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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: Tha_Blaq_Sinattra on August 29, 2006, 06:24:02 PM
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Because EA sports did some maneuvering around the video game industry and made a deal with the NFL so that EA is the only company that can use NFL teams. Doing this allowed them to cut the throat of fan favorites like "NFL Blitz" and Madden's closest competition "NFL 2k". To me this is shady. Are'nt monopolies against the law in the U.S.? Should'nt we have a choice?
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Very smart move. I dont play anything else besides Madden so it dont really matter to me, sorry to those who dont play madden and play blitz or 2k.
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Blitz was cool, but I've been playing Madden since .....forever, lol.
Good move I'll say!
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^^^Yo NiCc whats that Juelz/Weezy in your sig? Is that a new mixtape or something?
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^^^Yo NiCc whats that Juelz/Weezy in your sig? Is that a new mixtape or something?
Its a new mixtape.
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^^^Yo NiCc whats that Juelz/Weezy in your sig? Is that a new mixtape or something?
Its a new mixtape.
u got it doggie?
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NM, I just found it, Im DL now! I know this will be hot!
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Madden fans, what if you liked the other games and they did this? Would you like them robbing you of your choices? It's like if someone said you can only eat beef, no more chicken or pork.
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Madden fans, what if you liked the other games and they did this? Would you like them robbing you of your choices? It's like if someone said you can only eat beef, no more chicken or pork.
Half this board doesn't eat pork.
Anyway, this is old news. It's a shame since NFL 2k series was pretty bad ass and played much better than Madden. Madden's franchise mode topped it though.
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Madden fans, what if you liked the other games and they did this? Would you like them robbing you of your choices? It's like if someone said you can only eat beef, no more chicken or pork.
I do like other games and if they did do that I would just play different games, and I would tell the person to fuck off.
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The first 2 Blitz games were the only ones i liked. The only times i chose 2k over Madden was in the Dreamcast days. The last few years the Madden games have been crazy.
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The first 2 Blitz games were the only ones i liked. The only times i chose 2k over Madden was in the Dreamcast days. The last few years the Madden games have been crazy.
yup the first 2k game on dreamcast was awesome, but since then its been all Madden
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I'm with Sinattra. Madden can now skimp on many features without any fear because there is no competition in their market. For instance, I'm pretty sure there is no fantasy draft on '07. That was some of my favorite shit in years past because I loved building my own team from scratch. I fucked around on 07 the other day at my boys house- i started that superstar mode. The initial part of it was pretty dope - choosing your parents, agents, answering reporters, and training. But then going thru practice was mostly wack. Then, in games, your guy might not play so you actually SIT there and watch the game play while you do nothing. Even if you're a starter, you only play one side of the ball so you're inevitably watching a simulation HALF THE TIME AT BEST! In theory it sounds cool, but I can't imagine playing season after season this way.
It's no doubt a smart move by EA to eliminate competition, but it's ultimately the consumer that gets fucked. So in closing, Fuck Madden 07.
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I see what you some of you are all saying, but if its dope.. why not buy it?
Its just what businesses do, Eliminate the competition!
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The first 2 Blitz games were the only ones i liked. The only times i chose 2k over Madden was in the Dreamcast days. The last few years the Madden games have been crazy.
yup the first 2k game on dreamcast was awesome, but since then its been all Madden
The last NFL 2K game released was superior in gameplay. The running game was perfect in that game. The only downfall was the superman like tackles.
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lol why is this being brought up now,its been like this since last year,pretty old news, and everyones sayin fuck madden, fuck ea but none of yall have realized that take-two (company behind the 2k series) has the same exlclusive deal with baseball,which is why there was no MVP 06 and which is why ea made NCAA baseball
also there IS a new blitz game coming out Blitz the league for 360 and nintendo wii which came out last year on current gen systems and also a PSP version of Blitz in the making.
http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/826/826159.html
also its been belived that there will be a football game made by 2k that will have all the hall of famers in it. The exlusive deal is just with the NFL players not with the sport itself.
I bought Madden 07 and I can say that im very happy with it,props to EA for continuing the Madden legacy
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lol why is this being brought up now,its been like this since last year,pretty old news, and everyones sayin fuck madden, fuck ea but none of yall have realized that take-two (company behind the 2k series) has the same exlclusive deal with baseball,which is why there was no MVP 06 and which is why ea made NCAA baseball
also there IS a new blitz game coming out Blitz the league for 360 and nintendo wii which came out last year on current gen systems and also a PSP version of Blitz in the making.
http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/826/826159.html
also its been belived that there will be a football game made by 2k that will have all the hall of famers in it. The exlusive deal is just with the NFL players not with the sport itself.
I bought Madden 07 and I can say that im very happy with it,props to EA for continuing the Madden legacy
Yeah but Blitz The Leauge isn't NFL. Its a bunch of made up teams and players.
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lol why is this being brought up now,its been like this since last year,pretty old news, and everyones sayin fuck madden, fuck ea but none of yall have realized that take-two (company behind the 2k series) has the same exlclusive deal with baseball,which is why there was no MVP 06 and which is why ea made NCAA baseball
also there IS a new blitz game coming out Blitz the league for 360 and nintendo wii which came out last year on current gen systems and also a PSP version of Blitz in the making.
http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/826/826159.html
also its been belived that there will be a football game made by 2k that will have all the hall of famers in it. The exlusive deal is just with the NFL players not with the sport itself.
I bought Madden 07 and I can say that im very happy with it,props to EA for continuing the Madden legacy
Yeah but Blitz The Leauge isn't NFL. Its a bunch of made up teams and players.
yea,did u play it? is it any good?
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dont care for Madden to much.
The Best Footbal Game ever:
Joe Montana Sports Talk Football 2 on Sega Genises.
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This is like 3 years old or some shit. Plus the deal ends with this madden. There will be a nfl 2k8 next year. Won't matter, Madden will still be the best.
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This is like 3 years old or some shit. Plus the deal ends with this madden. There will be a nfl 2k8 next year. Won't matter, Madden will still be the best.
The deal ends in 2009.
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I just picked Madden07 up!!!! Cant wait to play later
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Thanks to this move MVP Baseball is fucking college based
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Yesterday i've downloaded it for the PS2, and tonight i've tried it for a good hour. It's pretty funny, i've enojed it. But being european, NFL football is not a sport i can watch/play for more than a week, so i'll probably stop playing it in 2-3 days. Anyway it's a good game, i think people who like NFL will enjoy it. Oh, and that business move was pretty smart/wrong at the same time. Was NFL 2k better than Madden? Cause NBA 2k is better than NBA Live imo.
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and tonight i've tried it for a good hour. It's pretty funny, i've enojed it. But being european, NFL football is not a sport i can watch/play for more than a week, so i'll probably stop playing it in 2-3 days. Anyway it's a good game, i think people who like NFL will enjoy it.
I brought it and thats exactly whats happened with me, i'm not bad at it tho' considerin' ino nothin about american football, i can play the basics but i dont understand the plays...............and can somebody please explain to me y whenever in Hall of fame mode wen i leave the computer to tackle the runners there is always a free runner who somehow catches the ball and then outsprints all my players and breaks all the tackles i put in? Somebody help me!
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lol why is this being brought up now,its been like this since last year,pretty old news, and everyones sayin fuck madden, fuck ea but none of yall have realized that take-two (company behind the 2k series) has the same exlclusive deal with baseball,which is why there was no MVP 06 and which is why ea made NCAA baseball
Its not the exact same deal, 2k only has 3rd party exclusivity to the MLB license. 1st party companies can still make MLB game for their systems. Sony released the new MLB game at the beginning of this season, and if microsoft or nintendo wanted to release a game, they could.
As far as madden goes, i've hated madden for years and i've loved the 2k football games, but i got madden 07 for the 360 this year and I love it so far. Its actually the first madden i've liked since madden 97 for playstation lol.
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Madden NFL 07 Stiff Arms Sales Records
EA releases first week sales estimates.
August 31, 2006 - Electronic Arts estimates that Madden 07, the latest entry in the enormously popular football franchise, exceeded all expectations with a record breaking 2 million units sold in the game's first week.
In a comparable period last year, the 06 version of the game sold 1.8 million copies, roughly 12 percent less than this year's offering. This makes Madden 07 the most successful launch in the franchise's 17-year history. Furthermore, EA contends that the online portion of the game is breaking records as well. According to reports from Microsoft, within five days of the game's launch more than 600,000 achievements had been unlocked and more than 2 million hours of online game time were logged on Xbox Live.
Madden NFL 07 is currently available at stores across North America for every system known to man including the PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, GameCube, Nintendo DS, PSP, Game Boy Advance, and PC.
-IGN.com
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and tonight i've tried it for a good hour. It's pretty funny, i've enojed it. But being european, NFL football is not a sport i can watch/play for more than a week, so i'll probably stop playing it in 2-3 days. Anyway it's a good game, i think people who like NFL will enjoy it.
I brought it and thats exactly whats happened with me, i'm not bad at it tho' considerin' ino nothin about american football, i can play the basics but i dont understand the plays...............and can somebody please explain to me y whenever in Hall of fame mode wen i leave the computer to tackle the runners there is always a free runner who somehow catches the ball and then outsprints all my players and breaks all the tackles i put in? Somebody help me!
I can't answer your question tho, but i can suggest you, before you start the play, to push R1 or R2, and it'll show you all the moves of the players and the button (circle, squadre, R1, L1, etc..) you have to click to pass the ball to the receiver. And it will also show you the right movement the RB should do and the leading block. I'm not an expert at all, but this thing helped me. And i always let Madded choose the game for me. lol.
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looking at your avatar makes me want Nick Van back on the lakers. trading him cause he told a joke was silly.