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Anthony · 12-13-2004, 06:30 PM

i don't get it - since when is it financially feasible to put out an inferior game just because of a lack of competition. as if people will have no choice but to purchase that game rather than *gasp* continue playing the previous year's version or simply go without console football. you all have a weak arguement. you assume that EA purchased the exclusive license just so they could lose money by not making the best games possible. has anyone considered how good this might be, or what the benefits are? NFL Films will be incorporated into the game, i'm interested in seeing how that works out.

my point is no company as large as EA with the rep they have (mind you no one outside of FOFC cares that EA left Solecismic hanging in the wind) will willingly put out a product that they think will fail just because there are no other competitors. sure, there won't be competition for a football game, but there ARE other good games out there. no one is being forced to play only football. in the end when faced with yet another version of football or a new 5 star, genre-busting game like Halo 2 or GTA:San Andreas (i have neither game) i'll opt for the 5 star game.

i hate the tired arguement of "no one is forcing you to buy the game" but this is an instance where a lack of competition doesn't mean a weaker product is expected. believe it or not game designers don't look at the competition when it comes to improving upon their games. new game features aren't made public until production is well underway. by the time SEGA announced what they were putting in their game it wasn't like EA had time to go back to the drawing board and steal the idea. the only thing a game company can do is look at their previous work and build on that. take the $19.95 pricepoint that SEGA introduced as a surprise. i'm sure it caught EA by surprise because they didn't budget their game to be sold for that low. i think what you guys are worried about is the incentive for EA not to throw in "the kitchen sink", if you will. if there's no competition you assume EA will hold some features and save them for future releases. i'm sure that happens anyway.

12-13-2004, 06:30 PM	#22
Anthony Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Astoria, NY, USA	i don't get it - since when is it financially feasible to put out an inferior game just because of a lack of competition. as if people will have no choice but to purchase that game rather than gasp continue playing the previous year's version or simply go without console football. you all have a weak arguement. you assume that EA purchased the exclusive license just so they could lose money by not making the best games possible. has anyone considered how good this might be, or what the benefits are? NFL Films will be incorporated into the game, i'm interested in seeing how that works out. my point is no company as large as EA with the rep they have (mind you no one outside of FOFC cares that EA left Solecismic hanging in the wind) will willingly put out a product that they think will fail just because there are no other competitors. sure, there won't be competition for a football game, but there ARE other good games out there. no one is being forced to play only football. in the end when faced with yet another version of football or a new 5 star, genre-busting game like Halo 2 or GTA:San Andreas (i have neither game) i'll opt for the 5 star game. i hate the tired arguement of "no one is forcing you to buy the game" but this is an instance where a lack of competition doesn't mean a weaker product is expected. believe it or not game designers don't look at the competition when it comes to improving upon their games. new game features aren't made public until production is well underway. by the time SEGA announced what they were putting in their game it wasn't like EA had time to go back to the drawing board and steal the idea. the only thing a game company can do is look at their previous work and build on that. take the $19.95 pricepoint that SEGA introduced as a surprise. i'm sure it caught EA by surprise because they didn't budget their game to be sold for that low. i think what you guys are worried about is the incentive for EA not to throw in "the kitchen sink", if you will. if there's no competition you assume EA will hold some features and save them for future releases. i'm sure that happens anyway.