Will Joe Morgan and Jon Miller be back in 2006?

[The Dude]

I hope so. Does anybody know?

[Cyrano]

Re: Will Joe Morgan and Jon Miller be back in 2006?

I wouldn't think so. EA Sports now owns the videogame rights to ESPN.

[Cyrano]

Re: Will Joe Morgan and Jon Miller be back in 2006?

I wouldn't think so. EA Sports now owns the videogame rights to ESPN.

[gurantsu]

Re: Will Joe Morgan and Jon Miller be back in 2006?

I had read somewhere that the ESPN liscense is not totally exclusive, that somehow if EA is not doing a game on a sport that ESPN was free to go and seek a deal with someone else. So with EA not having MLB rights it is possible that they would stay with 2K. I hope so, because they sound great.

[gurantsu]

Re: Will Joe Morgan and Jon Miller be back in 2006?

I had read somewhere that the ESPN liscense is not totally exclusive, that somehow if EA is not doing a game on a sport that ESPN was free to go and seek a deal with someone else. So with EA not having MLB rights it is possible that they would stay with 2K. I hope so, because they sound great.

[gurantsu]

Re: Will Joe Morgan and Jon Miller be back in 2006?

Here is a link to an article about the deal:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/01/17/news_6116473.html

This is the important part:

Elaborating on that first-right option, Gibeau said, "With regards to the first right of refusal, all it means is that if ESPN has a program that we're not interested in making a video game about, they have the opportunity to be able to go and figure out how to produce it, without our participation." However, Gibeau added, "The likelihood of that occurring is very low."

[gurantsu]

Re: Will Joe Morgan and Jon Miller be back in 2006?

Here is a link to an article about the deal:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/01/17/news_6116473.html

This is the important part:

Elaborating on that first-right option, Gibeau said, "With regards to the first right of refusal, all it means is that if ESPN has a program that we're not interested in making a video game about, they have the opportunity to be able to go and figure out how to produce it, without our participation." However, Gibeau added, "The likelihood of that occurring is very low."

[The Dude]

Re: Will Joe Morgan and Jon Miller be back in 2006?

hmmm....sounds like a wait and see.

[The Dude]

Re: Will Joe Morgan and Jon Miller be back in 2006?

hmmm....sounds like a wait and see.