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BMaker11 on 06 February 2015
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Player2 said:
outlawauron said:
Player2 said:
 

No. I'm using Buzz and SingStar to show that he's and hypocrite.

Sport franchises don't need to be yearly, specially in this day and age. A DLC roster update (which is what most of them are and why they're easy to develop) priced at $10-20 should be enough.

But this is false. Publishers who hold these licenses are contractually required to release a new version every year. If they don't, they risk losing the license.

I was talking from a technical standpoint, but I seriously doubt that would happen. In fact, EA didn't lose the NBA license when they stopped making NBA Live and Sega didn't lose the ATP license.

Sports licenses are pretty much open to anyone willing to make the game. Only license that was "lost" was NFL, due to EA making an exclusive deal because ESPN 2K5 beat the brakes off Madden that year and Madden is their bread and butter. Everything else seems to be fair game. There's FIFA and PES (if PES made a far superior game and made is $25 MSRP, soccer might get "Madden'd" and become exlusive). There was MLB: The Show and  MLB 2K. EA NHL and NHL 2K. Etc

At this point, 2K Sports could easily make an exclusive deal to get the NBA license (2K >>>> Live)...but they aren't dicks. For most sports games, the dev just needs to renew their license. But they don't ever "lose" it, unless they are legally unable to get a license due to exclusivity.