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EA Extends NFL License Agreements

by Maarten Goldstein, Feb 12, 2008 7:49am PST

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In a move sure to shock not a single person, Electronic Arts today announced it has extended deals it signed back in 2004 with the National Football League and the NFL Players Association that allowed the company to exclusively develop, publish and distribute football games for all console and handheld platforms.The original contracts were for a five year period; the extensions negotiated by EA lengthen the deals until the 2012 season. No financial terms were disclosed.

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Hooray! And by that I mean stop relying on licensing alone to sell your shitty football games, EA.

Feb 12, 2008 8:41am PST

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Hooray! And by that I mean stop relying on licensing alone to sell your shitty football games, EA. : Ajax
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  Unfortunately they will never have a reason to rely on anything else because they can buy their way to th... : qbakies
  - That's just because the majority of their American audience are whores for the official NFL licensing. If : Ajax

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I'm glad people felt the same way about 2k getting the official MLB license... oh wait.

Feb 12, 2008 11:13am PST

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I'm glad people felt the same way about 2k getting the official MLB license... oh wait. : -efx-
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- I think the circumstances were different. I doubt they would have pursued it in the first place if EA had : Holesinswiss

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Ladies and gentleman....teh weaksauce...thanks for coming out god bless and good night file your decent football games and innovation at the door as you leave....see you never again.

Feb 12, 2008 12:51pm PST

Ladies and gentleman....teh weaksauce...thanks for coming out god bless and good night file your decent f... : Ronin Okami

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hell yeah! more NFL Tour Baby!! /sarcasm

Feb 12, 2008 11:25am PST

hell yeah! more NFL Tour Baby!! /sarcasm : yuiwork

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Peter Moore insists that EA didn't seek out this exclusivity deal but rather that the NFL wanted it and solicited bids from interested developers. But seeing as how EA is the second largest publisher in the industry and the largest sports game publisher doesn't that give them an unfair advantage in a bidding war? I haven't bought an NFL game since NFL 2k5 and I guess it will have to stay that way unless EA steps up their game, but seeing as they have no reason too I highly doubt Madden '09 will be worth buying.

Here's to hoping Backbreaker will be good or that somehow 2k can do better than last year's APF outing, if they are even going to make another on this year.

Feb 12, 2008 11:25am PST

Peter Moore insists that EA didn't seek out this exclusivity deal but rather that the NFL wanted it and s... : qbakies

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Perfect time to ramp up a new season for the APF 2K8 ShackLeague!

Feb 12, 2008 11:03am PST

Perfect time to ramp up a new season for the APF 2K8 ShackLeague! : Sylvanus

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LAME

Feb 12, 2008 11:02am PST

LAME : Mansmells

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By: GodFather x Show Full Post

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remember back in the good ole days of the Sega Genesis when Madden was actually good?

Feb 12, 2008 7:51am PST

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remember back in the good ole days of the Sega Genesis when Madden was actually good? : GodFather
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    - TRUTH^ Why compete when you can just buy the franchise? Pussies. : axiomatic

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Definitely a bummer. For me, Madden has been absolutely no fun to play on the next gen platforms. I'm not talking about franchise, online, career, just playing a single game of football. APF 2K8 is so much more fun to play than Madden 08. The game play, animations are so much better. The only real problem is the lack of an NFL license. Too bad that franchise is dead in the water.

Feb 12, 2008 10:01am PST

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Definitely a bummer. For me, Madden has been absolutely no fun to play on the next gen platforms. I'm n... : rhodesbe
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- I'm sure once Backbreaker outdoes Madden with on field gameplay they'll just buy them up too : derelict515

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It sucks that I don't play any NFL games because of this. I did break down and ended up buying NCAA 2k6 a while back.

Feb 12, 2008 9:49am PST

It sucks that I don't play any NFL games because of this. I did break down and ended up buying NCAA 2k6 a... : Pettytheft

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Great. Fucking great. EA and the NFL can go fuck themselves.

Feb 12, 2008 9:43am PST

Great. Fucking great. EA and the NFL can go fuck themselves. : derelict515

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By: Holesinswiss x Show Full Post

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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! :'-(

Feb 12, 2008 9:03am PST

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! :'-( : Holesinswiss

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God damnit.... :(

Feb 12, 2008 8:53am PST

God damnit.... :( : cltcprd

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By: sgtsanity x Show Full Post

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Aaaaaugh.

Feb 12, 2008 8:13am PST

Aaaaaugh. : sgtsanity

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The picture for this story at the top of the page should be the Madden player stiff arming a gamer nerd.

Feb 12, 2008 8:10am PST

The picture for this story at the top of the page should be the Madden player stiff arming a gamer nerd. : kingdepork

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Thank goodness!

I was worried that the NFL and EA were going to let this deal slip. Such an action would have spelled doom for quality and innovation in the football game market.

Feb 12, 2008 8:04am PST

Thank goodness! I was worried that the NFL and EA were going to let this deal slip. Such an action wo... : pigvomit