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ironmanDX on 03 June 2013
LordPusha said:

You do realize that England is not all of Europe ... And these commercial games are nothing more than what they are , trying to spread the word ... the NFL is still irrelevant in the face of other sports in Europe , the UK included .  Part of it because of time-zones ....


I do, though I remember in another thread people mentioning that a London based team was being talked about. That is a serious move into Europe, no matter your opinion. This link says it could happen within the next 10 years and it was written last year.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/jason-la-canfora/20724077/nfls-move-to-london-could-come-soon-jags-a-target



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LordPusha on 03 June 2013
ironmanDX said:
LordPusha said:

You do realize that England is not all of Europe ... And these commercial games are nothing more than what they are , trying to spread the word ... the NFL is still irrelevant in the face of other sports in Europe , the UK included .  Part of it because of time-zones ....


I do, though I remember in another thread people mentioning that a London based team was being talked about. That is a serious move into Europe, no matter your opinion. This link says it could happen within the next 10 years and it was written last year.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/jason-la-canfora/20724077/nfls-move-to-london-could-come-soon-jags-a-target

Only one team !? How is that beneficial for the whole league to make trips to England ?  Is it because nobody supports the Jags in the states ? lol moving one team for a 500k fanbase at best isn't going to set a foothold here , they need to move a whole division .



ironmanDX on 03 June 2013
LordPusha said:

Only one team !? How is that beneficial for the whole league to make trips to England ?  Is it because nobody supports the Jags in the states ? lol moving one team for a 500k fanbase at best isn't going to set a foothold here , they need to move a whole division .


The idea is still in it's infancy. Who knows how it will play out. Maybe the NFL will just back the semi-pro league that more than likely already exists in England. It's much too early to assume anything really...



smbu2000 on 03 June 2013
cmeese47 said:
I love football and fantasy sports but I do not see this as very useful to me. One because I have multiple leagues so it is much easier to track on my IPAD or Laptop. Also it is not like we are getting more games to watch on cable. This is not free NFL Sunday Ticket or something like that.

You can always get the Madden 25 Anniversary Edition. ;-p

http://www.easports.com/news/article/anniversary-edition

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dukerx2 on 03 June 2013

I love football but this seems silly to me. Im perfectly happy turning on my tv and watching. Should have spent the money on games and yes I know '15 exclusive games', but how about we see what those are before tooting that horn.



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Mr Puggsly on 03 June 2013
mantrax said:
lol what a bunch of retards. NFL is sooooooooooooo popular in the rest of the world

NFL is popular in a part of the world that matters to MS.

Logic, give it a try.



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Mr Puggsly on 03 June 2013
Slimebeast said:

Wow, a whopping $400 million on an entertainment feature.

And they also announced a Halo TV-series with Spielberg.

Imagine how many hardcore games that investment could have given us over the same five years.

Seems like MS has big plans and this could be seen as making a pre-emptive strike against Apple in the future battle for the living room.

We just have to accept that Xbox One is trying to become a general entertainment box rather than a dedicated gaming machine. But as a gamer it's hard for me to accept since I have zero interest in anything that's not games when I turn on my console.

Maybe this is the right way to go into the future gen. Honestly I hope for success for Xbox One but I don't think this NFL deal was a wise business move. It's just so much money. Like Molyneux said on IGN last nite, it's very difficult and risky to try to deliver top quality at so many different areas.

MS is already investing a lot of money into games for core gamers. 3rd parties will bring plenty of core games. God forbid MS spend money to appeal to a market outside of core gamers.

As long as a console has games you want to play, I don't see why you have to get pissy about it having other features. Pointless argument.

Even if the NFL deal wasn't a wise move, what's the worst case scenario? They lose some money? Its MS, they can afford to lose money. You worry too much for them.



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mantrax on 03 June 2013

I think soccer is more popular.



kappie1977 on 03 June 2013

what a deal, I think with this thy made sure they will keep the USA market and finally get what Bill Gates wanted in the beginning of their XBOX idea. (to win the complete living room with one box for Video, Social, gaming etc) But I doubt if they will win the rest of this world with this. If this works out, this shows again that MS can buy their succes for XBOX as they did with all time exclusive DLC's etc. I'm more interested in Games, so I will be waiting on E3 to let them convince me to buy the XBOX One instead of PS4. (at the end I will end up with both, I'm afraid )



regin2005 on 03 June 2013

The only thing this will do is further cement Microsoft's position in NA which isn't a bad thing. I mean, how many people in the US watch the NFL on a weekly basis? Millions.

Clearly they could do something similar with football/soccer in Europe or whatever sport is popular down there.



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