Will you boycott EA Sports next year? *POLL*

[Francodman]

Originally posted by: jaydee

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Who cares, sports games suck.
That is all.

Such an unbelievably well-thought out, intellectually stimulating post. Your contributions in this thread simply leaves everyone else in the dust.



I voted no accidently due to the poor combobulation of thread title and poll question. I buy a Madden game usually every other year and I'm still on '04 right now, so I plan on purchasing Madden '06. They simply put out a superior product than ESPN. I've played ESPN 2k5 at my cousin's a few times and rented Madden 2005 around the time it came out. Madden is just better. There's too many little things wrong with ESPN. My cousin can call a certain play and every single time from under center I get dropped before I can make a pass, so I have to use the shotgun. But the only plays in the Jets playbook that use a shotgun are hailmary's, so basically I'm screwed unless I choose a different playbook. Also don't like holding buttons down to turn off the passing icons and the stiff arm is too powerful.
I like some of the features (defensive matchup's, double coverage), but the implementation is poor. Haven't gotten into the franchise mode with ESPN, but I highly doubt it's up to par with Madden either.

you suck at games

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: Wingznut
In the spring, the NFL and NFLPA approached all the publishers and started taking bids for the exclusive rights to their properties...

WHAT DID YOU EXPECT EA TO DO??? Did you expect them to sit idle while another publisher snatched up the rights? Had that happened, would you be crying to boycott Sega?

Look, I'm as big of a NFL2k fan as anyone. I haven't bought a Madden property since NFL2k on the Dreamcast. But I don't blame EA here.

If you want to boycott someone, turn your attention to the NFL and NFLPA.


And no... This thread won't cause me to not purchase Burnout 4, or Battlefield 2, or Oddworld, etc.... While I'm not a fan of EA Sports per se, EA does put out plenty of quality games.

How come none of you "BOYCOTT EA" nuts are answering my question?

 

[Francodman]

Originally posted by: Wingznut

Originally posted by: Wingznut
In the spring, the NFL and NFLPA approached all the publishers and started taking bids for the exclusive rights to their properties...

WHAT DID YOU EXPECT EA TO DO??? Did you expect them to sit idle while another publisher snatched up the rights? Had that happened, would you be crying to boycott Sega?

Look, I'm as big of a NFL2k fan as anyone. I haven't bought a Madden property since NFL2k on the Dreamcast. But I don't blame EA here.

If you want to boycott someone, turn your attention to the NFL and NFLPA.


And no... This thread won't cause me to not purchase Burnout 4, or Battlefield 2, or Oddworld, etc.... While I'm not a fan of EA Sports per se, EA does put out plenty of quality games.

How come none of you "BOYCOTT EA" nuts are answering my question?

The deal, one EA admits to having lobbied for over the past few years, is an exclusive five-year licensing deal granting EA the sole rights to the NFL's teams, stadiums, and players.

 

[Qwest]

get a modchip and really stick it to em.

😀

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: Francodman

Originally posted by: Wingznut

Originally posted by: Wingznut
In the spring, the NFL and NFLPA approached all the publishers and started taking bids for the exclusive rights to their properties...

WHAT DID YOU EXPECT EA TO DO??? Did you expect them to sit idle while another publisher snatched up the rights? Had that happened, would you be crying to boycott Sega?

Look, I'm as big of a NFL2k fan as anyone. I haven't bought a Madden property since NFL2k on the Dreamcast. But I don't blame EA here.

If you want to boycott someone, turn your attention to the NFL and NFLPA.


And no... This thread won't cause me to not purchase Burnout 4, or Battlefield 2, or Oddworld, etc.... While I'm not a fan of EA Sports per se, EA does put out plenty of quality games.

How come none of you "BOYCOTT EA" nuts are answering my question?

The deal, one EA admits to having lobbied for over the past few years, is an exclusive five-year licensing deal granting EA the sole rights to the NFL's teams, stadiums, and players.

So, you are upset that EA was looking for an exclusive deal prior to the NFL offering it up? Do you think that other publishers don't seek out such agreements?

These exclusive deals have been going on probably since such licenses were invented. In the end, it was the NFL and NFLPA who asked for the bids. So... My question still stands.

 

[Anubis]

no but not because they have the only licence, but because Madden 199x-2005 all SUCKED ASS

 

[flyboy84]

NBA JAM = teh winnar > *

 

[Rudee]

I can't say much for the console games, but they butchered the PC version of NHL 2005. What a disaster that was.

 

[Deeko]

Your poll is backwards from your title, asslicker, I voted no when I meant yes.

Madden is king. Always will be. I don't care if there is competition or not.

 

[TallBill]

Madden is the best game anyways, so i think its awesome

 

[IEC]

I never buy EA after what they did to several good developers like Bullfrog...