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

[bkrich83]

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

A bummer for sure but not surprising. It's not that I really thought Madden was a bad game. Like someone else mentioned it was boring. It just never really held my attention.

I'll probably do what I did this year. Pick up and play Madden for the occasional game for a little fun, and spend most of my football gaming time playing text sims. I am really having fun replaying past Chargers seasons with Second And Ten football.

Also like this past year, I will probably just keep playing The Show well in to football season.

It's disappointing the deal was extended but really doesn't affect me that much as I can find other things to keep my attention.

[blackscorpion11]

Time to get college Lock down for 2k... take 2 needs to something now... this is just crazy.. GET THE COLLEGE LISCENCE.. YOU CANNOT just survive on The NBA and Tennis. Soon your baseball contract will run out.. SMH at this..

excellent point, these bastards WILL go after ALL sports if left unchecked.. They are the ESPN of video gaming

[blackscorpion11]

Quality is the reason i still play APF2K8 , I stopped buying madden 3 years ago.. I dont need nfl teams, just good football..Keeping an eye out for backbreaker sequel..or a game from another source

[blackscorpion11]

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

We are lucky to have Madden 11. The business model have changed. I don't think there are too many companies that would produce a license football game. There were only 2 viable professional football games at the time of the EA/NFL deal. How many people purchased NFL Fever, Quarterback Club, Gameday, or even NFL 2k2, 2k3, and 2k4.

Consumers didn't support multiple football games. We nitpick these games and brand loyalty dominated the market. Most didn't even buy 2k football games before 19.99 price drop. I remember how so many here defended the EA/NFL deal now EA is the great devil.

Sport gamers will have one hockey game, baseball game, football game, and basketball game. We can't blame EA/NFL for the rise of FPS and the decline of sport games.

PS

Madden 11 is a good game after the patches.

wrong, i had all of those games back in the day..i had 2 versions of qb club... Having a choice was better.

[Jistic]

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Who cares? I haven't bought Madden in years. It's a GF rental for a week, then I laugh at how horrible it is and go back to NCAA again until it becomes boring again as well.

The good news with Tiburon football sucking so bad the last 5 years is it's turned me on to other games that I would've ignored because I was so wrapped up in football.

Madden is like a bad relationship with a girl. Just break up and stay away. You will move on and you will be better off without her, but you've got to give it a chance.

[kehlis]

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

wrong, i had all of those games back in the day..i had 2 versions of qb club... Having a choice was better.

He's not wrong. You are one person, you don't represent consumers as a whole.

Nowhere did he say no one supported multiple games.

[TheShizNo1]

I'm glad they extended it. Madden is awesome and other football games pale in comparison to it. Now this gives EA even more motivation to keep putting out great games for their customers. Madden 12 is gonna rock!

[Rocky]

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I'm glad they extended it. Madden is awesome and other football games pale in comparison to it. Now this gives EA even more motivation to keep putting out great games for their customers. Madden 12 is gonna rock!

[grunt]

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

Madden will always be a middle of the road game but Madden is the most consistent sport game in the last 20 years. Know why Madden and 2k were the only 2 games left because the other games didn't play as well. Making quality football games are very difficult.

What if EA walked away from the NFL and close their servers. Who would jump up and invest millions of dollars to produce a game with such a large licensing costs? No one want to make sport games anymore. If EA had to do it all over again they would have invested in a kick *** FPS.

So, what we have left is a very solid football experience in Madden 11. This is as good as we are going to get. My hope if developers would develop sport games on XBL/PSN but I doubt anyone is going to make an unlicense football game.

[LiquorLogic]

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

Madden will always be a middle of the road game but Madden is the most consistent sport game in the last 20 years. Know why Madden and 2k were the only 2 games left because the other games didn't play as well. Making quality football games are very difficult.

What if EA walked away from the NFL and close their servers. Who would jump up and invest millions of dollars to produce a game with such a large licensing costs? No one want to make sport games anymore. If EA had to do it all over again they would have invested in a kick *** FPS.

So, what we have left is a very solid football experience in Madden 11. This is as good as we are going to get. My hope if developers would develop sport games on XBL/PSN but I doubt anyone is going to make an unlicense football game.

If you look at most sports titles, there's only really two popular titles at best. If EA walked away from the NFL, another publisher, or publishers, would take their place. It's inevitable. The licensing cost would drop because EA, the only company capable of paying that hefty fee, is no longer in the picture. The NFL isn't going to turn down money. If no company wants to pay for an exclusive license, but companies were willing to pay for a non-exclusive license, than the NFL will award multiple licenses like they did before.

This is economics 101, supply and demand. The exclusive license is sky high right now because EA is willing to pay that price, and any company who wants that license has to outbid EA when the current deal expires. If EA decides not to pay that price anymore, the NFL isn't going to say " fine, if no one wants to pay this price, then no more NFL video game football period !"

The NFL will simply lower the costs, and make it non-exclusive to make up some of the difference, which is what we all want.

So, what we have left is a very solid football experience in Madden 11.

In your opinion, not mine, we have a very solid football experience in Madden 11. A lot of people would call Madden 11, which required five patches,where the franchise mode hasn't even been looked at in five years, anything but a solid football experience.

[videlsports]

With the NFL/ NCAA reupping their contract with EA, the only hope for football gamers is for a really good Custom made Video game by a competitor, one with presentation etc, Maybe focusing on Gamplay, presentation, and tatics(playbooks, hot routes etc). Or for Ea to listen and make changers gamers want to hear. (But with surprise onside Kicks staring as a feature Not looking good So far). I will buy NCAA, because it's a good game, but I still think 2k could make a better one.

[debauchlord]

Whether this is good or bad is not the point; the point is that if EA did not hold the license, then guess who would? Activision; there are no other developers that can come close to affording the license fees to the NFL AND the NFLPA. Do you people want Activision making a football game? We are at a money point where the actual game is secondary to marketing. There is too much money involved here. EA will continue to renew the license as long as the NFL exists. It is all about money. Stop using monopoly, please....those are used for companies that control resources, not entertainment. Sony has a "monopoly" on Spider-Man? Warner Brothers has a monoploy on batman?

[LiquorLogic]

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With the NFL/ NCAA reupping their contract with EA, the only hope for football gamers is for a really good Custom made Video game by a competitor, one with presentation etc, Maybe focusing on Gamplay, presentation, and tatics(playbooks, hot routes etc). Or for Ea to listen and make changers gamers want to hear. (But with surprise onside Kicks staring as a feature Not looking good So far). I will buy NCAA, because it's a good game, but I still think 2k could make a better one.

Since when did the NCAA renew their contract with EA ?

[coogrfan]

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

If you look at most sports titles, there's only really two popular titles at best. If EA walked away from the NFL, another publisher, or publishers, would take their place. It's inevitable. The licensing cost would drop because EA, the only company capable of paying that hefty fee, is no longer in the picture. The NFL isn't going to turn down money. If no company wants to pay for an exclusive license, but companies were willing to pay for a non-exclusive license, than the NFL will award multiple licenses like they did before.

This is economics 101, supply and demand. The exclusive license is sky high right now because EA is willing to pay that price, and any company who wants that license has to outbid EA when the current deal expires. If EA decides not to pay that price anymore, the NFL isn't going to say " fine, if no one wants to pay this price, then no more NFL video game football period !"

The NFL will simply lower the costs, and make it non-exclusive to make up some of the difference, which is what we all want.

A compelling argument, but I must point out that we have been without a college hoops game for a couple of years now largely because the NCAA refused to come down on it's licensing fees. It can happen.

[Jackdog]

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excellent point, these bastards WILL go after ALL sports if left unchecked.. They are the ESPN of video gaming

It's called free market. Business 101. 2K has participated. They bastards as well? Posts like this always crack me up.