EA/NFL Extend NFL Exclusive License by One Year to 2013

[Hova57]

Quote: Originally Posted by MJenness

Let's get real here. EA bought the license for 1 reason and 1 reason only. 2K put our NFL 2k5, and it showed more promise and potential than Madden ever has. EA decided to take the easy route and simply eliminate the competition. I have stopped buying Madden, and will continue to do so. Guys, it's really not so hard to do! But EA also knows with the exclusive license that they could package a petrified turd, and it'd still seel by the boatloads, just because it is a) Madden and b) the only game in town. Madden will NEVER be what it "could be" with Tiburon at the helm, and an exclusive license. Accept that, suck it up, and stop buying their rhetoric every damn year.

MJ completely disagree. Purely from a business perspective it was a good move on both parts . After watching the wars go on and one company sold games at 19.99 and the other 49.99 . they watched what came in who gave them the most . Said hey we gonna put this up for exclusive EA was all over it. 2k couldn't afford to its that simple. It was a business decision not a video game decision. What Ea did with it afterwards is there fault, but hey the NFL gets their guarantee regardless of how well it does or doesn't.

[mestevo]

Quote: Originally Posted by kjcheezhead

1 out of 5 NFL fans purchased NFL2k5 when there was a choice. Since 20% of their audience enjoyed that game, why would the NFL go exclusive at all? Because they don't care about fans any more than they do player safety. Money is all that matters.

I am pretty sure you meant Madden only outsold NFL2k5 5:1 (not 1 out of 5 NFL fans purchased...), and with your logic (in bold) everyone who buys Madden enjoyed the game? Or did I miss some poll that showed every Madden buyer who also bought NFL2k5 was happy with the purchase?

Many teams are just as much at fault in the player safety category too btw, calling things neck injuries to get around concussion rules. That will stop this year hopefully, if you get a concussion you're done and have to leave the field.

[kjcheezhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by mestevo

I am pretty sure you meant Madden only outsold NFL2k5 5:1 (not 1 out of 5 NFL fans purchased...), and with your logic (in bold) everyone who buys Madden enjoyed the game? Or did I miss some poll that showed every Madden buyer who also bought NFL2k5 was happy with the purchase? Many teams are just as much at fault in the player safety category too btw, calling things neck injuries to get around concussion rules. That will stop this year hopefully, if you get a concussion you're done and have to leave the field.

The 2k series did well prior to 2k5. Obviously it had a loyal fan base and being on internet forums would tell you that fan base is still there.

Even if half of 2k5 owners weren't happy with their purchase that would still mean 1 out of 10 football fans enjoyed the game. That's a significant number of fans the NFL chose to ignore when they went exclusive.

Notice no other major sports league has done this to their fanbase. The NBA and NHL have currently only one option because of poor sales, not because of a greedy group of owners ala the NFL.

[algeron04]

Sucks... But there is nothing we can do about it. Just dont buy Madden.

[njnets2010]

NFL 2k15! LETS GO!