1) Government regulation was inevitable. No entity in the world will restrain itself in the pursuit of profit unless restrained by an outside force.<br>2) The sports genre, like the Battle Royale fad, needs to die. Because of its very existence as an easy money-maker, companies simply re-issue the games year after year with pointless tweaks to justify a new purchase. This consumes time and resources that could be spent developing innovative games and new IPs. It breeds developer laziness.<br>3) EA and others will inevitably move on to another get-richer scheme with tons of "whales" to keep them afloat. That's what corporations do. But they will suffer greatly while doing so, and their pain and anguish sustains me.,(reply>), @Jayme Splendid Exactly, no matter what, there are millions of sports fans all over the world, they will always be there to buy that new 60 dollar game even if it came out a month after the previous one. sports games will never die. the harsh practices should have stayed where it came from. I believe this all started with FIFA.,(reply>), Sports Genre is hardly a fad. Hardcore sports fans will buy these games and they've always have since NES days. <br><br>Sports game players are a different breed. They don't rely on coverage or hype of an up coming sports game, and you don't see huge trailer reveals a year before a release. <br><br>It's like the guys who stand inline at FootLocker 24hrs before the new Jordan's get dropped. <br><br>Sports games are a different beast altogether, hardcore gamers tend to not play them because if they were to, the uproar with the loot system would be much, much louder.