Just answer me this - why the HELL is EA buying up everything?!

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DMeisterJ said:
So there's no real competition, and EA could be the only sports games out there (worth playing) for a time to come. Sad really.

 My favorite sports games are usually by Nintendo, Camelot, Tecmo, Midway, Sega, or Konami.  There are lots of companies making sports games. 

For example-

NES- Blades of Steel, Punch Out, Tecmo Bowl

GB- Mario Golf, Mario Tennis 

SNES- Super Punch Out, NBA Jam

Sega Genesis- Joe Montana Sports Talk, NBA Jam

PS- Hot Shots Golf 

PS2- Virtua Tennis 2, Hot Shots Golf 3 

Wii- Wii Sports, Wii Fit 

 If you like EA's sports games then please buy them but I've always passed on them.  If I ever see a Madden game I like, I may get it used (for less than 1/2 price) once the next year's version comes out.  I'm hoping Madden 09 is actually good so I can get it in the fall of 09 but I have my doubts about EA's ability to make what I consider a good Madden game.

So to sum up, besides some of the little showelware companies, EA is the only company that has never produced a sports game I like.  They just have nothing worth playing.