn’t want to play NFL football, you know? I wanted to play football the way I did as a kid which Street let me do. Same deal with NBA Street. It’s sad that a lot of games have it so you can just pay to have what you want instead of grinding through and earning it. I guess you still can, but it doesn’t feel like that’s what you’re supposed to do anymore.
Damm, that really was emotional for me, here in Brazil, in the PS2 times, piracy was never a concern, and I was just a kid with my 14 years, here you would by the ps2 and win another 10 games because of the piracy (I'm not here to discuss it, it is just for context) and being Brazil, soccer is really big here and FIFA street was in the hands of every friend of mine that had a ps2, when FIFA street 2 was released it was my first original game, and, funny enough, my second original game was SSX on tour.
I had to sell my ps2 but I still have those original copies with me, I played the shit out of this games, I really miss playing with my friends for the absurd, fun, soundtrack, moves and all the little things that made all these games awesome.
I really don't like these traditional sports games but the Street series always worked for me.
It would be awesome to see a new FIFA street or SSX.
Tnx for the video :D
Good to see a fellow brazillian in a foreing channel!
I'm also from Brazil and I also had FIFA street. It was so fun that it got me into NFL and NBA street, and that got me interested in other sports too, and this video was nostalgic and also sad. I hope these games could come back, but then again, I don't see that happening, realisticaly at least.
I’d say I’m surprised but...
Not really.
Fifa street was so damn good
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Trash
Yea I always wondered what happened to the street games
Shit was fire
Man my 2012 fifa street got laser burned about a month ago ☹️
This was a real ass video no cap 💯
Lvskinny I be coolin
I love how poetic and narrative your videos sound my man. The music, the content, the passion in your voice. Please keep making videos. When I’m feeling anxious, ill sometimes turn on one of your videos and just learn something new. Respect.
Skip to 8 minutes in. Save yourself some time
thanks dawg
You da real MVP.
8:00
I owe you 6 minutes, my dude. Where you at so I can service you however you’d like. In a clean way, of course. Maybe a 6-minute car wash? I’ll be waiting.
You da real MVP 🤙🏽
I played both SSX Tricky and NBA Street Vol 2 on my PS2. Had so much fun
Ssx3 is the best one!!
I’m buying a ps2 again just for these games
Bespn_ _ they got NBA Street Vol 2 on amazon for $100
I was thinking the same thing the entire time i was watching the video
PLAY IT ON YOUR COMPUTER WITH A PS4 CONTROLLER
Bespn_ _ when u get the game I challage u let's compare our score
Me too
EA is like the parents that force you to wear a tie to a school dance with your shirt tucked in.
So many good memories of having fun with friends, playing the NBA Street games & Def Jam Fight For NY.
Good times...
Dude you don't need to setup/foreshadow your main point in your own video over and over again. ie "This lead to a shift in ea that would lead to the end..." x1000
Gotta drag the video out for those ads
100%. I had to stop watching because it was unbearable. Don't say in 1000 words what can be said in 10.
I've never heard someone say "the car" after saying "the wheels fell off "
Get to the point jesus christ
Last Frost 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I swear he keep
asking questions and never answers them
@@aspectbkc These are opinion pieces layered with facts, not informational video essays. Hope that clears up the confusion.
I no i kinda felt the way too but it's not a bad vid lmao
@@skeletor7928 good shitt
After I have rised playing Street Hoop in arcades, NBA Street games were like a natural step fordward. Damn they were fun.
Really liked the editing in the intro, good job man!
I had pink eye for a week that grade...maybe grade 2. I rented this game and played all day at home everyday that week inbetween the drops my mom was putting in my eyes. The career mode was challenging but not too much for me at 7-8 years old. It had a skill curve with objectives like get so many dunks from 3point line off the opponets head and unlocked cooler moves or something else.
Great memory of having pink eye, thanks to this game. Thanks for the trip down NBA/NFL street games memory lanes...good stuff
LunarHalo69 your dad farted on your pillow bro. Thank him for the memories.
@@Runescapevidproducer Kids are dirty bro. Its terrible :P
Does any one remember the fighting game Def Jam Vendetta? That was a pretty solid game
So funny you posted this as I have been playing NBA street vol2 and blitz the league the past 2 weeks and this question crossed my mind.
I frickin loved NBA Street. Always ended up at the game shop just to play it. Damn that was fun.
EA blows man. Those sports games were actually the greatest sports games. Now we’re stuck with the same repetitive games. I’m sure EA would see some numbers if they released a new nba street rather than NBA live. 2k has live stuck in the dirt.
Edit: I literally just got to the part where you said it has tough competition in 2k and yes very true however they are already competing with them with Nba live so why not put down live and have a group of people who would put their soul into a new street game? Would get them a better chance against 2k I believe rather than live
Gotta blame it on technology. Lol when you think about it that’s been the downfall in video games.
Its so weird to me how they were ontop and just blew it. Also crazy how they can't grasp how to make a better game in live. I dont see how they dont understand that live is damn near a perfect game. The only thing that makes it a bad game for me is the stiff movement. Fix that and I feel live will be competing with 2k. Im addicted to basketball games. But after years of the same thing, I stopped playing 2k19 after 2 months which is crazy to think when I'm obsessed with basketball.
NBA Street could actually be a great mode for Live to help compete with 2K.
I still rock NBA Street Showdown on my PSP. It's not exactly Vol 2 but it's a great addictive game.
This video doesn't need to be 20 minc
I remember the last game i rented from Blockbuster was NBA Street Volume 2, back in 2007. I was 15. Great memories.
and Vince Carter was GOD on NBA Street!
The first FIFA Street, NFL Street 2 & NBA Street v3 are still my favorite from the Street series wish they would remaster one of the street games awesome video man 🤙🏼
My teenage years was spent, on top of fighting games, playing stuff like NBA Street Vol.2 & 3, and SSX Tricky and 3. By far the most enjoyable EA games I ever bought. That was surely a different time when people were more focused on making great and crazy fun gaming experiences rather than just shit they can make their annual monopoly over, and the change of priorities surely paints the picture clear as day. I'm actually still amazed SSX 2012 even freaking happened, and even then that game was close to being butchered when it was first revealed by EA trying to make something no one that really enjoyed the franchises wanted. Now? Even if such games did make a comeback I would know for sure the soul that use to drive them would be gone from them, because EA is too darn focused on money to really care about making a truly defining experience.
...it's a shame, too... I miss my SSX girls Kaori Nishidake & Allegra Sauvagess and my NBA Street boys Osmosis and Bonafide... but to EA, all those names would remind them of are coffins next to all the other franchises and studios they buried long ago.... That is, of course, if they even remembered they were a thing to begin with.
SSX TRICKY WAS THE BEST
NBA Street Vol. 2 is one of the best basketball games ever made. It was the best in the NBA Street series too
The drew league is west coast and not held in rucker park
I was just about to comment this. Lol I was with him until he lost me at that point. I came back though lol.
@@nikewarrior24 I deadass left the video 😂 like what a clown
NBA Street Vol 2 is underrated, I own that game on a ps2, and I also got all the SSX snowboard games, in collections💯💿❄️🏀
15:38- 16:30 Amazing words man, really hit home as NBA Street Vol.2 was a big part of my childhood :)
NBA Street vol 2 was and still is one of the dopest games I ever played.
Tbh they probably couldnt make a better street game than NBAStreetVol2 anyway
They can drop a remastered version. Upgrade to current graphics and don't add shit to fuck it up
They already did, it was NBA Street V3.
@@explosionsandstuff7787 was that the one that had super Mario and shit on it
Only the Gamecube version did, but lets be realistic, all the NBA Street games had stupid "hidden" teams. I'd rather have Mario in the game than 3lw like the first one had
Berzerkerhakijedi I feel you but nba live 10 was better then 2k11 to me
i would do ANYTHING to get street back
NFL street 2 all day. I'd love to play a modern version of that. I played it through multiple times making ridiculous teams. Made a team of all wide recievers, made a qb that only ran the ball and couldnt be stopped, made a rb that that doubled as a defensive back. The memories are still there and despite my wishes they sadly will never make another one. ever. but we will get anotber battle royale game guys
Def jam and bully would be big in today, almost forgot warriors.
Remember the game narcs where u play as a cop u could sell drugs be a crooked cop
Jump Street24 Def Jam would be all time
Def Jam💯💯
Forgot all about the warriors
Man def jam was the game
You don't need a 20 minute video. Just say EA and everyone will understand.
Rob Buchan that is so disrespectful to the content and work put into this video..
Lol truuuuuu