Both studio chiefs acknowledged the rigid nature of high - stakes sports development .
Both studio chiefs insisted that experimentation is still very much a down - the - line value in their studios , even if it does n't manifest in spinoff or arcade titles .
Both studio chiefs acknowledged the rigid nature of high - stakes sports development but insisted that experimentation is still very much a down - the - line value in their studios , even if it does n't manifest in spinoff or arcade titles .