Norcal916 said:
ea bought the rights to the nfl after espn nfl 2k5 made a better game then they got pissed cuz they lost alot of money that year so in 05 they bought the rights and own them for another 2 years it was a 5 year deal
No,
This is how the NFL operates. Everytihng they do is exclusive.
Video games - EA since they ponied up the dough
TV - they have the AFC on CBS I beleive, NFC on Fox, Sunday Night on NBC, Monday night on ESPn and I forget who has the Super bowl. Alos DirecTV has EXCLUSIVE rights to Sunday ticket. Cant buy it on cable.
Alot of people hate on EA, but if you understand what they gained off somethign the NFL was going to do ANYWAY, then you cant fault them. Everything is about money. They probably make more money from exclusive deals than they make from it being wide open. Of course whomever wants the right is going to pay out the ass for them.
Personally I thoguht NFL 2k5 was garbage, so I wasnt sad to see it go from a gameplay stand point. I aint missing out. However, it lets EA become lazy. Madden on Xbox 360 hasnt been right in two years and it sucks because they have no incentive to fix it. In 06, you couldnt even challenge plays. You STILL cant edit players to your liking as far as gear, position and attributes go. Then they split the features between consoles. Okay, PS2 and xbo will have this, 360 will have that. If they dont release 08 on Xbox or PS2, I will just continue to play 07 on my Xbox until they fix the next gen versions