Impressive game design or pure coincidence? Xbox.com used NFL Fever 2002 to predict the outcome of Super Bowl XXXVI and the results were nothing short of frightening. TeamXbox writes:

Xbox.com should be rolling in it if they placed any bets based on their NFL Fever 2002 based prediction for the Superbowl. In one of the biggest upsets in Superbowl history, the New England Patriots upset the St. Louis Rams 20-17, as predicted by Xbox.com.

The Super Bowl win was the first for the New England Patriots. The loss drops the Rams Super Bowl record to 1-2.

Just goes to show, that games really can reflect and recreate reality. And this is a testament to the programming of NFL Fever 2002 that the stats and attributes of the teams is dead on with the actual teams. Not only did Xbox.com predict the final score, they predicted that the last play of the game would decide the game. Very nice.

Check out the statement at Xbox.com or TeamXbox's story for more details.