Lately this is a typical conversation I am having with people.
Them: I heard you are going to Canada, where are you going?
Me: I got a job with EA.
Them: Wow cool, where in Canada.
Me: Vancouver.
Them: Cool! ... Oh wait, don't they make Fifa.
Me: Yeah, but I wont be working on Fifa.
Them: Oh, what will you be working on? Not a sports title I hope.
Me: Well I can't say yet, but yes, it is a sports title.
Them: oh ok. Cool, I guess.
Or they get that "Poor ickle baby" look.
So tell me, what is so wrong with making sports games? To me it sounds idyllic. You make cool games that lots of people play. You do yearly cycles so you get to work with solid code each year, but get to incrementally improve it.
I mean it's not like the ultimate sports titles have already been made and there is no place for innovation.