Judge Certifies Class-Action Football Game Pricing Lawsuit Against EA

[splff3000]

Looks like the lawsuit has been modified for increased compensation and extended to allow more gamers time to get their claims in.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/...wsuit-extended

Quote:

A class action lawsuit filed against EA in 2011 over an alleged monopoly in the football simulation games market has been modified to allow for increased compensation in the case of approval by the court. The claims period has been extended accordingly to May 15th, allowing affected individuals more time to file their claims. The lawsuit alleges that by creating a monopoly, EA has been able to overcharge its customers for football games. You are automatically affected by this lawsuit and entitled to possible compensation if you are in the United States and if you bought a new copy of a Madden NFL, NCAA Football, or Arena Football game for Xbox, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, GameCube, PC, or Wii, with a release date between January 1, 2005 and June 21, 2012. You are excluded from this settlement class if you purchased a secondhand copy of the game, or if you purchased it directly from EA. If the settlement is approved by the court, you are only eligible to receive compensation if you have submitted a claim. Affected gamers may file a claim at the Pecover v. Electronic Arts Inc. Settlement website ( http://www.easportslitigation.com/ ) before May 15th. If approved, valid claims for the purchase of games from the listed franchises for the Xbox, PS2, PC, and GameCube will be valued at $20.37 each, up to a total of eight games ($162.96). Valid claims for games for the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii platforms will be valued at $5.85 each, up to a total of eight games ($46.80).

I had never heard of the above mentioned site, but I guess I'll add my name to this list since I bought Madden 7 of the last 8 yrs. Now I guess I need to dig through my emails to find the email that was sent out lol.

[SECElit3]

Everything you wanted to know regarding this lawsuit

http://echo.bluehornet.com/hostedema...0&ei=N8IRYCNNT

Enjoy!

[Cre8]

Whatever happens to EA I am curious if the NFL will see anything negative from this. Considering the fact that they willingly participated in this exclusive deal and their current pending lawsuit with the players for injuries, etc. - this could get a lot bigger.

[bcruise]

How do you go about proving you owned these games if you no longer have the receipts? Madden '08 is easy because I own it digitally (it's even tied to my Origin account and has been for years), but the other last-gen one I bought, '06, I don't own anymore and I don't think there's any way to prove I ever did.

I owned several PS3-gen games too, still have 10, 12, and maybe a couple others, but again, no receipts.

[murph17]

Quote: Originally Posted by bcruise

I owned several PS3-gen games too, still have 10, 12, and maybe a couple others, but again, no receipts.

unless you put down the max amount (which is like 6 of each title or something like that) they are probably not going to ask you to provide receipts. by completing the form you are legally declaring you actually bought those games.

[bcruise]

Quote: Originally Posted by murph17

by completing the form you are legally declaring you actually bought those games.

Exactly, which is why I don't want to do this without being able to prove I bought them new somehow. Like I said, 08 PC is easy because there's a digital record of it. The others....not so much.

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[Mauer4MVP]

As much as dislike EA, I don't think they are at fault here. While I think 60 bucks is ridiculous price for any game, they have the same price as any game.

[splff3000]

Quote: Originally Posted by bcruise

How do you go about proving you owned these games if you no longer have the receipts? Madden '08 is easy because I own it digitally (it's even tied to my Origin account and has been for years), but the other last-gen one I bought, '06, I don't own anymore and I don't think there's any way to prove I ever did. I owned several PS3-gen games too, still have 10, 12, and maybe a couple others, but again, no receipts.

In every class action lawsuit I've ever been part of, no one actually came to verify anything. I'm assuming because the payouts to each individual are usually so little they don't feel like it's worth it. I don't know if it will be the same in this case, but I'd be willing to bet it will be. Either way, this is all conjecture at this point because it's not a given that EA will lose this case.