10 Sports That Deserve Truly Great Video Games

2. Tennis

Despite the fact that many so-called "big" developers have taken tennis franchises on, none have ever managed to crack making the game feel anywhere near as exciting as the real thing. Tennis games have always been broken and buggy, with movement and impact looking awful on the odd occasions that they did work.

Now the impressive capabilities of modern controllers should be able to undo this; no longer should we have to play tennis games with arcade-style controls that essentially make use of two buttons and one joystick. With the likes of Nadal's extreme topspin or Cibulkova's powerful and aggressive pace-changers proving just how variable tennis can be, it's clear that this antiquated system just isn't appropriate anymore.

It's true that the Wii console did manage to add some sort of progress with its motion-controlled Grand Slam Tennis game, this isn't the kind of thing that's going to continue to capture the hearts of tennis fanatics as gaming leaves that device behind. Tennis needs a developer to base its experience around shot play and movement above all else. The kind of prospect that the pros could really get behind and endorse!