$27 Million Settlement Announced in EA Madden Price-Fixing Lawsuit

[scoonie05]

Re: $27 Million Settlement Announced in EA Madden Price-Fixing Lawsuit

No one can't stop the NFL from giving an Exclusive license. The NFL is a PRIVATE ENTITY. So EA can re-up if the NFL wants to. You cannot force the NFL to license you a game. They can do a defacto exclusive by giving one license out...period. This changes nothing.

LOL. Let them have their moment......shhh

[SageInfinite]

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I think they would just keep the Show Brand going and call it NFL The Show, or NCAA The Show. I doubt it would be like gameday, considering what they have done with MLB The Show, it will definitely be an improvement over Gameday and would be great competition for EA.

Yeah but they also had an NBA game this gen, which was just horrible. I wouldn't be excited if Sony got a chance until I saw the game.

[goravens2052]

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I dont know where all of this automatic 2k love is coming from. Does anyone remember the train wreck that was All Pro?

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I don't know either, I think it's time for someone new to make a football game instead of the same companies that have them already.

[blklightning]

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At this point, I'll settle for NCAA 2K. Anything is better than having no choice at all.

[StrawHat Patriot]

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I think SCE should call it NFL GameDay, just because it sounds good and it fits the name of an NFL game.

To be honest, I want to see NFL 2K, NFL Fever, and any other company create a game.

[DickDalewood]

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I dont know where all of this automatic 2k love is coming from. Does anyone remember the train wreck that was All Pro?

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Train wreck? A bit on the barebones side, sure, but on the field, that game is the best playing representation of football ever made.

[rollie619]

Re: $27 Million Settlement Announced in EA Madden Price-Fixing Lawsuit

so does anyone know how we actually get our money

[DickDalewood]

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I think they would just keep the Show Brand going and call it NFL The Show, or NCAA The Show. I doubt it would be like gameday, considering what they have done with MLB The Show, it will definitely be an improvement over Gameday and would be great competition for EA.

It's called MLB The Show because of its create-a-player mode, and the fact that pro baseball players refer to the bigs as "The Show". It's a baseball reference; using it for an NFL game would make zero sense.

Regardless, The Show developers are their own separate team. That game being good has no bearing on the quality of an NFL title... The SCEA basketball title was absolutely awful.

[Afrikan]

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so does anyone know how we actually get our money

don't spend it all in one place!

[JerseySuave4]

So great i'd get about $10. But i bet you have to have receipts of your purchase as proof otherwise how can they prove who bought which games? So i guess i'll be getting maybe $3.90 if i'm lucky enough to even find any receipts laying around.

In the end is this really going to change much? It doesn't seem like the money is there for companies to be able to throw their eggs in a bunch of different baskets. It seems like companies, other than EA, are trying to focus on a few things and get really good at those so i doubt we'll see a new football game outside EA soon.

[TreFacTor]

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so does anyone know how we actually get our money

If your a part of the class action suit, and are entitled to a part of the settlement the law firm will notify you and give you instructions on how to claim your share. Or they might put instructions on the law firms site. I think.

So great i'd get about $10. But i bet you have to have receipts of your purchase as proof otherwise how can they prove who bought which games? So i guess i'll be getting maybe $3.90 if i'm lucky enough to even find any receipts laying around.

In the end is this really going to change much? It doesn't seem like the money is there for companies to be able to throw their eggs in a bunch of different baskets. It seems like companies, other than EA, are trying to focus on a few things and get really good at those so i doubt we'll see a new football game outside EA soon.

If you still have the games, that might be enough say like send a pic of your collection... I doubt they expect everyone to have every receipt. I think I'm only missing 08 from my collection that spans the time frame of the suit.

[roadman]

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When the plaintiffs first started this case in 08, they were going after the NFL exclusive license.

They settled for much less than that. As the article says, after 2014, EA can sign a non-exclusive license with NCAA and call it a day. EA hasn't made a AFL game since 2007.

Wow.

[SteelerSpartan]

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If this helps get a more realistic game of ball out there.....then Im all for it

[RandyBass]

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This is basically nothing. Doesn't change anything. $27 million may sound like a lot, but in the grand scheme of things EA's position is more or less unchanged. They still got their prized NFL license all to themselves, and will likely fight tooth and nail to keep it that way.

[Kanobi]

Re: $27 Million Settlement Announced in EA Madden Price-Fixing Lawsuit

This is basically nothing. Doesn't change anything. $27 million may sound like a lot, but in the grand scheme of things EA's position is more or less unchanged. They still got their prized NFL license all to themselves, and will likely fight tooth and nail to keep it that way.

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Bastards........