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LMarcus, you remember Fight Night Champion?
MRemember it? I still fire up the old console for that game.
LThen you'll love this. UPRVISION Combat posted on X—"EA confirms Fight Night is coming back."
MWhoa, whoa. EA hasn't announced a thing.
LThat's what the post says.
MThe post can say a lot. Fight Night Champion came out in 2011. That part's true.
LFifteen years ago, Marcus.
MI know. The "EA confirms" part? No official word yet.
LSo the account might be jumping the gun.
MMight be? A fan account with emojis is not a press release.
LBut the demand is real. Boxing fans have been begging for this.
MI don't doubt the demand. I doubt the source.
LSticcy on X is already celebrating. He says now we get a boxing game that isn't a watered-down Fight Night built to put money in Jake Paul's pocket.
MJake Paul catching strays before EA even confirms the game.
LThat's the internet for you.
MBut he's not wrong about the watered-down part. We haven't had a serious boxing sim since Champion.
LThe physics, the career mode, the story—people still talk about it.
MExactly. That's the bar.
LThat's why this would be huge.
MIf it's real. And if EA does it right.
LYou don't think they would?
MI think the team that made Champion is long gone. The company is different now.
LSo what, they can't make a good game anymore?
MThey can make a profitable game. A sim may not be that.
LThat's exactly the problem. You assume a sim can't sell.
MIt's not assumption. It's fifteen years of evidence.
LJake Paul brought millions of young fans to boxing. That's a new market.
MJake Paul's audience wants knockouts and drama, not footwork and judging.
LBut you can have both! A deep sim with a flashy mode.
MName one boxing game in the last decade that did both well.
LThere hasn't been one! That's the point!
MSo we're supposed to believe EA cracks the code?
LI believe EA sees money. And money makes good games.
MTell that to every rushed sports game every year.
LThis wouldn't be rushed. They've had fifteen years.
MThat's not how development works.
LOkay, you're being impossible.
MI'm being realistic. The post says confirmed. It's not confirmed.
LFine. But if EA announces it tomorrow, I'm first in line.
MYou'll be first to complain when the roster is half Jake Paul's friends.
LAt least it would have a roster.
MLook, I want a new Fight Night too. I just need to hear it from EA.
LFair. Until then, we argue about a game that doesn't exist.
MThat's this show, baby.
LToo true.