10 Pointless Video Game Reboots NOBODY Asked For
7. Need For Speed (2015)
Overview: Need for Speed has more games than there are Skittles in a bag, but in 2015, EA decided to publish a reboot, simply titled Need for Speed. It's an online open world racing game. That means it requires an internet connection at all times, even if you're just playing through the single-player campaign. EA was infamous for trying to make that system work at the time.
Why It Was Pointless: Almost every Need for Speed is its own separate entity, with its own story and gameplay features. That means there is literally no reason for a reboot. It's the exact same issue that Call of Duty has.
The game itself isn't popular, either. Especially not with online-only functionality. No game should have internet connectivity as a mandatory requirement, and it's a lesson EA should have learned by 2015.
EA has only published one Need for Speed game since the reboot, which was Need for Speed: Payback in 2017. That game was also critically unsuccessful due to having its own myriad of issues. Even though a Need for Speed reboot proved to be pointless, the series could definitely use some sort of return to its roots.