Peter Moore Confirms on YouTube Stream That EA Still Exclusive With NFL

[Jet Sufferer]

Quote: Originally Posted by PVarck31

Why anyone is getting mad about this is beyond me. You had to know the exclusive deal will continue till probably the end of console gaming. There is no point in hoping it will end anytime soon, because it won't.

I take the opposite approach, EVERYONE should be mad that we can only get one official NFL football game, especially one that has languished in sub-mediocrity for my tastes since the start of the 360 generation.

Imagine a world where NBA basketball fans were forced to play 11 years of iterations of the current NBA Live franchise and NBA 2K games were only a fantasy. That's a pretty horrible world in my book, and sim football gamers have been living in that nightmare for over a decade.

No one ever thought that the USSR would fall, and not everyone accepted it, perhaps the new Montana game will strike a chord with gamers and eventually lead to getting itself the NFL license.

I can always hope that the license will be open again, if history shows us anything, it's that anything can happen.

[TCFClemson]

So that interview in which someone from EA was challenging someone else to make and NFL game was just BS. They know no one can make another NFL game.

[Cabish]

WTF!!!!!!!!!

[Cabish]

This means I will not be buying or playing football anymore on consoles, to hell with it..nba2k,Fifa,mlb the show, no choice no option just stay in the bleek and abysmal world of no nfl2k ever again..sigh !

[NDAlum]

It's just like those of us who love NCAA football, MVP baseball, and College Hoops 2K.

Sometimes you just have to accept reality. Those games are gone. It really really sucks for me...but no amount of complaining on a video game message board is going to change it.

[Hassan Darkside]

Honestly, I don't see why people are so mad at EA. If you should be mad at anyone, you should be mad at the NFL PA. If they wanted other football games to compete with Madden, I'm sure they would get their way. I don't know the details of the agreement, but I'd assume EA is paying them more for the exclusive deal than the NFL PA would get otherwise. And I'm sure the decision makers for the NFL PA aren't hardcore Madden gamers.

[DeuceDouglas]

I don't even understand why this might be remotely surprising. This is old news. It seemed like there was a possibility last year of them losing exclusivity before they said they still had it for "a couple more years."

[roadman]

Gaming is a hobby in my life, an outlet, something to do to help me relax and unwind from the daily grind of life.

I am unhappy there isn't competition, but it's out of my hands, like the weather and other things in life.

If things are out of my control and hands, not much I can do about it.