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

[roadman]

Interesting, two different posters using the same two words, final destination. Maybe I'm watching too much of The Following or have seen too many Final Destination movies.

We'll need to wait and see if another NFL game will be produced.

[TheBuddyHobbs]

Madden will still be making NFL games, but will they be the only one making a football game is the question. I didn't see the word exclusive used. Now it isn't to say I'm gonna my hopes up, but it's interesting they left out the word exclusive. Take-two very well could announce a football game after the super bowl. Now will they be able to announce an NFL game is the other question. Let's face it the exclusive license has never been a good thing for anybody.

Let's take a look at all the choices we had 10 years ago -
Madden 2005
ESPN NFL 2K5
NFL Gameday 2005
NFL Street 2
Blitz: The League
NCAA Football 2005

Now let's take a look at what is confirmed so far in 2014 -
Madden 15

This is very sad for games no matter who you are a fan of.

[mestevo]

Wouldn't be surprised if the production and licensing of all of those games 10 years ago combined is less than what it takes to do Madden right now.

Sent from my VZW Note 3

[TheBuddyHobbs]

Quote: Originally Posted by mestevo

Wouldn't be surprised if the production and licensing of all of those games 10 years ago combined is less than what it takes to do Madden right now. Sent from my VZW Note 3

That wasn't the point of my post. Point is football gaming sucks now compared to 10 years ago.

[JaymeeAwesome]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheBuddyHobbs

That wasn't the point of my post. Point is football gaming sucks now compared to 10 years ago.

Based on? You are trying to correlate more choices to football gaming in general. These two things can't be compared. Having more than one choice doesn't necessarily mean better. Sometimes only having one choice makes it easier on the consumer who may be afraid that they might choose a football game they may not like. I know I enjoy only having one choice...mostly because when I have multiple choices I always end up picking the wrong one.

[merio1992]

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

[TheBuddyHobbs]

Quote: Originally Posted by JaymeeAwesome

Based on? You are trying to correlate more choices to football gaming in general. These two things can't be compared. Having more than one choice doesn't necessarily mean better. Sometimes only having one choice makes it easier on the consumer who may be afraid that they might choose a football game they may not like. I know I enjoy only having one choice...mostly because when I have multiple choices I always end up picking the wrong one.

That's really why you like only having one choice?...

To answer your first question based on the fact that Madden 2005 and 2K5 were better games than what we have had since then. Heck I enjoyed NFL Street 2 more than any Madden since 2005.

[FaceMask]

Quote: Originally Posted by JaymeeAwesome

Based on? You are trying to correlate more choices to football gaming in general. These two things can't be compared. Having more than one choice doesn't necessarily mean better. Sometimes only having one choice makes it easier on the consumer who may be afraid that they might choose a football game they may not like. I know I enjoy only having one choice...mostly because when I have multiple choices I always end up picking the wrong one.

Except, when we had more choices football gaming actually was better, and just about every game had something that the others didn't which kept the competitive juices flowing.

If you like having only one choice, you're perfectly within your rights to take that view. But even many people who are rabid fans of Madden will still tell you that having competition is good. Competition is always better for the consumer because it's a big catalyst for breeding innovation and advancement, and that usually means better products; one company trying to find a way to outdo the other to grab another piece of market share. It's just the way it's always been, and when competition is not there we get stagnation.