EA to enter Console Wars?

[theRepublic]

durtysouthhustlah said:

theRepublic said:

Gearbox said:
they would die imo

this would lead so many other 3rd parties to spamm football games etc etc to tryu to replace madden etc etc on the other consoles

I pretty sure that the NFL's contract with EA requires EA to put Madden on all systems, so it would not be exclusive to EA's hypothetical console.

Can you give us a source for this?

I don't have access to the contract but, there's this:

"[It makes] no sense at all. One platform exclusives would likely nullify NFL exclusivity, could kill off all sports and other licenses.  EA's value on one platform is probably half its value to a multi-platform buyer (such as a media company)." - Michael Pachter

http://www.industrygamers.com/news/microsoft-purchase-of-ea-would-make-no-sense-at-all-says-pachter/