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NFL 2K to make a comeback next year? HipHopGamer firmly believes so
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Mattlikewhoa
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Oh God, I'm all in if this is the case...
CountAntonius
Member
The NFL can't be that stupid. They must know how stale Madden is getting and how much buzz 2k14 is generating. No more exclusivity bullshit. Let them battle it out.
Iacobellis
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If 2K can make football games again, then let EA work on baseball again. The MVP series was ah-mazing.
Yup.
Even though the licence expires this year, there's almost no way the NFL doesn't Re-Up with EA. Madden is too safe a source of revenue.
The show was always better.
wsoxfan1214
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let's see 2K solve racism like EA did though
:lol :lol
TheSinkingKnight
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I think it'd be hilarious and great if Take-Two obtained the exclusivity license to the NFL using some of that GTA V money.
speculawyer
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This.
2 Slice Toaster
Member
Do you have a source for the idea that 2k would be able to bring more cash to the table than EA for the NFL exclusive rights?
polyh3dron
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Don't fuck with me HHG.
Skiptastic
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Get the band back together. It worked in Blues Brothers.
Pop-O-Matic
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Well Take-Two does have all that GTAV money lying around.
A proper NFL2k15 next year would do absolute gangbusters.
Return of the king indeed.
it won't happen
It would be amazing to get another one exactly 10 years after the last one.
Damn, I remember when that deal was signed. Seemed like an eternity.
If it does happen to where they are allowed to make NFL games next year, I'd personally wait for 2k16 for any sort of a stable and fully functioning football game. I doubt they'd have the time to even make 2k15, unless the NFL is letting them do this UTTR to prepare for a game next year.
But the NFL will go with the exclusive model because that's where the money is. They have no interest in the quality of the product produced using their license.
However......
...this is actually our only hope. That EA kills a deal because the investment outweighs their generated revenue. But even then I see them just cutting more corners and shitting out a cheaper product to hold on to the rights.
StanleyStutters
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I want this to be true, but I'm not getting my hopes up. I spent the entire last generation waiting for 2K to have the chance to make another NFL game.
Grover Cleveland
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The NFL doesn't give a shit about the quality of the games, and they prefer having one licensed provider for everything so they will go with who gives them the biggest check.
Now is EA still willing to cut that check?
Now is EA still willing to cut that check?
gamechanger87
Member
Can't see the NFL signing up for an exclusive again.
Didn't EA get sued and have to make the exclusivity payments to all people who bought the games?
Didn't EA get sued and have to make the exclusivity payments to all people who bought the games?
OMG do NOT F'n tease me bro....
speculawyer
Member
It is wide open for EA. 2K sports has no MLB contract. Sony makes MLB The Show but as of right now, there is no known MLB game for the xbox One or xbox 360.
(Or Wii or WiiU, LOL.)
As much as I wish that the NFL cared about the quality of the games, in reality they don't give a damn. They just care about the check clearing.
FrenchMovieTheme
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is 2k going to hire someone to actually produce a decent set of online features? this game is worthless if they're going to pull the same shit that NBA 2k has online.... which is basically the same shit it had during dreamcast. they even removed association mode from the ps4/xbone version because they wouldn't get it to work for however many years online. and maybe even most baffling is WHY CAN MY OPPONENT AND I NOT CONCURRENTLY EDIT OUR OPTIONS?! why the fuck do i have to wait and watch my opponent do his shit, then RE-PAUSE it to do mine? it makes no sense.
for all the shit EA takes on the field of madden, CCM is incredible. full online owners mode with you and 31 of your bros. drafts, contracts, franchise tags, draft pick trades, players of the week/year, probowl voting, building up your players with XP.... just a great mode.
i know neogaf doesn't really give a shit about this stuff and is more interested in single player halftime shows and if the crowd looks realistic but i have no time for that shit when online is broken.
with all that said i DO hope that 2k comes back and there is some competition. competition from NFL2k5 produced the greatest football game in history: madden 06 (ps2/xbox... not the god awful 360 version). DO IT NFL!
for all the shit EA takes on the field of madden, CCM is incredible. full online owners mode with you and 31 of your bros. drafts, contracts, franchise tags, draft pick trades, players of the week/year, probowl voting, building up your players with XP.... just a great mode.
i know neogaf doesn't really give a shit about this stuff and is more interested in single player halftime shows and if the crowd looks realistic but i have no time for that shit when online is broken.
with all that said i DO hope that 2k comes back and there is some competition. competition from NFL2k5 produced the greatest football game in history: madden 06 (ps2/xbox... not the god awful 360 version). DO IT NFL!
Sales declined like 40% this year for madden. Probably not good timing for EA; going into negotiations with the NFL against 2k.
Is there a source for this?
Bananajama
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Bloody hope so!
he is someone who said something newsworthy, and new, thus a new thread was born.
Fixed1979
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I'd be willing to wager that anyone who believes this rumor will end up disappointed.
He's heard rumors...
I'd be shocked if the NFL/NFLPA is even allowed to have player likeness scanned in by a company competing with EA. The whole thing doesn't make any sense.
He's heard rumors...
I'd be shocked if the NFL/NFLPA is even allowed to have player likeness scanned in by a company competing with EA. The whole thing doesn't make any sense.
plutoknight
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I will reserve all my hype until these two guys are back.
....aw hell. I'm hyped. What if 2k gets exclusive rights?! (They've certainly got the money and the pedigree with how awesome NBA 2k is)
It's better than another shitty Madden game.
With that said, I'm taking it with s huge grain of salt. Madden doesn't deserve the license anymore, but it's really up to the NFL.
Pai Pai Master
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lol Madden franchise is so fucked when 2K comes back. NBA Live 14 vs NBA 2k14 is such a joke.
puffyshirt
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PLEEEEASE let this be true.
I'm sure that the first one won't be perfect, but I can't wait to see what it turns into (and turns Madden into) in a couple years.
I'm sure that the first one won't be perfect, but I can't wait to see what it turns into (and turns Madden into) in a couple years.
did you watch the video? he spoke of NFL players being scanned using the same tech that powers NBA 2K, coupled with the ending of the Madden / NFL exclusivity agreement, it becomes quite a feasible rumor.
Do people really not understand the NFL wanted exclusivity and went to companies, EA didn't come to them.
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