EA/NFL Extend NFL Exclusive License by One Year to 2013

[HARTSTOPPER]

Quote: Originally Posted by mr janny

Does competition really inspire change? Look at other gaming franchises. There are tons of options out there in the FPS genre, yet the top dog is Call of Duty, a series that has changed very little from year to year. There's a whole lot of speculation going on in this thread, but most of it is ill informed hyperbole.

I'm not so sure about Call of Duty being top dog. On PS3, I could understand, but on 360, I have a hard time believing that Call of Duty has more fans than Halo does. Change will ALWAYS breed better production. Just look back at the NFL games before the contract between EA and the NFL. You could make a case for either game being outstanding. Then EA gets the rights, and everything that we loved about Madden and all of it's features were taken away and we were dished out a bare minimum Madden NFL '06 on a more powerful system. Now each year, they find ways to sneak in old features and label them "brand new".

[Facts]

Quote: Originally Posted by mr janny

You don't think that the NFL has done their homework on this deal? I guarantee you that they have done projections on the money they are likely to make with an exclusivity deal versus the money they'd make with multiple licenses. The NFL is a very well run business. They knew what they were doing when they offered up exclusivity.

Tell me that after they get this CBA out of the way.

[Facts]

Quote: Originally Posted by mr janny

Does competition really inspire change? Look at other gaming franchises. There are tons of options out there in the FPS genre, yet the top dog is Call of Duty, a series that has changed very little from year to year. There's a whole lot of speculation going on in this thread, but most of it is ill informed hyperbole.

Yea but Madden isn't exactly the COD of Football Sim. It's moving close to the Perfect Dark status

[raz77]

I'm more mad at the NFL than EA at this point. I mean it is only one year, but because it is near the end of a generation that's a huge opportunity with the PS3 and the 360 going down the drain. We always suspected it would go like this, but now we have all the nails in the coffin.

[mr janny]

Quote: Originally Posted by PMG_HART

I'm not so sure about Call of Duty being top dog. On PS3, I could understand, but on 360, I have a hard time believing that Call of Duty has more fans than Halo does. Change will ALWAYS breed better production. Just look back at the NFL games before the contract between EA and the NFL. You could make a case for either game being outstanding. Then EA gets the rights, and everything that we loved about Madden and all of it's features were taken away and we were dished out a bare minimum Madden NFL '06 on a more powerful system. Now each year, they find ways to sneak in old features and label them "brand new".

First off, Call of Duty Black Ops has sold roughly 11 million copies on the 360. (8.5 mil on the Ps3) Halo Reach has sold 8 million. That's not counting PC. COD is the FPS king. That's not even an argument.

Second, Madden 06's decline had less to do with an exclusivity contract and more to do with learning the ins and outs of programing on a new platform.

Madden's exclusivity has made it an easy target. It's easy to decry and dismiss the current version of Madden because there is nothing out there to compare it against. What were the huge improvements between 2k5 and AP2k8?

[TrapStar215]

I think Imma go cry now! :-''''''''(

[huntt26]

The NFL executives obviously do not play the game. The only thing that represents what happens on the field is that the game has the players that kind of look like the real thing, and the logos. Can't even say stadiums or uniforms because they always mess a few up.

*puke*

[Palo20]

I like it. I trust Ian and Co.