mi_keys
15 years ago

Are you a fan of EA's epic Madden series? You -- and gamers like you -- could have been bilked out of almost a billion dollars, according to a Michigan professor of economics.

Jeffrey MacKie-Mason's estimate came in a lengthy declaration filed in support of the plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against publisher EA. The suit alleges that the world's second-largest publisher used its exclusive deal with the NFL to eradicate competing football video games -- notably Take Two's NFL 2K series -- and then hiked Madden prices to their current $60.

Industry analysts have been critical of the scale of MacKie-Mason's estimate, and the professor himself admitted in the filing that it was a "simplistic exercise" -- but also notes that under Californian anti-trust law, any damages assessed would be trebled. In other words, a loss in this case could prove expensive for EA.

How likely is that? Your guess is as good as ours, but there's more to this fight than video games. In 2001, a comparable situation arose when the NFL signed a ten-year exclusive deal with Reebok to produce hats carrying team branding. As a result, a competing headwear manufacturer shut out by the deal sued both the NFL and Reebok under anti-trust laws. The NFL won, but the fight's not over: the case could well be on its way to the Supreme Court this year.

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Virtually all 360/ps3 games cost $60 so that price hike would have happened regardless of competition. If that's what his estimate is based on it doesn't surprise me at all that industry analysts are critical of his estimate.
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shield4life
15 years ago
If they didn't make profit, they wouldn't waste their time making games lol.
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dhazer
15 years ago
Seahawks | Houshmandzadeh not happy with his Madden rating
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The Detroit News reports Seattle Seahawks WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh is boycotting Madden 10. Houshmandzadeh was the sixth-best rated receiver in the NFC with a 91 rating. "I'm not playing Madden no more, until they get my rating right," he said. "I just looked at the game and they have this wrong and that wrong. And I understand I averaged 10 yards a catch (in 2008), but it's the offense, man, not me."
Just Imagine this for the next 6-9 years. What a ride it will be 🙂 (PS, Zero should charge for this)
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Rockmolder
15 years ago
You know what I find funny? Driver has been rivaling his numbers year after year. Usually, he actually goes over them bigtime. Give, TJ catches more balls and had a big amount of TDs in 2007, but to me, he's one of the most overrated guys in the league.
shield4life
15 years ago

You know what I find funny? Driver has been rivaling his numbers year after year. Usually, he actually goes over them bigtime. Give, TJ catches more balls and had a big amount of TDs in 2007, but to me, he's one of the most overrated guys in the league.

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Yes he is actually. His ego is pretty darn high also, for someone that hasn't helped his team actually acheive something.
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dhazer
15 years ago
So you guys are cutting on whosyourmamma because he is boycotting madden because he thinks he shouldn't be ranked that high hmmmm.
Just Imagine this for the next 6-9 years. What a ride it will be 🙂 (PS, Zero should charge for this)
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Rockmolder
15 years ago

So you guys are cutting on whosyourmamma because he is boycotting madden because he thinks he shouldn't be ranked that high hmmmm.

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No, because he has an ego the size of Texas and thinks he's some kind of god. He's really not tht good. Mainly because of the points I made in my first post.
El3ment12
15 years ago
I played the demo. It SUCKS
Rockmolder
15 years ago

I played the demo. It SUCKS

"El3ment12" wrote:



I can't play the demo yet, so I have no idea, but why?
El3ment12
15 years ago
It plays really slow and the refs animations are so bad. The gameplay seemed kinda like you will love it or hate it. Maybe you will like it, but I don't think its enough for me. The tackling is improved though.
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