spiralstairs March 23, 2005 Share spiralstairs Member March 23, 2005 (edited) Anyone hear about this? Kinda sucks, in my opinion. I was so psyched when I saw NFL 2k5 being sold for 20 bucks that I bought a copy even though I don't care for console games anymore. Turned out it was a really great game. A much more fun football game than Madden, I think. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/sportsbusin...tory?id=1945691 Electronic Arts, the leading maker of sports video games, signed an exclusive five-year contract with the National Football League and the NFL Players Association, deals that will give the company sole possession of the licensed football video game business. The partnership, which will commence with the publishing of Electronic Arts' Madden game next August, eliminates the competitive battle EA endured this year with ESPN's NFL 2K5 game, a joint venture between Sega and Take-Two Interactive. Without the use of team and player names, generic games have struggled for survival in the current environment. Before this year, EA's Madden franchise -- which the company has sold more than 40 million copies of since its debut in 1989 -- previously dominated the football game marketplace. Bit players, including Midway, 989 Sports and Microsoft, dropped out of the licensed football game business this year. But the Madden 2005 game was seriously challenged by NFL 2K5, thanks to good reviews and a pricing war. NFL 2K5 was available in stores in July for $19.95. For three months, the Madden game was priced at $49.95, until the company finally relented on Nov. 8 and lowered it by $20. Edited March 23, 2005 by spiralstairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GI_George April 11, 2005 Share GI_George Member April 11, 2005 Yeah, I agree... EA is "starting" to tick me off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VooDooPC April 11, 2005 Share VooDooPC Member April 11, 2005 Today they got the exlusive rights to the NCAA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaM2 April 11, 2005 Share akaM2 Member April 11, 2005 *claps for EA* Very smart on there part, I love madden so there is no problem with this to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted_Break_Danson April 12, 2005 Share Ted_Break_Danson Member April 12, 2005 does bill gates own EA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vijorn April 21, 2005 Share Vijorn Member April 21, 2005 Haha I think EA is getting too big but hey its never too big for a great John Madden EA Parrody (sp?) check this out http://www.earemix.com/ and goto pigskin power on the right and download it... it is just wrong... but hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werD May 14, 2005 Share werD Member May 14, 2005 ive played a few football games and their horrible have yet to play a good one since like old school super nes ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ak2786 May 14, 2005 Share Ak2786 Member May 14, 2005 The only espn game that is better than EA is the nhl one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bush May 21, 2005 Share Bush Member May 21, 2005 No football game will ever top the "Tecmo Bowl" series ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bilbo July 29, 2005 Share Guest Bilbo Guests July 29, 2005 yeah i heard and i loved it whebn i had playerd it it was awsome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nox September 26, 2005 Share Nox Member September 26, 2005 Well as a gaming company when you start 9 projects and scrap 5 of them and 3 flop, you kinda are forced to make money somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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