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[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by PeoplesChampGB

NFL loves money (not that other sports leagues don't, but the NFL draws money on another level). Disney was the highest bidder. I am actually surprised the NFL didn't take the money on this one quite honestly.

It made more sense to go with EA. They already had a longstanding relationship, a successful product, and a fat wallet.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by PeoplesChampGB

NFL loves money (not that other sports leagues don't, but the NFL draws money on another level). Disney was the highest bidder. I am actually surprised the NFL didn't take the money on this one quite honestly.

It's not that simple. Madden was the most popular game with an nfl license. It would've been insane for them to go with a company that has never produced a football game for an exclusive deal. It would've also been insane for them to effectively kill the biggest brand name in football video games.

Disney was never a legit option even with the higher bid.

[PeoplesChampGB]

Quote: Originally Posted by SageInfinite

It made more sense to got with EA. They already had a longstanding relationship, a successful product, and a fat wallet.

True. Not trying to go off-topic, but I need some clarification. I know that publishers can get around the exclusive deal if it's mobile. Does that apply to tablets? If so someone could potentially make a tablet game with the NFL.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by PeoplesChampGB

True. Not trying to go off-topic, but I need some clarification. I know that publishers can get around the exclusive deal if it's mobile. Does that apply to tablets? If so someone could potentially make a tablet game with the NFL.

Yes and there are nfl games that can be played on tablets now.

[kjcheezhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

Disney never produced a football game. Why would the NFL consider them for an exclusive deal?

Why not? The NFL eliminated quality games like 2k and NFL fever with the deal. It was about more money. As far as I know, Disney just planned on upping the price a bit a redistributing the license to anyone who asked. They didn't have a game of their own and didn't need one to make a profit with the purchase.

[PeoplesChampGB]

Quote: Originally Posted by kjcheezhead

Why not? The NFL eliminated quality games like 2k and NFL fever with the deal. It was about more money. As far as I know, Disney just planned on upping the price a bit a redistributing the license to anyone who asked. They didn't have a game of their own and didn't need one to make a profit with the purchase.

Adding on further, Disney did have a deal with 2K about the ESPN license. They could have had Visual Concepts or another third party developer make the game with Disney (or ESPN) as the publisher.

[roadman]

Big, you could be onto something. All the vets should know(including yours truly) what happens when the license talk comes up; it's similar to the great divide and goes on endlessly.

When a vet sees someone new posting about the license, a quick link could be provided by one of the vets and directed to that thread or to outside sources.

It just follows the same old constant path I've seen over the past decade.

There should be room on the bus for everyone, sim, don't buy Madden and sim who enjoy Madden for what it is.lol

[N51_rob]

Quote: Originally Posted by 13

Don't be so naive. Why would a company lobby for a bidding war if they didn't already know that they were going to be able to obtain it via their inflated capital? Sega was dying, and EA was at the top of the food chain with an inferior product. They knew what they were doing. There wasn't a chance in the world that they were going to be outbid. Come on now.

Yes I'm the naive one. When the NFL went to the "officially licensed (______) of the NFL" They did this across several mediums. Who was the first one to with the uniforms and on-field apparel deal...? Reebok beat out Nike, Adidas and a few others. 2K had a chance to win the license.

Reebok didn't then and doesn't now have more money than Nike, they just made the best offer. EA wasn't the highest bidder but they made the best offer, obviously better than 2K.

I don't care frankly, but it's been 10 years and the NFL did more to kill 2K football than EA. I'm done with EA football it's not worth it to me to continue down this path of mediocrity. Too many great games out to spend money on a product that doesn't want my money.