EA-NFL Exclusive License

[tdogg097]

My apologies if this topic has already been discussed. According to the ultra reliable wiki the NFL exclusive deal ended after the 2012 season with EA. Does anyone know if that is correct? Or was a new deal struck and wiki is just incorrect. I'm just wondering if EA will ever get competition again.

[Charles Xavyer]

Re: EA-NFL Exclusive License

EA still has an agreement with the NFLPA...


Someone could try to compete, but they won't be able to use player names, or likenesses..

[ginix]

Re: EA-NFL Exclusive License

EA still has an agreement with the NFLPA...


Someone could try to compete, but they won't be able to use player names, or likenesses..

Seriously all they need to do is open up roster customisation to the players and it's not a problem. Stadiums are another problem themselves but honestly I couldn't care about that if the game is better than EA's product.

[Multi]

Re: EA-NFL Exclusive License

My apologies if this topic has already been discussed. According to the ultra reliable wiki the NFL exclusive deal ended after the 2012 season with EA. Does anyone know if that is correct? Or was a new deal struck and wiki is just incorrect. I'm just wondering if EA will ever get competition again.

The license was originally set to expire in 2012, but due to the lockout the NFLPA extended it by a year. It'll now expire in March this year.

Seriously all they need to do is open up roster customisation to the players and it's not a problem. Stadiums are another problem themselves but honestly I couldn't care about that if the game is better than EA's product.

The game wouldn't sell so a big studio would be unlikely to commit. Best bet would be an independent, Kickstarter type of thing.

[dso122783]

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Hmm, an NFL game with real everything, or a "Pro Football" game with generic names and teams...?

[Cre8]

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Hmm, an NFL game with real everything, or a "Pro Football" game with generic names and teams...?

If APF2K8 had been opened to be generic with a deep 'franchise' mode and a 32 team league it would have been considered among the best of last generation's sports games.

I still play it when I get fed up with Madden/NCAA.

With the NCAA Football series not coming back in the foreseeable future, don't think for a moment that 2K or another developer will just watch EA walk away with football.

(I say that with high hopes)

[xdghgyhpeng]

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Someone could try to compete,

[PRO318]

Re: EA-NFL Exclusive License

Ithink there was nfl games that didn't have nflpa license but had nfl license still used players likenesses an names

[kehlis]

Re: EA-NFL Exclusive License

My apologies if this topic has already been discussed. According to the ultra reliable wiki the NFL exclusive deal ended after the 2012 season with EA. Does anyone know if that is correct? Or was a new deal struck and wiki is just incorrect. I'm just wondering if EA will ever get competition again.

It's correct and incorrect.

The deal expired in 2012 but because of the lockout it was extended a year.

The exclusive deal with the NFL expires on midnight of the night of the Superbowl.

NFLPA and all.

[reddogmaddogbul]

Re: EA-NFL Exclusive License

It's correct and incorrect.

The deal expired in 2012 but because of the lockout it was extended a year.

The exclusive deal with the NFL expires on midnight of the night of the Superbowl.

NFLPA and all.

I really hope the exclusive deal is canceled at midnight after the Superbowl .

[Syncmastr]

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I 2k really that good, or is just one of those (many) things where everyone acts like it was better when it really wasn't?

I would love some competition for a football game, but honestly I don't see anyone beating EA their first year.. Please prove me wrong though, no seriously do it.

[kaletore11]

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I don't think it's so much about 2k being amazing, it's more about everyone being fed up with EA.

[Syncmastr]

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Oh you don't have to tell me about being fed up with EA lol, trust me.

I just hear the "bring back 2k, it was so much better" thing a lot. Never played it personally.

[tdogg097]

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Oh you don't have to tell me about being fed up with EA lol, trust me.

I just hear the "bring back 2k, it was so much better" thing a lot. Never played it personally.

You have a solid point. Everyone talks about 2k5 football but honestly I preferred Madden 05. I don't know if it was that 2k5 went away or that Madden moved to next gen or both but ever since the game has never been the same IMO. I always thought the next gen version felt more arcade than sim.

[eXperiment63]

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As far as 2K goes: it had it's hiccups(CPU drafting being the biggest one), but the on-the-field game was the best I've ever seen. I still go back and play it to this day. For a 10 year old game, the graphics are surprisingly not terrible.

The on the field had issues as well, but they could all be fixed with sliders relatively easy. I struggle to play games of Madden against people, because all you have to do is drop back 15 yards and hit a flat receiver on the side you dropped to and it's an instant 10-15 yard pickup. This has been an issue in this game for 15 years!

The depth chart editing was also 20x better than this one. You could edit it by formation. There were just so many things that that game got perfect. Not right, perfect. The presentation, the gameplanning, the passing & running mechanics, and just the gameplay in general.