Could an EA-Console be sucessfull?

[JWeinCom]

JNK said:

JWeinCom said:
No.

There are a lot of reasons, but the biggest is the licensing deals they have.

The licensees want their games to be playable to as many as possible. I'm actually fairly certain that EA is actually required to try Madden at least once on every system to see if there is a market before they dismiss it.

If EA only put games on their own console, the NFL, NHL, and Fifa would have their lawyers filing suits to get out of their contracts faster than you could say concussion. Same thing goes for any other licensed product they have. Disney doesn't want to limit Star Wars to a niche audience.

scince this is only hypotetical anyway, lets say they would keep all their licenses. We dont know the exact agreements anyway.

We don't know the specifics, but we can be pretty much 100% sure that the companies involved would not be happy with this arrangements.

However, what we do know is that EA's exclusive deal (with Madden at least) only applies to third parties... First parties ARE allowed to make licensed NFL games.  Microsoft and Sony don't do this because they are worried about their relationship with EA.

So, if EA kept the licenses on their new console, Microsoft and Sony would start working on their NFL/Fifa/whatever  games pretty much immediately.  The other games wouldn't be as popular, but many gamers would prefer this to buying a system just for Madden.

EA would keep the hardcore madden fans, and sell a few million units.  Then, when the contracts end, every license would leave, and EA would be on the brink of bankruptcy.