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

[marcbitw1992]

im just hoping for some 2k college hoops and nfl !

[poopoop]

Quote: Originally Posted by PioneerRaptor

I guess we should start suing anyone that has exclusive deals. Sue Sony for making games only for their console, Microsoft too. Oh, let's sue DirecTV for being the only people the NFL Sunday Ticket too.

It's not feasible to sue everyone with exclusive deals, but seeing one of them get taken down via lawsuit is a win. DirectTV being only company with Sunday Ticket is a bad thing, unless you happen to love direct tv.

[Stampede_94]

A drop in the bucket for EA, but a step in the right direction for consumers that feel cheated by a sub-par product and showing from a company that is holding an exclusive license hostage just to make sure other companies can't compete.

I understand Goodell had a huge hand in this exclusive deal, but i'm sure EA put up a nice mix of smoke and mirrors to impressive the chief.

[Bull_Dozer]

I hope this means no more exclusive rights for EA with the NFL.

*crosses fingers*

[reddogmaddogbul]

This is very sad news guys ,we've lost this fight.
Dont be suprised if you never see another company make
a NFL game in your life span.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

Wait, so how exactly will getting our money back? Sorry if this has already been posted.

I gotta find out how many of these games I bought for the original XBox/if I still have them laying around.

[kjcheezhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by RandyBass

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.

Yeah. When EA and the NFL renegotiated the license before the 2011 season the NFL cut them a $30 million break. So now they just lost that $30 million and a couple of licenses they were letting expire anyways.

[reddogmaddogbul]

Quote: Originally Posted by kjcheezhead

Yeah. When EA and the NFL renegotiated the license before the 2011 season the NFL cut them a $30 million break. So now they just lost that $30 million and a couple of licenses they were letting expire anyways.

Took the words right out of my mouth.