Comments on: NFL Video Game Rights: Pwned! http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2008/02/12/nfl-video-game-rights-pwned/ It's always football season somewhere. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:25:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jon http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2008/02/12/nfl-video-game-rights-pwned/comment-page-1/#comment-126175 Jon Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:11:47 +0000 http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2008/02/12/nfl-video-game-rights-pwned/#comment-126175 I'm not a fan of monopolies. I think EA got freaked out when NFL 2K came out and got great reviews. I don't know...I feel like it's cowardly of EA to buy an exclusive license and then on top of that extend it. Can you picture Windows without Mac or Burger King without McDonald's? Competition is the American way. Imagine how good Madden would be if it had competition the last four years! This is a move centered around what has brought America and the world into a recession....GREED! When EA first announced it was buying the license, I thought it was a joke, but after I found out it was real I boycotted Madden. Now, since EA extended its rights, if I continue to boycott what was once my favorite genre in video games, I will have missed most of my 30's, and that's quite a shame. So, I may play 2010 because my choice is play NFL 2K5 ( quite a few players are no longer in the league), Madden 2010 or don't play at all. The options I have are uncomfortable. It's like a gun is pressed up against my forehead and I have to pick one. In closing, I just want to state that I was a real Madden head, but FORCING me to play and not give me a choice is UN-AMERICAN. Shame on you NFL and Shame on you EA Sports. I’m not a fan of monopolies. I think EA got freaked out when NFL 2K came out and got great reviews. I don’t know…I feel like it’s cowardly of EA to buy an exclusive license and then on top of that extend it. Can you picture Windows without Mac or Burger King without McDonald’s? Competition is the American way. Imagine how good Madden would be if it had competition the last four years! This is a move centered around what has brought America and the world into a recession….GREED!

When EA first announced it was buying the license, I thought it was a joke, but after I found out it was real I boycotted Madden. Now, since EA extended its rights, if I continue to boycott what was once my favorite genre in video games, I will have missed most of my 30’s, and that’s quite a shame. So, I may play 2010 because my choice is play NFL 2K5 ( quite a few players are no longer in the league), Madden 2010 or don’t play at all. The options I have are uncomfortable. It’s like a gun is pressed up against my forehead and I have to pick one.

In closing, I just want to state that I was a real Madden head, but FORCING me to play and not give me a choice is UN-AMERICAN.
Shame on you NFL and Shame on you EA Sports.

]]> By: Basketball Hockey Football Games » Blog Archive » NFL Video Game Rights: Pwned! http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2008/02/12/nfl-video-game-rights-pwned/comment-page-1/#comment-68700 Basketball Hockey Football Games » Blog Archive » NFL Video Game Rights: Pwned! Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:02:09 +0000 http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2008/02/12/nfl-video-game-rights-pwned/#comment-68700 [...] NFL experience on your Xbox, PlayStation or Wii, you have to give EA your money…. source: NFL Video Game Rights: Pwned!, Dave’s Football [...] [...] NFL experience on your Xbox, PlayStation or Wii, you have to give EA your money…. source: NFL Video Game Rights: Pwned!, Dave’s Football [...]

]]> By: Simon http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2008/02/12/nfl-video-game-rights-pwned/comment-page-1/#comment-68431 Simon Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:07:59 +0000 http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2008/02/12/nfl-video-game-rights-pwned/#comment-68431 Because the IRB didn't seem to care to had no way to push EA into releasing it . If we can have 2 Gaelic football games http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_Games:Football_2 and a hurling one albeit for the ps2, surely a rugby game wouldn't of been that much trouble Because the IRB didn’t seem to care to had no way to push EA into releasing it . If we can have 2 Gaelic football games http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_Games:Football_2 and a hurling one albeit for the ps2, surely a rugby game wouldn’t of been that much trouble

]]> By: Dave http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2008/02/12/nfl-video-game-rights-pwned/comment-page-1/#comment-68401 Dave Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:48:34 +0000 http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2008/02/12/nfl-video-game-rights-pwned/#comment-68401 Why wasn't Rugby 08 ported to the bigger consoles, anyway? Was it just not big enough? Or not good enough? Why wasn’t Rugby 08 ported to the bigger consoles, anyway? Was it just not big enough? Or not good enough?

]]> By: Simon http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2008/02/12/nfl-video-game-rights-pwned/comment-page-1/#comment-68400 Simon Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:44:52 +0000 http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2008/02/12/nfl-video-game-rights-pwned/#comment-68400 I agree , just look at EA 's great Rugby world cup game , which wasn't even for the PS3 or xbox 360 I agree , just look at EA ’s great Rugby world cup game , which wasn’t even for the PS3 or xbox 360

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