Tuesday, December 14, 2004
EA and NFL exclusive licensing agreement
EA sports and the NFL have signed a 5 year exclusive deal making Madden football the only NFL game with any of the league players, stadiums, coaches or anything else for that matter. Read about it at Game SpotBig Deal: EA and NFL ink exclusive licensing agreement
Even the sports guys don't think this is a good thing and neither do I.
It's just another example of how far sports fanatisicm will go. These companies are so confident in their brand and it's loyal customers that they can just form monopolies and destroy any chance of real competition. It's bad business and it's bad sportsmanship. The sad fact is that they are probably right, NFL fans will buy whatever game is offered as long as it says NFL and has Mr. Madden saying stupid things every ten seconds.
What ever happened to good old fashioned competition?
Even the sports guys don't think this is a good thing and neither do I.
It's just another example of how far sports fanatisicm will go. These companies are so confident in their brand and it's loyal customers that they can just form monopolies and destroy any chance of real competition. It's bad business and it's bad sportsmanship. The sad fact is that they are probably right, NFL fans will buy whatever game is offered as long as it says NFL and has Mr. Madden saying stupid things every ten seconds.
What ever happened to good old fashioned competition?
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