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

[scoonie05]

Quote: Originally Posted by kjcheezhead

Sure, buy why would you wish that? How about they put the money into development of the game instead?

Good point, but what can I do if they choose not too (which they haven't since Madden 05) Complain year after year?? We see how far that gotten us. "No where" Listen I want a better football game and competition like the rest of us but what's the point in crying over spilled milk?? It's better to speak with your wallets.....

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by CRMosier_LM

The amount of money to purchase usage liscenses is high. That does not includes the rights to fight songs and what nots. Then you have to factor in 2 years of paying people to develop and paying for different engines and tech without bringing in a cent from the project... All in the hopes that it sells HALF as many as EA SPORTS NCAA Football series. That's a game of Russian roulette that could cause the entire company to fold. Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk 2

All good points, but none of us have 2k's books or what the actual cost of what it would take to make a college football game, so I can only hope for the best. If they are capable of pulling off a college football game, I don't see why they wouldn't try it, is what I should've said. IMO NCAA wouldn't be that hard to best in quality, but it's just getting enough people to try the alternate would be the problem.

[moneal2001]

Quote: Originally Posted by SageInfinite

All good points, but none of us have 2k's books or what the actual cost of what it would take to make a college football game, so I can only hope for the best. If they are capable of pulling off a college football game, I don't see why they wouldn't try it, is what I should've said. IMO NCAA wouldn't be that hard to best in quality, but it's just getting enough people to try the alternate would be the problem.

prolly not hard to top in quality but it would be hard to catch it in sales. heck so many on here think nfl2k5 is the best football game we have had, yet it couldn't top madden 05's sales when it was less than half the price.

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by moneal2001

prolly not hard to top in quality but it would be hard to catch it in sales. heck so many on here think nfl2k5 is the best football game we have had, yet it couldn't top madden 05's sales when it was less than half the price.

I agree, that's how it is when you have that installed base, people don't want to try something new until they are almost forced to, especially when taking a chance on a $60 game. I truly believe had 2k not been pushed out of the NFL(football) market, the gap would've closed and they might've even surpassed Madden/NCAA one year. Same way 2k beat up on NBA Live after being outsold so many years.

[scoonie05]

Quote: Originally Posted by moneal2001

prolly not hard to top in quality but it would be hard to catch it in sales. heck so many on here think nfl2k5 is the best football game we have had, yet it couldn't top madden 05's sales when it was less than half the price.

I agree with this....Sales are important.....

[moneal2001]

Quote: Originally Posted by SageInfinite

I agree, that's how it is when you have that installed base, people don't want to try something new until they are almost forced to, especially when taking a chance on a $60 game. I truly believe had 2k not been pushed out of the NFL(football) market, the gap would've closed and they might've even surpassed Madden/NCAA one year. Same way 2k beat up on NBA Live after being outsold so many years.

but their model wouldn't work now imo. it might have worked had ea not done the exclusive deal. losing money on a lower price point for a year while waiting for the new consoles to raise your price back up when they it might have worked, but they dont have the time now since they dont really have a foundation built, like they did before 2k5. now they would have to start from scratch. yes they could use parts of APF and 2k5 but they dont even have a team in place to begin work on a game. i dont think they would have a game ready before the new consoles come out, and starting at half price then upping it to full price mid console gen would not go well with the majority.

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by moneal2001

but their model wouldn't work now imo. it might have worked had ea not done the exclusive deal. losing money on a lower price point for a year while waiting for the new consoles to raise your price back up when they it might have worked, but they dont have the time now since they dont really have a foundation built, like they did before 2k5. now they would have to start from scratch. yes they could use parts of APF and 2k5 but they dont even have a team in place to begin work on a game. i dont think they would have a game ready before the new consoles come out, and starting at half price then upping it to full price mid console gen would not go well with the majority.

I don't even know where this response came from based on my post, lol.

[moneal2001]

Quote: Originally Posted by SageInfinite

I don't even know where this response came from based on my post, lol.

mostly about the gap being closed if the exclusive license didnt come about. i was just saying that the lower price point was working, and they could have jumped the price back up with the new consoles(i think this was their strategy). but it wouldn't work now since they wouldn't have a game ready until the new consoles came out. if they tried to use the lower price point to lure customers at the beginning of the console gen, and then raise it after a year or two, in the middle of the console gen, it wouldn't go over well.