There is a bit of a tendency to overlook sports games in most "gaming" discussion They kind of should be overlooked, if you're talking about a particular year

There is a bit of a tendency to overlook sports games in most "gaming" discussion They kind of should be overlooked, if you're talking about a particular year in gaming. They don't follow the same release cycles as other games. Most of the time, the only prominent change from year-to-year is the update to team rosters and player statistics. In that sense, sports games are more like an annual subscription to a single game (with the occasional engine update or refresh) than a series of games. Of course, there are some (non-sports) game sequels that are little more than a content refresh but they are the exception and often receive negative criticism unless the content itself is really good.