Video Games and Hockey

Surprisingly, hockey has done pretty well for itself in the realm of video games ever since the first hockey game came out in the early 1990's. There have been several companies that have produced hockey video games over the past decade, but none of them have done as well as EA and its NHL series. The overwhelming success that EA has gotten has led to them being the best selling hockey game over the past couple of years. They made an excellent game with their atmosphere and gameplay, especially with the new controls that were installed when the Xbox 360 was released. This new control system helped the game in a huge way and brought more people to the video game and the sport as well. I can make an assumption that all people who play or have played hockey have owned a copy of EA's NHL game at one point. As for me, I have bought their games since around 1999, and have enjoyed it a whole lot. As how it is connected to the sport, most of the products advertised in the video games are actual products in the NHL. And with the past two seasons of video games, even products such as skates, sticks, and helmets were promoted in these video games. Video games and the NHL have been great partners together and hope that they will continue their greatness.