Why EA Sports BIG And NFL Street REALLY Failed | A Retrospective

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This is another retrospective video essay looking back at EA Sports BIG and NFL Street. Answering the question of what happened to both of these entities and why they failed.

[@Gaslighter893]

EA BIG never failed. EA just foolishly discontinued it.

[@JohnDaDong93]

First two NFL Streets were goated. Street 3 wasn’t bad, had some cool ideas, but felt rushed. And let’s just forget NFL Tour even happened.

[@daquanmcdonald7104]

Nfl tour was corny ngl. Of course they would drop the ball on that note

[@garyforagerjr5074]

Right?

[@Kings0424]

NFL Street 2 will always a part of my memories. I still remember the times when I was a little kid and me and my friends would invite each other to come over and play NFL Street 2 because the game was that good

[@MikeBNumba6]

We just played the mini games. Jump ball battle, two on two and crush the carrier. Played those for hours

[@jumpman2326]

@@MikeBNumba6you gotta get the Xbox version because the online servers is coming back for Street 2

[@garyforagerjr5074]

But the best thing about NFL street was the song harder

[@Kings0424]

@@jumpman2326 Oh damn really

[@Kings0424]

@@garyforagerjr5074 OMG for real bro. Their soundtrack was amazing

[@lardlizard]

1:13 broo!! Crazy to see a video I made IN YOUR VIDEO! I have made multiple videos on NFL Street and NFL Street 2

[@onlyone23km]

Everyone loves to complain about why entertainment companies don’t like to take risks. What happened to Midway and what happened to EA Sports BIG during 2008 is exactly why!

[@garyforagerjr5074]

Facts

[@x_Odin]

Man me and like 8 kids I lived near had a whole neighborhood league on this game, with playoffs and all 😂 miss it fr

[@Jburneyjr]

Don't forget the original NBA Street had Michael as a player too. Then eventually he became a final boss.

[@Realpallbearer]

I remember the first time I played street 2 at my cousin house he had a sleepover with all his friends and we literally stayed up til the next morning all playing we had to 2 console and tvs setup and it was a whole tournament man I miss those days games just don’t hit the same anymore

[@fullweezy3553]

I didnt have to imagine 2004 i was deployed to iraq NBA street v2 and NFL street were in heavy rotation when were weren't on mission

[@sp123]

The Street series didn't fail, they stopped making them because they sell less than simulation games. Return on investment is much greater for games like Madden and NBA Live.

[@MichaelMartin-qe5ye]

NBA Street Vol 2 and SSX Tricky were perfect, so of course, EA Sports Big followed those up with lackluster sequels and then stopped making them entirely.

[@joetrujillo9371]

Well researched! Your channel will blow up! Good luck!

[@rexquintonchief5666]

NBA Street was the amazing shit I remember playing EA Sports Big with a homie back in the 2000's not gunna lie.

[@jumpman2326]

EA Sports Big should’ve never went away, Imagine if EA Sports Big was still around with the PS5 and Series X. The Sports gaming genre would be way different then what we have today.

[@fernandoenriquez432]

I don't recall staying home all day playing video games as a kid we skate roller skate play all sports even cricket and rugby pool table and party every Saturday people always wanted to be around us

[@garyforagerjr5074]

I think also forgetting the concussion lawsuit i think also played a role

[@garyforagerjr5074]

Not that nfl tour was a game worth mentioning but its funny its not mentioned

[@KingBr33ch]

3:52 AI ass script 😂 you ain’t fooling me

[@romeske924]

Ea and Sega's beef did not start with the Dreamcast they've had issues dating back to the days of the Sega Genesis

[@2pacgranddaddy441]

What's the name of the beat at 2322

[@Gameking92888]

Ssx tricky and ssx 3 and Def Jam Vendetta NBA streets 1 2 3 my favorite games created by ea big

[@JustCallMeD33]

Please remaster SSX tricky e.a

[@garyforagerjr5074]

No clue alex

[@sosamanotf642]

Nobody has EVER given me a good reason why NFL Street 3 is bad. That game is great and imo, the best in the series. It just dosen’t make sense why it gets hate.

[@MikeBNumba6]

It was hands down the best in the series. But it came out at the end of the ps2 life cycle. Xbox 360 and ps3 was being released. A lot of people just didn't play it

[@Kings0424]

@MikeBNumba6 Yeah that's very true

[@garyforagerjr5074]

It's good not great I mean my city from 2 was hard to beat

[@pkscarr]

Let's be honest, NFL games are never going to be worldwide bestsellers. Outside America very few people even care about the mainstream NFL games in comparion o the juggernaut that is FIFA, even less were ever going to care about an arcadey Street version. And I guess it comes down to development costs vs sales, developing a game almost specifically for one country just isn't cost effective

[@TheLoganSomers]

Def Jam Vendetta 🤘🔥💯

[@shaggyflame780]

Realism dont belong in video games

[@scottwebb6570]

Ea sports happened

[@DreadHeadGaming0702]

@kiingmoogaming