EA Stuffed by NBA [Dec 21, 2004, 09:06 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
IGN has
a report up stating that the NBA has rejected an offer from Electronic Arts to
form an exclusive video game relationship with the pro basketball league in the
nature of EA's recent deal with the NFL (story). The economics
are cited as the obvious reason here: "One of the reasons is that the NBA Live
series simply doesn't have a stranglehold on the market the way Madden has for
years, so by signing an exclusive deal with EA, the NBA would actually be losing
money." The story also lays to rest fears that an exclusive baseball deal is on
deck:
Sources aren't quite as clear in terms of potential dealings with Major League Baseball as a few publishers were worried a deal was already in place for EA to step in and take over like they did with the NFL. But after the EA/NFL deal went down, at least one publisher was able to re-up their MLB contract for three more games, so it looks like a false alarm as the only exclusive EA was able to lockup for the time being was the NFL.
Let me tell you something..
Madden SUCKS. Madden 2005 has all inds of issues in gameplay and the graphics and annimation are just WEAK in comparrison to ESPN 2k5.
ESPN 2K5 has its own problems with way to many "Cheap" tricks that you can do to Cheat. But the Smoothness of the gameplay is far far far far superior to Madden 2005.
Why the NFL would completely screw over the public is beond me. The only reason more people are not playing ESPN is becuase they just havent tried it. I am just dumbfounded that the NFL would be so assinine as to screw over these other developers for no reason. They are just going to lose more money in the long run.
I freaking HATE madden 2005 the more i play it and it is only compounded with this licencing crap they pulled. So much for competition and creative competition.
Go NFL you freaking morons.
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Madden SUCKS. Madden 2005 has all inds of issues in gameplay and the graphics and annimation are just WEAK in comparrison to ESPN 2k5.
ESPN 2K5 has its own problems with way to many "Cheap" tricks that you can do to Cheat. But the Smoothness of the gameplay is far far far far superior to Madden 2005.
Why the NFL would completely screw over the public is beond me. The only reason more people are not playing ESPN is becuase they just havent tried it. I am just dumbfounded that the NFL would be so assinine as to screw over these other developers for no reason. They are just going to lose more money in the long run.
I freaking HATE madden 2005 the more i play it and it is only compounded with this licencing crap they pulled. So much for competition and creative competition.
Go NFL you freaking morons.
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