I dont buy them either i just play them at my friends house (once in a blue moon i might add) and they have really been sucking the further they advanced the only thing that is getting better is the graphics.
yes they pretty much do, the only sports game that is good is virtua tennis for the dreamcast, a few years old. HOwever fantastic to play on with m8s. Others posrts games have been really poor, i have played countless soccer games but all are poor.