Class action suit against EA

[kudzooman]

I am genuinely starting to feel like someone that knows how to get this started should do so as I feel like EA has stolen $60 from me.
This years game is so close to being good except that every feature they promised and most of the OD functionality is broken.

It also seems a little illegal that EA can be the only owner of the NCAA license, monopoly? They have put themselves in a zero competition situation to where they dont give a hoot if they put out a faulty game.

I know it's "just a game" but it is my way of relaxing and that is hard to do when this game is so frustrating.

I also know that I could stop playing but I have bought this game every year since the Bill Walsh days so I have come to expect a working game.

[Cardot]

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It would be cool if there was a website where people could go to discuss sports video games. Then we could do some research and find out about these potential issues and make better buying decisions. But since there ins't such a site and we are forced to make these purchases...... Lets Sue. Sue them all.

[Buckeye Country]

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I am genuinely starting to feel like someone that knows how to get this started should do so as I feel like EA has stolen $60 from me.
This years game is so close to being good except that every feature they promised and most of the OD functionality is broken.

It also seems a little illegal that EA can be the only owner of the NCAA license, monopoly? They have put themselves in a zero competition situation to where they dont give a hoot if they put out a faulty game.

I know it's "just a game" but it is my way of relaxing and that is hard to do when this game is so frustrating.

I also know that I could stop playing but I have bought this game every year since the Bill Walsh days so I have come to expect a working game.

Your not alone. I am feeling frustrated with EA. They need to fix the game. It's like this every freakin year.

[DonkeyJote]

If it's like this every year, why do you continue to purchase it? You are not forced to buy the game.

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[blLLD0]

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If it's like this every year, why do you continue to purchase it? You are not forced to buy the game.

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If you want a college football game on a 'next-gen' console, then yes, you are forced to buy EA's product.

[Suntan Superman]

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Every year these are threatened, and every year there are some filed, and every year they are thrown out. There's a dead horse out back, I'm gonna go grab a stick and beat it til it's dead, who's with me?

[Cardot]

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If you want a college football game on a 'next-gen' console, then yes, you are forced to buy EA's product.

You are not forced to buy a video game.

[blkrptnt819]

You are not forced to buy a video game.

Just like no one forces someone to smoke cigarettes but that lawsuit went well.

[rjsuperfly66]

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I dont think you can complain about what they have done in terms of college football games.

However, I would argue you could possibly make a pretty convincing case against them for college basketball.

They jacked up the price of the license so 2k couldn't afford, they took it, made a few bad games, and then stopped making college basketball games.

So now any fan of college basketball hasn't had a game too play over the past 2 years because of that exclusive license.

[SECElit3]

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Every year these are threatened, and every year there are some filed, and every year they are thrown out. There's a dead horse out back, I'm gonna go grab a stick and beat it til it's dead, who's with me?

How do you beat a horse to death if it is already dead?

[fistofrage]

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Just like no one forces someone to smoke cigarettes but that lawsuit went well.

Thats a good point, and to some extent, I think some people may be addicted to EA football games. Why else would you buy a product at a premium when you know its going to be broken.

You can't sue EA over a video game though, as long as you put it in your machine and you are playing a football game with college logos, you got what you paid for.

Fight Night Champion tuned and patched the game so that some of the features on the back of the box were eliminated, EA took a halfway decent game and thrashed it, but not much you can do because there is a disclaimer with video games saying gameplay can change at any time without notice or something to that effect.

[Sundown2600]

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Yeah let's file a class action suit I'm with it. In the event the case does make it to trial, (a miracle in itself) and we all win (another pipedream) then we can wait 10 years to collect 150 bucks each, all along helping some shark lawyer earn hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Sign me up.

[Cardot]

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So now any fan of college basketball hasn't had a game too play over the past 2 years because of that exclusive license.

My Xbox still accepts and plays my CH2K8 disk. And here is the best part: it costs me $0, and more importantly, I waste exactly 0 hours tweaking the sliders/settings. When I am ready for College BB in a month or so, I just need to throw in the game and start a season...I love it.

[DonkeyJote]

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Thats a good point, and to some extent, I think some people may be addicted to EA football games. Why else would you buy a product at a premium when you know its going to be broken.

You can't sue EA over a video game though, as long as you put it in your machine and you are playing a football game with college logos, you got what you paid for.

Fight Night Champion tuned and patched the game so that some of the features on the back of the box were eliminated, EA took a halfway decent game and thrashed it, but not much you can do because there is a disclaimer with video games saying gameplay can change at any time without notice or something to that effect.

There's no chemical addiction, however. And EA's "broken" game isn't going to literally kill anyone.

[fistofrage]

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There's no chemical addiction, however. And EA's "broken" game isn't going to literally kill anyone.

I don't know, it causes high blood pressure, insomnia while trying to figure out broken sliders, and ultimately depression.