Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 24, 2005, 01:47:52 AM
NFL, ALF & College football weren't enough?? did they get college? did I spell college right?
wasn't NHL 2kX the better game? I know money hats are fashionable, but this fad needs to end...
top left corner, below the EA sports logo. 'NHL 06 exclusive license'
Post by: stevey on June 24, 2005, 05:31:28 AM
Post by: couchmonkey on June 24, 2005, 06:36:39 AM
I'm pretty sure they'd have made an announcement about it if it was exclusive. Then again, maybe they're tired of everyone blowing up each time they announce something like that!
Also, exclusive liscence might mean nobody else is allowed to make a game from that one particular liscence...they have to buy their own "exclusive" liscence. I'm no lawyer, I'm just taking stabs in the dark.
Post by: KDR_11k on June 24, 2005, 07:09:46 AM
What will they so next, get exclusive licenses with the US Army?
Post by: raptorspike on June 24, 2005, 09:04:08 AM
Post by: IceCold on June 24, 2005, 10:31:58 AM
Hockey WILL be back next season - the negotiations are looknig like they'll end in the first week of July. Damn, this is bad news. I played the 2K series and I knot that they are better, but I had to settle with the EA games as I needed one on the Cube and the 2K series wasn't there. Still, I always had hope that someday I would own a better hockey game. Now, the quality of the EA games are going to get even worse.
Post by: nickmitch on June 24, 2005, 11:07:51 AM
Post by: vudu on June 24, 2005, 11:11:39 AM
Post by: Ian Sane on June 24, 2005, 11:41:11 AM
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Post by: stevey on June 24, 2005, 03:45:11 PM
Post by: KnowsNothing on June 24, 2005, 03:56:50 PM
Post by: nickmitch on June 24, 2005, 05:59:21 PM
Post by: IceCold on June 24, 2005, 09:59:36 PM
So yea, I want to buy a good hockey game. If EA gets exclusive rights, other games won't sell, they just won't, because they don't have a license. Devs won't have incentives to make new hockey game even if it is better, because they know that it won't sell. Therefore they will not make one at all or make a low budget one. This, in turn, makes my choice the EA game, because I still want a hockey game. Besides, many of the other hockey games, if made, won't be on a Nintendo console, so there.
Post by: Arbok on June 25, 2005, 06:25:23 AM
Personally, I have never bought a realistic sports game with the exception of International Super Star Soccer for the N64, as I enjoyed the “create a team” aspect at the time. EA, if this is true, continuing to snatch Sports licensees is disheartening, but actually beneficial to me in the end. Let’s face it, when it comes to sports games, there is really no insurance they are going to hit the cube; in fact, if they aren’t made by EA they rarely do now a days. If you are a multi-console owner who loves sports, then this is horrible news, but for a single console owner who doesn’t, these actions look like hits at the Xbox and PS2 library of games more than anything else.
Post by: KDR_11k on June 25, 2005, 06:40:47 AM
Post by: nickmitch on June 25, 2005, 04:39:16 PM
Hip-hip!
Post by: jasonditz on June 27, 2005, 08:34:34 AM
Moreover, the 2K series shot itself in the foot last year. After designing a game that was, from a gameplay perspective, vastly superior to the EA alternative, they left the game so insultingly unpolished and bug-ridden that I doubt anyone would make the mistake of buying it again next year anyhow.
Post by: KDR_11k on June 27, 2005, 08:48:00 AM
Post by: jasonditz on June 28, 2005, 07:04:06 AM
The NHL's brand is about as damaged as its going to get, and buggy games like NHL 2k5 certainly aren't improving that.
Post by: kirby_killer_dedede on July 09, 2005, 03:11:06 PM
And I know nothing about hockey so I'm not going to comment on that.
Post by: Darc Requiem on July 09, 2005, 04:31:20 PM
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Originally posted by: kirby_killer_dedede
...excuse this post as it may be interpreted as a compliment to EA...but I'm all for the exclusive NFL license as Madden's the best NFL video game choice anyway...
And I know nothing about hockey so I'm not going to comment on that.
Madden NFL's best video game ROTFLMMAO. Madden!? Are you nuts. Its the same regurgitated crap year in and year out and now thanks to the NFL Its the only option I have. Ah well at least I still have ESPN NFL 2K5. Madden only improved when a new competitor came along and handed EA its ass. It happened with Gameday on PS1. It happened with NFL2k on Dreamcast, and NFL 2K5 had a level of presentation never seen before. Madden can't even get the commentary down and the gameplay is as flawed as always.
Post by: KnowsNothing on July 09, 2005, 04:39:37 PM
Plus, now EA could price Madden $10 higher than it is now (which was $30 more than Sega's anyway) which either means you shell out another ten for your precious updated rosters, or you could skip it. It's lose-lose.
Post by: nickmitch on July 09, 2005, 05:26:19 PM
Post by: jasonditz on July 20, 2005, 04:16:19 PM
