Its Official: EA SUCKS

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/01/17/news_6116473.html

I hear ya! Even if you're a die-hard EA fan, this is not good for you either. They no longer have anyone pushing them and it will be hard for anyone else to make a football game since they cannot use the NFL players. I like a lot of EA games too, but now I worry about the other sports too.

All I know is I am not about to spend $50, then spend more to play it online from EA on top of the money I already spend for Xbox Live.

I think I had read somewhere that EA even signed an exclusive deal with the Arena Football League

I think I had read somewhere that EA even signed an exclusive deal with the Arena Football League

Are they making an arena game?

here you go redrock

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/01/10/news_6116065.html

An AFL video game could be really cool if done right. Thanks.

Wow...this is craziness. So whats the deal with the Madden franchise? Are they losing the Madden name and goijg with ESPN instead maybe??? Interesting to see where they go with that.

can you believe it? instead of improving their game, EA takes the easy route to kill competition.

someone got too close to their $50/year-for-the-same-game/roster update scam. they'll do ANYTHING to not have to improve their game.

now we'll pay $50 again (or $60, why not? only NFL game in town now) to get the same Madden game as always but with ESPN presentation.

EA: try actually DEVELOPING for once!

can you believe it? instead of improving their game, EA takes the easy route to kill competition.

someone got too close to their $50/year-for-the-same-game/roster update scam. they'll do ANYTHING to not have to improve their game.

now we'll pay $50 again (or $60, why not? only NFL game in town now) to get the same Madden game as always but with ESPN presentation.

EA: try actually DEVELOPING for once!

Hopefully, the most devoted Madden fans will realize this too. I seem to be reading a lot of different message boards on gaming sites, where many just say "ESPN games sucked anyway". That's not even the point, but the point will get real clear when its $50 or more for the game.

Wow...this is craziness. So whats the deal with the Madden franchise? Are they losing the Madden name and goijg with ESPN instead maybe??? Interesting to see where they go with that.
This is the equivalent of the Eagles drafting a QB. The current one is fine, but he can't go on forever, so we'd better have a backup plan in place.

Honestly, how much longer can Madden keep announcing? It's not like he's in fighting shape.