EA sued by gamers over football exclusivity

@ kbomb1upc:

it's nice to root for the "little guy" I suppose, but 2k puts out the only MLB game for 360 owners, and even by the most gracious reviews, the games are mediocre.

My point was that the leagues as license holders decided to go exclusive with EA. I'm sure both the NBA and MLB were courted by EA, but they chose to go different routes than what the NFL, NASCAR, and FIFA did. That's their right as license holders to their own unique property.

If you hate having to choose between an EA NFL game or a 2k generic game, then complain to the NFL. Suing EA is a waste of everyone's time, as there's nothing illegal with buying an exclusive license provided by another company.

That's just the thing though, maddenites want to play as the real NFL players and teams. This is why All Pro 2k8 failed (aside from other problems), and this is why the new Tecmo bowl games will fail equally

People want to play as the New York Giants, not the "Generic City Generics"

Vcize
Jun 12th 2008
1:55PMAPF2k8 failed because it wasn't a very good game, plain and simple. It had many of the same faults Madden did, people just like to cry for it because it's the little guy now and because 2k5 was so good. People decided 2k8 was going to be an underappreciated gem before it was ever released.

That said, no NFL icense definitely hurt bigtime. They took a shot at the made-up teams thing with retired players and it didn't work.

Ironically, a while back it was EA faced with this problem when Madden 64 released without the NFL license. They chose to go the route of "copy the NFL without actually using the license" by creating teams like the Foxboro Patriots and South Florida Dolphins and they did OK. Not great, but OK.

This is the route take two should go. With as stale as Madden has gotten I think a lot of people would overlook minor differences like "Miami" vs. "South Florida" if the game was far better, but they are less likely to overlook "Miami Dolphins" vs. "totally made-up team with no NFL equivalent".

Yeah, good luck with that.

lol yea like that would actually happen. there are too many people that will continue to buy this crap. i stopped buying it but there is no way everyone will.

Yes, AMERICAN football, the games that $ells a $hitload even though its not liked all over the world like you're precious soccer. lol

Sorry for the $, just making a point. I'm a huge football freak thats all. I would think that the FIFA and other soccer titles would sell millions upon millions since soccer is a more global sport.

No, it's okay Fenix, $occer $ucks.

@xFenixKnightx
Are you getting the new College Football or Madden? Maybe we can do an online league and I can kick your butt like I did in Tekken....oooooohhhhh

I wanna get Madden 2009 but don't know which version. It depends on which system my brother gets. He wants a 360 but he wants bluray. So, if he gets a PS3 yeah, I'll own you on this game too. ;) I haven't bought a Madden game since Madden 2006 so its been a while.

I wouldn't call it flawed. You create something, you control it, no one has a say in what you do with that creation. If we up and forced content creators to open license everything, why bother creating anything with the nightmare of trying to keep all that under control.

It's easy for the uncreative to complain about copyright laws.

But creation is sometimes innovation of old concepts. But as innovation gets blocked when copyright holders block it looking for the all mighty dollar. I understand the necessity to be rewarded for the hard work and time spent to make what it is but at the same time there is a line between compensation and greed.
Sports use to be working man recreational hobby. Now its a billion dollar corporation for those who can afford it.

Sorry RPGJock, the all mighty WHAT? =P

I understand what you say, but LaughingTarget has a point. In the end, even though we would all want it to be different, it's just like you having a shitload of money and someone demanding you do donate it to charity. It's your fucking money, rather likely that you deserve every single penny of it, so you decide.