EA has done it again -- exclusive NCAA Football Rights!!
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EA has done it again -- exclusive NCAA Football Rights!!
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you know I should have saved it but on another forum I stumbled upon, a member had an avatar(looked like a flash animation) that was genius. It had the EA logo turn into a swastika. Quite funny.
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? I thought last year's NCAA football was pretty good (of course, I've liked the last few, as a USC fan).
I don't remember the last time I've seen a different NCAA football game on the market, anyway. I guess basketball is where it would be the most affected.
I don't remember the last time I've seen a different NCAA football game on the market, anyway. I guess basketball is where it would be the most affected.
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Originally Posted by fujishig
? I thought last year's NCAA football was pretty good (of course, I've liked the last few, as a USC fan).
I don't remember the last time I've seen a different NCAA football game on the market, anyway. I guess basketball is where it would be the most affected.
I don't remember the last time I've seen a different NCAA football game on the market, anyway. I guess basketball is where it would be the most affected.
Last years game sucked. The year before was a lot better. IMO.
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Originally Posted by fujishig
I don't remember the last time I've seen a different NCAA football game on the market, anyway. I guess basketball is where it would be the most affected.
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Originally Posted by Mopower
Last years game sucked. The year before was a lot better. IMO.
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I don't see how this is a big deal, the Gamebreaker series hasn't been the same since the move to PS2 (before that actually) and the last version of Sega's game (2k3) was terrible and based on the previous year's NFL engine. At least EA *tries* to put a few new things/tweaks/changes in every year.
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Originally Posted by murray731
I don't see how this is a big deal, the Gamebreaker series hasn't been the same since the move to PS2 (before that actually) and the last version of Sega's game (2k3) was terrible and based on the previous year's NFL engine. At least EA *tries* to put a few new things/tweaks/changes in every year.
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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
EA changes? I thought all they did was add a useless feature (create a fan! OMG!), and tweak the roster. Oh well. Get ready to pay $59.99 for Madden!
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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
EA changes? I thought all they did was add a useless feature (create a fan! OMG!), and tweak the roster. Oh well. Get ready to pay $59.99 for Madden!
Last edited by murray731; 04-11-05 at 06:36 PM.
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I agree there weren't competitors when it came to the college football market, and EA's was the best overall. Although I do this whole exclusive crud is getting out of hand.
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Well, I guess when the NFL gave in, this kind of stuff was expected. I half expect EA to buy the rights to the FPS or racing genres (I mean, I like the new Timesplitters and all, but geez)
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I just hope they keep their hands off of Basketball. College Hoops and NBA 2K5 are my two favorite games to play and I also end up getting hundreds of hours out of each one. If I was stuck with only EA's shit version of hoops I would be pissed to no end.
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Originally Posted by nickdawgy
$59.99 for a limited edition, yeah. I don't think we'll see $59.99 games for awhile. At least not on the current systems.
I think there is almost no chance of EA abusing this opportunity- any more than they usually do.
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Originally Posted by darkside
I just hope they keep their hands off of Basketball. College Hoops and NBA 2K5 are my two favorite games to play and I also end up getting hundreds of hours out of each one. If I was stuck with only EA's shit version of hoops I would be pissed to no end.
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This is not good for the consumer. Even if EA's NCAA football game was superior, what's their motivation to put out a good game now with no competition? This reminds me of how the wwe bought off wcw and ecw, now the product is suffering.
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That's true to a point, but EA really had no competition in college football as Segas offerings were terrible, sold like crap, and were never a threat.
EAs incentive to keep tweaking and improving the game is to get people to buy it every year, much more so than any competition.
EAs incentive to keep tweaking and improving the game is to get people to buy it every year, much more so than any competition.