Madden 09 Patch #2 Released, Impressions Here

[countryboy]

EA does not have a monopoly. They have an exclusive deal, not a monopoly.

[phatskillz]

QB takes way too long to hike the ball. I really didn't see the problem with that before. Now my friends and I are somewhat forced to increase the quarter length so we don't get only 1 possession each half. Everything else in the patch is fine but I liked the time it took the cpu to hike it much better before. I think it slows down the game and is sort of annoying.

[Walker8]

Quote: Originally Posted by Meazza

Do you even know what a monopoly is?

Yes I do. They've pretty much cornered the market when it comes to football titles. Having the exclusive license is part of that. In legal terms there are ways around defining it as such, because 2k can still release a football game if they want, but it's still not worth their while. In theory it pretty much is a monopoly because EA has sufficient control over what we get to play as far as football games. They have exclusive rights over the nfl license.

[SoxFan01605]

Quote: Originally Posted by phatskillz

QB takes way too long to hike the ball. I really didn't see the problem with that before. Now my friends and I are somewhat forced to increase the quarter length so we don't get only 1 possession each half. Everything else in the patch is fine but I liked the time it took the cpu to hike it much better before. I think it slows down the game and is sort of annoying.

lol...that was the point. Many people wanted more time to make adjustments and not be "quick-snapped" by the CPU. I understand your frustration, but it's an intended feature...one I like, actually. the down side to it, IMO, is that they are slow on every type of posession...including etra points, FGs, punts, and when they're in the 2min offense. Hopefully that's tuned next year. Also, maybe they should think about adding a "quick play" type feature, that is designed to get you through the game faster. Some games have been doing this for awhile (e.g. baseball games have it where it eliminates batter walk ups, certain cut scenes, etc. There's even an option for generated pitch counts to speed that up). That would be a good solution for all, IMO.

[SoxFan01605]

Quote: Originally Posted by Walker8

Yes I do. They've pretty much cornered the market when it comes to football titles. Having the exclusive license is part of that. That's exactly what a monopoly is.

No, that is not what a monopoly is. They are not preventing anyone from making a videogame, or more specifically, a football videogame. What they have cornered is the NFL brand. Brand licensing is NOT a monopoly.

[Walker8]

Quote: Originally Posted by SoxFan01605

No, that is not what a monopoly is. They are not preventing anyone from making a videogame, or more specifically, a football videogame. What they have cornered is the NFL brand. Brand licensing is NOT a monopoly.

read my post again. I was in the midst of editing it. In theory it is a monopoly because the end result is the same to the consumer. It just can't be legally defined as such. The nfl can do what they want to do and benefit, but to the average consumer we pretty much are left playing one football game.

[kehlis]

this cannot be looked at in any way as a monopoly because there are many other video games out there you can buy by many other companies...if ea was the ONLY video game company that would be considered a monopoly bc theoretically they could charge what they want for games because they have no competition...

you cant break it down to football, baseball or basketball games when talking about a monopoly...

[gsr888]

I've noticed a lot more penalties being called. I ran into a problem playing a franchise game. The game just keeps on panning the stadium with different camera angles. The play call screen is not coming up anymore. Pressing start gets no response either. I hope this is an isolated incident!