UFC 2010 has been full of disappointments in its short time on shelves, and with EA taking their first stab at an MMA fighter with EA MMA this October, there’s a lot at stake for both sides. Can EA Sports come out with a rookie franchise and take over the MMA video game market?

A new article posted on Fighters.com examines the necessary ingredients EA Sports MMA will need to supplant the UFC Undisputed series. EA can take a major step toward accomplishing this if they can learn from THQ’s mistakes, starting with the game’s online play.

“Speaking of online, a fluid and diverse online mode would be a fantastic way that EA MMA could pull ahead of the Undisputed franchise. Upon its release, the online in UFC 2010 was downright broken. Even with a number of patches since its release, I’ve still encountered game-breaking amounts of lag in several online fights. Not only that, but the Undisputed online mode is relatively weak. Fight camps were a good idea, but vastly under-utilized. If EA MMA can provide a robust and completely lag-free online mode, I think they could easily pull ahead of UFC 2010.”

Another solid point the post makes is that EA MMA would be best served without the easy, cheap, and super powerful tactics that currently make UFC 2010 infuriating to play at times, which we fully agree with. Despite lacking many of the big name fighters, we like what we’ve seen out of EA MMA so far and would not be surprised if it does end up the MMA video game champion later this year.

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