EA, NHL & NHLPA Extend Multi-Year Deal For EA Sports NHL Series

[Steve_OS]

Electronic Arts, the National Hockey League, and the NHL Players Association have announced a multi-year renewal...

Written By: Steve Noah

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[Travolterjohn]

So what does it mean for us ? They bought the exclusive rights for all Player likenesses to use in HUT ?

[buzz sawyer]

Won't buy another version until there is roster sharing.

[michi510]

No competition = same game every year with minor upgrades. Not looking good for hockey game fans.

That next gen game better come with significant upgrades when it arrives...

[drae2]

When did EA get the hockey license??

[bcruise]

Quote: Originally Posted by drae2

When did EA get the hockey license??

I mean, the series has been called NHL (insert year) for every year running since (ironically) '94. The year before that wasn't NHL licensed but everything after it was.

I don't know if it's an exclusive license for NHL hockey or not (or if it just lacks competition like MLB The Show), but if it is that probably started in 2010-11, the last year of the NHL2K series.

[tsbmolina]

How many copies does this game even sell?* Do many people even care about this series? Just an honest question.*

[Travolterjohn]

Quote: Originally Posted by bcruise

I mean, the series has been called NHL (insert year) for every year running since (ironically) '94. The year before that wasn't NHL licensed but everything after it was. I don't know if it's an exclusive license for NHL hockey or not (or if it just lacks competition like MLB The Show), but if it is that probably started in 2010-11, the last year of the NHL2K series.

The EA NHL Community Manager in Twitter said that it isn’t exclusive. That’s good cause another Company like 2K can use it too. Yes the selling Charts would be intressting to know. Every year they losses Customer as I have read somewhere. About Micro Transaction heard that it doubled their profit.