EA Sports Will Not Publish College Football Game Next Year, Future Plans in Doubt

[The JareBear]

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This makes me sad. What makes it worse were delusional defense by many here on this forum and others that nothing would change. Now it's "no surprise" now? And the chorus of we saw this coming is now starting up . Please let's not start this. You all really insulting people's intelligence .

Prayers up for those who lost or will lose their jobs .

So well said, absolutely agree.

[Cryolemon]

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If this was part of their settlement, than there will very likely never be another college football game of an kind again.

Pretty much I would guess. It could also affect any other college game that anyone wants to make.

[da ThRONe]

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I haven't enjoyed NCAA in years so this is not a big deal to me.

EA and the NCAA have been exploiting "student athletes" for far too long. Roosters coming home.

[LowerWolf]

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Another sports gaming option gone, which sucks. It really really sucks.

NCAA was the one game I never sold. But when I went from PS2 to 360 (and later to PS3), I decided to sell all the old games. I wish I hadn't now. But I'll be keeping NCAA 14 as long as my PS3 is alive. Best one in a long long time.

[DJ]

It looks as if this is part of a settlement between EA/CLC and the O'Bannon suit. Wouldn't doubt if canceling the series was part of the terms or if it was a direct result of a huge monetary settlement.

A few articles have implied that cancelling the game was part of the settlement.

[Cryolemon]

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A few articles have implied that cancelling the game was part of the settlement.

That would imply that any future college game in any sport is DOA.

[B5KoshYou]

I was shocked it took them this long to come to this conclusion.

Team Builder is about to become a lot more popular on the website.

NCAA 14 is a very good game and as long as they keep the servers turned on for Team Builder, Ultimate Team and Online Dynasty this could be just fine for a couple years. But that might depend on the terms of the 'settlement' with the players.

[aholbert32]

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I'm shocked. Shocked EA would accept a settlement that meant the end of the game. The game was still making a profit if not a small one.

I still dont think this is the end of the series. They will just wait until the NCAA settles its end of the suit before proceeding. I cant see a publisher leaving a profitable series on the shelf if the suit gets settled.

Finally, the settlement just screwed future players over if this is the end of the series. Instead of negotiating a royalty for future players to receive, Obannon and the former players took the money and ran.

[DJ]

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Finally, the settlement just screwed future players over if this is the end of the series. Instead of negotiating a royalty for future players to receive, Obannon and the former players took the money and ran.

That's not surprising to me. Those guys were never really concerned with current or future collegiate student-athletes. It's been all about them from the jump, even if they've said otherwise publicly.

[kmc336]

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I think it would be great if they released this game on PS4 so I wouldn't have to keep my PS3 just for this game.

[superjames1992]

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Maybe just maybe since this is the last ncaa game for the foreseeable future, they will give us the facemasks we wanted and anything else as a gratitude to us the ones who bout the game year after year.

And dreads. We need more dread styles.

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[Cryolemon]

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I still dont think this is the end of the series. They will just wait until the NCAA settles its end of the suit before proceeding. I cant see a publisher leaving a profitable series on the shelf if the suit gets settled.

That would seem to imply then that it was a settlement term, and their lawyers figured that it was better to settle using that as a term than to carry on and ultimately lose.

Finally, the settlement just screwed future players over if this is the end of the series. Instead of negotiating a royalty for future players to receive, Obannon and the former players took the money and ran.

I'm not sure O'Bannon et al. give a damn about anyone else.

[Herky]

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It's sad how greed is the real reason why this is being shut down.

O'Bannon, the lawyers, and anyone else involved in the lawsuits can take a flying leap.

[superjames1992]

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So we have a grand total of zero current college sports game in existence now? Damn.

[Cryolemon]

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So we have a grand total of zero current college sports game in existence now? Damn.

Seems that way, and as I said, if it was a settlement term then good luck o there ever being another one.