EA Acquires NFL License

[Smackie Chan]

man that is almost like 3 million copies a year. Harry Potter can do better than that

[Uncle Donnie]

Man this ing blows. I don't get why the NFL agreed to this, but then again EA must have paid an insane amount of money. If you don't think the price of Madden is going to go up you're crazy.

[Drachen]

I found it strange that the two football powerhouses were part of the same media empire that is is ABC or whoever owns ABC. Madden is on MNF...although it can be said his name is an enterprise with no ties to his employer. But with Sega's game having the ESPN License...I can't see why the NFL would give exclusivity to the one game. Maybe due to it being licensed by espn...sega may have some loophole..but that may be wishful thinking. I also don't know why ESPN did not push sega's game more, after all it is it's namesake. Bad day for gamers...Sega forced ea to drop the price on it's game...so now ea goes for exclusivity and can once again raise the price of it's early roster update.

Disney owns ABC

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

doesnt bother me a bit, I bought the Madden franchise anyways.

Good for EA.

Come on Tpark, think. Doesn't bother you a bit? It will when EA doesn't do anything other than update the rosters for the next five years. They'll probably also INCREASE the price.

This isn't good for compe ion, and I'd have to think there would be some kind of way to file an anti-trust type lawsuit to block them from doing something like this.

Less compe ion in game development can't be termed anything but a bad day for gamers.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I contacted EA hoping to ask them some questions regarding their recent NFL deal. I was however only able to ask one question.

Q. "How do you respond to rumors that your company is actually the ing devil?"

A. "EA does not comment on rumors."

http://www.penny-arcade.com

[T Park]

An anti trust aint gonna bother with video game makers, come on.

Its a freakin video game.

Big, DEAL!

Oy, youd think it was a thing that mattered in real life or something the way you guys act.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

An anti trust aint gonna bother with video game makers, come on.

Its a freakin video game.

Big, DEAL!

Oy, youd think it was a thing that mattered in real life or something the way you guys act.

Yeah! Like wondering whehter Snoop is a good influence or not.

Or why Brent Barry isn't playing to Pop's standards.

Park, this is obviously something that we do have an interest in - so keep the slams to yourself.

People should realize that the average age of gamers in mid-20s and the industry has a big economic impact.