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Old 05-27-2011, 05:25 AM   #121
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We're talking about a company that once sold AFL jerseys as DLC for Madden. Yeah they don't have a history.
And in the "good old days" before DLC I remember actually playing football games without the real NFL teams OR players period. What is wrong with EA charging for the AFL uniforms? It's an EXTRA, you didnt have to have those to play the regular, traditional NFL game.

I guess my question to you is this, why does EA owe you the throwback AFL uniforms free of charge?
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Old 05-27-2011, 05:28 AM   #122
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And you guys want to talk about rising dev costs? What about the money EA spent acquiring NCAA exclusivity and ESPN exclusivity. Those costs are the result of actions they took to kill competition. Costs EA ultimately has to recoup somehow.

As 1UP points our in regards to the Madden deal:


http://www.1up.com/features/killing-the-competition

EA dropped 750-850 million for the ESPN deal (per New York Times). No idea how much they spent for college but it's probably less than the 300-500 million they spent for the NFL deal.

I'm not quick to throw a pity party for them and their need to increase revenue thru DLC when they spent a ton of money that wasn't necessary. More about their own greed.
You're barking up the wrong tree there, EA had to pay for the exclusive agreements because the NFL and NCAA were selling them. If EA hadn't then another developer would have. And we would be having the exact same discussion as we are right now about DLC to recoup costs like this.
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Old 05-27-2011, 05:28 AM   #123
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I agree. It is lame that EA is charging $ to advance the week.

I'll vote with my money and rent NCAA 12 (just like I rented the lackluster NCAA 09, 10, and 11 games).
They are not charging money to advance the week, you can still do that for the money you spent on the game. They are charging you to access the web functions to do this. It's not like you CAN'T advance the week if you don't spend the extra money. Is it REALLY that hard for people to comprehend this?
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And in the "good old days" before DLC I remember actually playing football games without the real NFL teams OR players period. What is wrong with EA charging for the AFL uniforms? It's an EXTRA, you didnt have to have those to play the regular, traditional NFL game.

I guess my question to you is this, why does EA owe you the throwback AFL uniforms free of charge?
This one is hard to defend, as throwback uni's were included in past Madden games
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Old 05-27-2011, 05:31 AM   #125
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They are not charging money to advance the week, you can still do that for the money you spent on the game. They are charging you to access the web functions to do this. It's not like you CAN'T advance the week if you don't spend the extra money. Is it REALLY that hard for people to comprehend this?
Exactly, it's the very definition of BONUS content.
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Old 05-27-2011, 06:17 AM   #126
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Re: New Features Aren’t All Free in NCAA Football 12

Whatever happened to 'new' (or 'bonus') features/tools being implemented in order to earn our new $60.00 on an annual basis?

I'm still SHOCKED to see what football video gaming has come to today; especially given the potential we saw during the early part of the last decade.
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Old 05-27-2011, 06:27 AM   #127
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This one is hard to defend, as throwback uni's were included in past Madden games
lol. it's past "hard to defend" nonetheless some people will try

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You're barking up the wrong tree there, EA had to pay for the exclusive agreements because the NFL and NCAA were selling them. If EA hadn't then another developer would have. And we would be having the exact same discussion as we are right now about DLC to recoup costs like this.
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Old 05-27-2011, 06:29 AM   #128
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I'm big on cost-per-use.

The type of gamer that is going to use features like this is going to end up playing this game so much that he will spend pennies per hour used of this game.

Some features go above and beyond what a casual gamer would use and this is one of them.

I'm aware of the slippery slope of having to pay extra for EVERY new feature, but this isn't one of those situations. This feature caters to a specific niche.
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