EA to enter Console Wars?

[theRepublic]

durtysouthhustlah said:

theRepublic said:

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/

Oh boy. Quoting Pachter. If that's all they have, full steam ahead. Thanks, Repub.

Pachter's predictions are generally awful, but he does have information that we don't.  Besides, I'm not the only person who says that about EA's contract.  There are plenty of others who have heard the same thing.