Sports games are literally the worst when it comes to predatory industry bullshit like microtransactions, ad abuse, dlc abuse, and rehashes, and yet the retarded sports game fans keep eating that garbage up.
They are nothing but cucks who have contributed to the degradation of the gaming industry by refusing to boycott shitty business practices.
I went to a live NFL game once. After every play there is an ad, “Toyota sponsored catch of the hour” etc. Every 30 minutes they trotted out a person from the military, asked everyone to stand and clap for the national hero.
They also had the national anthem with a flag across the field, half time again flag on the field.
I can’t believe I paid $300 to watch people catch a ball and get brainwashed.
I've been to different sorts of sports all over the place, multiple countries, high level, low level, etc. It's one of the things I like to do to kill time at night when I travel as it's different, not usually touristy, and I'm 0% into all the "nightlife" stuff.
NFL is far and away the worst experience I've been to. I think I've been in two or three cities. It's mind boggingly expensive, the game is horrible to watch live (if at all), the fan experience is usually bad, and there's constant advertising like you said too.
I actually enjoy mid-level stuff and things outside the realm of "superstar" popularity the most. I think about anyone could find a way to have fun at a Czech hockey game and they are dirt cheap to boot.
Oh yeah, advertising is a thing everywhere unfortunately.
I think you got downvoted for being off topic.
We were talking about videogames.
Point is simple: Sports fans expect to be ripped off.
Like another poster said, there is a whole subgenre of "Gamer" who ONLY buy sports games. They are actually just Sports fans, and they are literally buying it as "memorabilia" and for the ability to watch fake games play out when there isn't one on tv, or a reason to have their sports buddies over "for a game" when there is no game on tv.
These are the kind of people who trash talk anyone who plays a video game that ISN'T a sports game.
Then there is the dudebros who only buy Current Year Sportsball Game and Current Year Call of Duty with 100$ season pass. These people don't even properly understand that other games exist, and are spending the money for the imagined prestige of having spent money on it.
On point with this one. I know plenty of non-gamers who have consoles to stream and play sports games.
Man that shit was unbearable then. I can’t imagine it with an extra helping of woke now.