Everyone Who Ever Bought a Madden Game is Suing EA
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I wonder if i get paid for each year that i own that'd be pretty sweet lol. Even if i dont get money i'd love to see someone like 2k sports allowed back in the mix their monopoly has destroyed the game over the years constantly removing features and making up token changes to the online play (and making a game mode called ultimate team where the only way to truly compete more then 5 games is to dump cash into "dlc" decks)
unless you were tramatized in a way only a team of highly trained shrinks could eleviate i doubt you can get a refund for a free game
I probably should have mentioned this, but i wouldnt even buy anything from EA Sports to use as overkill sci-fi style coasters. I have CoD for that.Woodsey said:
Anyway this is what i think it boils down to.
EA Sports is the only developer that can legally make games based on NFL tournaments.
Other people either would want to try on thier own or think this is unfair for some arbitary reason.
Therefore, the other people would try something like this so they can get in on the market without getting sued into the storm drains by NFL for unlicensed usage of thier image or something like that.
It must be now with all the companies getting sued over it.AT God said:
I admit I was a bit pissed off when EA bought exclusive rights to the NFL. Never liked Madden, but loved the Sega 2k series. After I think 2k5 they had to stop using offical teams. Dont think I got another after that.
Not directly apparently but yes if the organization resource to unfair practices. It can also be a reason for big lawsuits, as microsoft knows very well.AT God said:
You know, maybe, if this works, it will send a message to other companies to not charge full price for game sequels that are the basically the same as their previous incarnation...
the problem is the last other company to make a NFL game was 2k sports with their ESPN version. and it sold for less for typical retail because the work involved in creating it didn't require it since most had been rebooted from the previous year. The problem with madden is it does little in the way of evolving year to year (often going backwards after destroying superstar mode slowly over the past couple years). its basically slapping a new main screen on a game with a roster update and kicking it out the door forcing fans of the sport to shell out $60 dollars for a game that by rights should cost about 30
The lawsuit is that due to the exclusivity contract, nobody else was allowed to develop a competing game, one which might have forced EA to actually innovate in order to stay competitive. Having to pay $50-$60 for what is essentially the same exact game that was released 6 years ago, but without having to spend much in development in the process, is basically getting screwed by monopolistic behavior. If 2K weren't locked out of developing a competing Football game, imagine how much better both it and Madden would be if they actually had to compete with features, along with having the updated roster.Woodsey said:
As far as similar sequels... that I've little beef with. The problem comes from the fact that they prevented the potential development of a superior product to compete with it on the marketplace, which in turn stifled the drive to actually improve upon the design of Madden.
The real question is...
..when do we get to collectively sue EA for deliberately ruining Command & Conquer?
..when do we get to collectively sue EA for deliberately ruining Command & Conquer?
i actually loved 2k's NFL game, first person control of players on the field was pretty cool, and they did that "sports center" thing in franchise mode did to give a run down of high lights from around the league (something madden took 5 or 6 years to finally rip off with an NFL network version though slightly watered down). And monopolies are bad when abused, imagine if one company owned the rights to FPS's and rebooted the same MOH every game for 6 years with 0 changes. it'd be your right to stop playing FPS's but you wouldn't want to and as a true fan of the NFL with MANY friends who are obsessed being forced to pay full price just to have the latest team rosters is bull
also an amusing fact is operation sports held a tournament that year and against 64 other sports game it was voted the best of all time then EA bought the rights.
also an amusing fact is operation sports held a tournament that year and against 64 other sports game it was voted the best of all time then EA bought the rights.
Yay for being part of a lawsuit! I wonder how much we would get? The last NFL-related monopoly charge won the plaintiffs...1$. You wanna split that?scotth266 said:
they're probably reward players with a $5 discount off madden 2012 lol (rebate by mail of course)
In the US it is. And EA's the only one producing Football games. There was a time when 2K was making Football games. Vastly superior games at that, but then EA bought all right to the brand and all that.AT God said:
Frankly I'm surprised it took this long for people to realize this.
I'd rather sue them for the unstable piece of shit Madden NFL 10 was.
"Alright, if I win 1 of the 2 following games I make the playoffs."
*Wins first match, game freezes before being able to save*
"Fuck!"
*Replays first match and loses. Game doesn't freeze*
"Aw, crap! OK, I can still make it, I just have to win the next game."
*Wins match, game freezes*
"What the FUCK!? OK, calm down, just replay it. I can beat them again."
*Replays match and loses. Game doesn't freeze*
"SUCK MY ASSHOLE EA!"
Pardon the language, but this actually happened. I think I used those exact words.
"Alright, if I win 1 of the 2 following games I make the playoffs."
*Wins first match, game freezes before being able to save*
"Fuck!"
*Replays first match and loses. Game doesn't freeze*
"Aw, crap! OK, I can still make it, I just have to win the next game."
*Wins match, game freezes*
"What the FUCK!? OK, calm down, just replay it. I can beat them again."
*Replays match and loses. Game doesn't freeze*
"SUCK MY ASSHOLE EA!"
Pardon the language, but this actually happened. I think I used those exact words.