Trill Co$by
Believes in The Shield!
Since 2004, the studio known as EA Sports has had the distinct edge of keeping the NFL (and I believe the NCAAF) exclusive rights for football games, that was originally to be five years long... only it was extended until 2012. Well, 2012 is over and, as of right now, nothing is entirely set in stone as a complete agreement... at least none that I've read.
So going with that assumption, should the NFL continue to let EA Sports hold exclusive rights OR should the NFL allow other gaming companies (2kSports comes to mind) take swing at producing games as well?
A side question: What do you think a company like 2kSports would do with the chance to produce an NFL game?
In my opinion, Madden has lost its luster over the years. It's had absolutely no competition at all for years, and really that's not a good thing. The WWE itself became a stale company once the WCW and ECW were gone. Sure the indies started to boom more as a result, but in the end, the WWE juggernaut was becoming annoying. It was the only big wrestling company around. In a sense, WWE had the rights to being the only big company until TNA (and in some ways, ROH) came about to give people an alternative.
Likewise, Madden has had the exclusive rights since 2004... that's 8 years alone that they've had rights to continue making NFL games, and in 8 years, the most improvement that we got was QB vision... which was eventually taken out. So, to me, giving the rights to multiple companies would not only boost NFL revenue, but it would make Madden as well as other franchises to pop up a chance to make a lot more money and in the end better games.
Personally, I think 2kSports would destroy EA Sports, and that's just with the NBA games to go off of.
So going with that assumption, should the NFL continue to let EA Sports hold exclusive rights OR should the NFL allow other gaming companies (2kSports comes to mind) take swing at producing games as well?
A side question: What do you think a company like 2kSports would do with the chance to produce an NFL game?
In my opinion, Madden has lost its luster over the years. It's had absolutely no competition at all for years, and really that's not a good thing. The WWE itself became a stale company once the WCW and ECW were gone. Sure the indies started to boom more as a result, but in the end, the WWE juggernaut was becoming annoying. It was the only big wrestling company around. In a sense, WWE had the rights to being the only big company until TNA (and in some ways, ROH) came about to give people an alternative.
Likewise, Madden has had the exclusive rights since 2004... that's 8 years alone that they've had rights to continue making NFL games, and in 8 years, the most improvement that we got was QB vision... which was eventually taken out. So, to me, giving the rights to multiple companies would not only boost NFL revenue, but it would make Madden as well as other franchises to pop up a chance to make a lot more money and in the end better games.
Personally, I think 2kSports would destroy EA Sports, and that's just with the NBA games to go off of.