sales2099 said:
You been comparing the madden sales for the last few years? That gap is shrinking and MS probably wants to be like it was in 2008 for instance. |
I don't think the NFL deal has anything to do with Madden, to be honest. The NFL watching/fantasy football playing crowd is not necessarily the same as the Madden crowd, but there is cross over. Certainly. Because of this you may see EA use the NFL deal to integrate Madden with your NFL Fantasy Football team so that you can manage your fantasy football team in Madden as well as play as that team in the game. Which may be why Microsoft and EA are so chummy.
What I'm most surprised with is that Microsoft hasn't achieved such a deal with FIFA. It'd be awesome to see a Fantasy Football where you could select players from regional football associations, and if you're good at your picks, have a team that goes national, and if you're really awesome a team that goes on to compete in FIFA. Then again, keeping up with a FF team for four years would get tiresome. Still. To pick players from around the world that make it from a regional club, to their national club, and make it all the way to FIFA would be pretty damn impressive.