EA Sports and the NFL "Still Have a Number of Years" on License

[TheRealHST]

Quote: Originally Posted by merio1992

We have to speak out fellas .... send the Development Team a letter or something.

Or a kickstarter campaign?

[TheBuddyHobbs]

I cannot believe people are actually questioning are more choices better. I just... Really?...

[King_B_Mack]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

I know in my mind more competition is better, but I take a look at the sports video landscape today, and ask, is more better? Why? How many multiple sports games are out there currently? There is 1 baseball game, and one in the works no one knows about. There is one hockey game and barely 2 basketball games. Is there enough interest out there to support multiple sports games? Seems like one sports game obliterates the competition and the other games don't have a leg to stand on and are no longer in business.

Yes, there is interest out there to support multiple sports games. What there isn't interest in is supporting some of the half efforts we've gotten from sports franchises in the previous generations when it was cheaper to develop the games. For example college basketball. There is no way anyone can convince me that there isn't enough interest in college basketball to have a single game on shelves in four years. These companies haven't done nearly enough to try to grow the markets for any of these games besides for FIFA and Madden. 2K did nothing to grow the market for college basketball. How many times do you see ads for NBA 2K? When do you ever recall seeing College Hoops 2K commercials or print ads? Putting out a game, advertising for about maybe the first two weeks of the game's release and then doing no other promotion after that is some of the worst developer support you'll see.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheBuddyHobbs

I cannot believe people are actually questioning are more choices better. I just... Really?...

You must have glanced over what I wrote, I said, I know that competition is better. I just... Really?

I'm looking at what's out there right now, not 10 years ago.

There isn't much competition in the other video sports gaming genre's.

[kjcheezhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

I know in my mind more competition is better, but I take a look at the sports video landscape today, and ask, is more better? Why? How many multiple sports games are out there currently? There is 1 baseball game, and one in the works no one knows about. There is one hockey game and barely 2 basketball games. Is there enough interest out there to support multiple sports games? Seems like one sports game obliterates the competition and the other games don't have a leg to stand on and are no longer in business.

All the more reason to hate this agreement. The sports gaming library is drying up more each year and the most popular sports league in America only promotes this situation. The market is there and companies have tried but fans want nfl teams and players.

Tecmo Throwback, All Pro Football and Backbreaker all failed at least partly because they weren't NFL games.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by kjcheezhead

All the more reason to hate this agreement. The sports gaming library is drying up more each year and the most popular sports league in America only promotes this situation. The market is there and companies have tried but fans want nfl teams and players. Tecmo Throwback, All Pro Football and Backbreaker all failed at least partly because they weren't NFL games.

KJ, it's just not all about the agreement, though, either. Look at hockey, no exclusive. Sure, there was an exclusive for baseball, but a partial agreement and 2k has bowed out.

There used to be two golf games, now there is only one. No exclusives there.

Guess what I'm asking is, will the market support more than 2 sports games in one market.

Looking at things today, I don't think so. And I'm talking about 3 or 4 sports games the way is was with baseball and football from a decade ago or more.

[FaceMask]

The difference with Baseball, Basketball, and Hockey, is that competition was defeated or taken out altogether by superior products, the way it should be. In football, competition was defeated by licensing.

[roadman]

So, basically, exclusive or no exclusive, this current market isn't able to support 3 or more games like a decade or more ago.

And baseball did have a partial exclusive.