EA/Madden Likeness Lawsuit Moving Forward...

[reverend_heat]

This is why its so important for EA to continue to add every type of equipment current and past, as well as every imaginable uniform and just let the community take care of classic teams/players.

[braves_94]

Everyone played NCAA to be like Vince Young or Reggie Bush. No one played Madden to be Marcus Allen or Larry Csonka.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vaKYntbXZ4

[ednaaard]

This could turn out to be good news...maybe now EA will create something to allow the dedicated community to take care of realistic rosters or themed rosters.

[Halloween]

You got paid millions for playing a sport you love from people like us.
Get your sassy a$$ in a videogame!

[GlennN]

The solution is so simple - just allow users to edit players freely. Personally, I don't care whether rosters can be shared or not. If I want a particular player in my game, let me create/edit him.

[kjcheezhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by tril

the beginning of the end for sports titles with real rosters. Im sure the future contracts for player likeliness in video games will be much higher. Everything with professional sports and athletes is trending higher when it comes to cost. So the gaming industry will be no different. With that in mind its time for companies like 2k to get back into making sports titles with generic customizable rosters. generic sports titles that creates their own league history as you play might be a huge draw.

As long as one game has access to the shield I doubt this happens. Casuals will take the game that has the real stadiums and replicated unis. The generic game won't be authentic enough to get their attention.

I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see this as a positive at all. It makes it riskier to do generic games for fear of being sued over likenesses, if anything. Safer to just stick to professional leagues and real players you can get a license for and pay them accordingly.

[purplerat]

You can complain about the people doing the suing all you want but this is all on EA and their exclusive license.

You all know damn well that if another company put out a football game which cloned the NFL teams and players the way EA does with these retired and college players EA would be the ones pitching a fit and suing them into oblivion.

The anti-competitive monopoly EA has with Madden kills any possible market for these players to sell their likeness in video games and then EA has the audacity to rip them off on top of that.

I love playing Madden but I do hope EA gets hit hard on this one too. They deserve it.

[HenryClay1844]

Remember kids, greed trumps fun every time.