From Slashdot.
Posted by timothy on Monday December 13, @10:59PM
Grub writes "EA has signed a 5-year agreement with the NFL that gives them exclusive rights to use NFL players, teams, and stadiums in their products. CEO Larry Probst, 'The five-year agreement will usher NFL fans through the console technology transition with new ideas and innovative game play experiences.' This is a crushing blow to competitors and an enormous victory for EA, who will undoubtably make sure everyone knows that only they have NFL players and teams come next year's football game advertising bonanza."
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/14/0121244&from=rss
Wow. I just played ESPN's football game a couple weeks ago and have to say that I thought it was pretty cool. The helmet cam feature was a fun way to play the game.
This will kill just about any other football game on the market. How the hell can anyone compete without NFL teams. I would hate to be a football game programer for any other company right now.
Posted by rnunley at December 14, 2004 12:35 AM