When you’re stuck to a yearly release schedule, it can be very difficult to innovate year after year. It’s generally accepted that 12 months isn’t enough time to create a new video game from scratch, so what tends to happen is an iterative approach that builds over time.
This is something that, of late, the MotoGP video games have wrestled with. Last year, there was an intriguing 'NINE' historic documentary mode, but perhaps a lack of updates in key areas – namely the career and online multiplayer.
