New PGA Tour Video Game

Yep. I bet if you stopped 100 people in the street and showed a picture of him less than 20 would be able to name him. More than double that would be able to name Woods

Think we'll agree to disagree. I think he has a much higher profile in the US than you think and more so following the dumped 3 iron last week but clearly you don't and that's fine. Either way hope it's a decent game to play
 
It can understand the argument. It was PGA Tour Golf before Tiger Woods cane along and it focused on the golf and not the golfers. The use of the old PGA Tour name showed a possible intention to return to the games roots but the addition of the name to it symbolises more of just another annual update which is what has plagued many EA sports titles. The minor success of The Golf Club has shown a market exists for a more serious golf game and hopefully EA have taken notice and spent the last 2 years looking at the game dynamic more than just graphics and celebrity avatars
 
Don't get me wrong, it looks like a seriously good game and I will be buying it. But would I be more likely to buy "Lionel Messi FIFA16" over FIFA16? Not really.

It kind if just shows where golf is on the spectrum, needing to have one figure head to help get the sales figures.

Yes we all know McIlroy is the milky bar kid at the moment, he is an amazing talent. I just feel that after probably 10 years of Tiger Woods, EA may have changed it to not focus on one person, no issues with him on the cover but no need for the name change.
 
Yep. I bet if you stopped 100 people in the street and showed a picture of him less than 20 would be able to name him. More than double that would be able to name Woods

To be honest I suspect if you did it on main street USA there would be even more of a difference as Tiger was the most famous sportsperson on the planet until recently, still arguably is. However it's not just 'recognition' but also the image that person brings. Unfortunately Tiger's image is tarnished and his recent golf is doing him no favours. Where as Rory's image is probably more appealing to young/middle aged people who are mostly the types that play video games.
 
Games with recognisable characters that feature prominently sell better. People are attracted to pictures of other people. It's a simple marketing trick, same thing happens with feature films, you'll rarely find boxart that doesn't feature a person on it.

And anyway, good on Rory for being the centre of the brand now. I just hope EA has done more with the game this time, the PGA Tour games have been awful for years.
 
Oh man this is sad news.
I think they shouldn't brand and just call it the PGA Tour 2015 / 16 or whatever.

Ah well maybe if you get to use Rory you can throw clubs into water hazards.
 
I maybe alone here but I have a couple of the earlier Tiger Woods ones for the Wii and enjoy playing on them occasionally. Graphics aren't great but at least you're off the sofa and feel like you're actually swinging a club, are there plans for this one to be released for the Wii?
 
Looks awesome? Have any of you golf gamers tried 'The Golf Club', it has less realistic gameplay however the 'Make a course' feature is amazing! I recreated Ogbourne Downs which is a course close by - hopefully they might implement that into this new game ;) WGT (World Golf Tour) is also a really good game - I enjoy playing that. Interested to see what its going to be like; definately going to pick up a copy for my PS4 :)
 
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