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gustave154 on 23 September 2009

I would like to see this happen.



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huaxiong90 on 23 September 2009
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

EA hold exclusive rights to certain sports games.



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theRepublic on 23 September 2009
Dr.Grass said:
I posted this last night before going to bed so haven't had time to respond.

I'M VERY CURIOUS:
If EA HAS to publish it's games on all consoles, then WHY were they allowed to say:
"F|_|CK YOU SEGA!!!", and not release games on the Dreamcast!?

I also don't think they'll release a console, but it is a possibility. Hence the thread.

They signed the exclusivity contract in 2004.  The Dreamcast launched in 1999 (in America) and was discontinued in 2001 (in America).



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theRepublic on 23 September 2009
huaxiong90 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

EA hold exclusive rights to certain sports games.

Those exclusivity contracts also state the the games must come out on all of the big systems.  EA could not make those games exclusively for their own hypothetical console.



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durtysouthhustlah on 23 September 2009
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?



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theRepublic on 23 September 2009
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/



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durtysouthhustlah on 23 September 2009
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.



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Seece on 23 September 2009

EA's contract regarding Madden ect, require them to be multiplat. If EA made them exclusive to their console they would void the contract. Activision would probably be the likely publisher to pick up the contract.

So what else does EA have? a first party on par with Microsoft, Starcraft and The Sims are best left on the PC (Sims doesn't do too well sales wise on consoles anyway from what i remember ..)

Mirrors Edge, Dead Space ect are new IPs, could be built on.

Burnout, Mass Effect (again contract with Microsoft maybe?) Rockband ...

Left 4 Dead is only published by them, in all honest I'm surprised Microsoft don't publish L4D.



 

theRepublic on 23 September 2009
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.



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Kantor on 24 September 2009

I thought EA was being bought by Microsoft? >_>

Anyway, EA makes its money from multiplat development. Creating a console would lose them huge amounts of money. They would never do this.



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