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[op_ivy]

great news!

 

[infinityBCRT]

Wouldn't be surprised if they are putting together a tech demo to try to convince the NFL to move away from the exclusive license. I think the MLB situation makes it more likely for the NFL to shy away from the exclusive this time out.

 

[Zoctan]

If true, fantastic news.

 

[Alchemy]

Would buy day one. Fuck, I don't want to get my hopes up.

 

[REDRZA]

Hopefully the NFL is taking a hard look at how much more care that 2K takes with its sports games over what EA does. The "next-gen" Madden should be looked at as an embarrassment.

Yeah, because MLB 2k was such an awesome, quality baseball simulation even with 3rd party exclusivity, nope more like an embarrassment to the gaming industry and MLB. Like NHL 2k has been great the last few years, oh wait, they stopped making NHL games because EA beat the brakes off them.

So 2k makes one solid sports game? Yep.

 

[3rdamention]

June 2014.

Can't complain about this at all. More competition (or in this case any at all) might light a fire under EA's ass.

You know, they could work on the game , even if there is a deal. So they could be doing the motion scanning now, and then work on the game throughout the next year to hopefully have something ready for the end of next year or early 2015.


They could have easily been working on some assets, player models, stadium models, etc. for a while now.

 

[Damian.]

Yeah, because MLB 2k was such an awesome, quality baseball simulation even with 3rd party exclusivity, nope more like an embarrassment to the gaming industry and MLB. Like NHL 2k has been great the last few years, oh wait, they stopped making NHL games because EA beat the brakes off them.

So 2k makes one solid sports game? Yep.

They make two solid sports games, basketball and football. Get it right or pay the price, Budnick.

 

[codhand]

 

[Trey]

Wouldn't be surprised if they are putting together a tech demo to try to convince the NFL to move away from the exclusive license. I think the MLB situation makes it more likely for the NFL to shy away from the exclusive this time out.

NFL wouldn't care about a tech demo. They would only care if 2K grew the market for NFL licensed games.

 

[Rflagg]

Maybe it would help to mail the NFL or email Roger Goodell (if anybody knows his real email).

 

[jakncoke]

2K5 wasnt even good and neither was Madden 05, I'll never understand 2k5 love

 

[LiK]

Finally. We can put an end to shitty football video games.

 

[Jonboy]

Who knows if the NFL will/won't renew with EA, but the NFL is certainly one of the few companies who doesn't need EA's money. If they really want the exclusivity to end, then it will, regardless of what money EA throws at them.

 

[uncledonnie]

Finally. We can put an end to shitty football video games.

Amen. I would triple-dip if this turned out to be true.

 

[Damian.]

2K5 wasnt even good and neither was Madden 05, I'll never understand 2k5 love

It was simply where the entire genre plateaued. EA/NFL exclusivity killed any chance of competition and EA has done as little as possible year after year. We are literally stuck with Madden 05 with updated rosters, gang tackles and HD graphics. It's time to progress a little bit.

 

[soundscream]

Me on my way to buy it day one

Hell yeah!

Roll up with a mirrored visor and just start talking shit to the gamestop employees before they open the store.

 

[Certinty]

Just give us Top Spin 5, 2K!

 

[daveo42]

It's be pretty nice for EA not to have a stranglehold on the NFL so we can see something other than the exact same game with slightly better models every year. I think 2K would a damn better job than what EA has shown us already with their current sports lineup.

Also, lol @hiphopgamer as an actual source of info. Anyone could have predicted this with the exclusivity deal ending next year.

let's see 2K solve racism like EA did though

Wait, what?

 

[Claneko]

One can dream. I'm not big into football games by any means, but I can say that 2K2 was the first and only football game where I played an entire season to the Super Bowl and loved every moment of it. It had something about it that made it fun for me that I never seem to uncover when I give any Madden game a spin.

 

[belushy]

So is there any truth to what a poster in this thread said earlier about 2k offering more money the last time the license was about to expire?

 

[LiK]

It's be pretty nice for EA not to have a stranglehold on the NFL so we can see something other than the exact same game with slightly better models every year. I think 2K would a damn better job than what EA has shown us already with their current sports lineup.

Also, lol @hiphopgamer info.



Wait, what?

Gif is from Giant Bomb stream for Madden 25 on PS4. Best glitch.

 

[HarryDemeanor]

It's the NFL. They will extend the deal.

I hope that they don't do it though. Competition is good.

 

[Pbae]

So Good

Thank you man!

 

[abstract alien]

God I would love an aggressive marketing campaign for this. One targeted at EA and their stagnation of the entire situation with Madden. Charging full price, producing bullshots and video to blatantly lie to their faithful customers, etc.

 

[daveo42]

Gif is from Giant Bomb stream for Madden 25 on PS4. Best glitch.

Gah, it would have been funnier on the X1, what with the crushed blacks they seem to be getting on all of their games.

Spoiler

Holy crap that sounds really racist

 

[Sorc3r3r]

I absolutely loved nfl 2k5, i think that it is my most played sport game ever, and i'm in italy.
Still waiting to see such perfection in a soccer game...

So 2k if you don't mind try with soccer too

 

[E-DuB]

I'm not even a crazy huge football fan and I'm hype as hell for this. Let's hope something good comes from these rumors.

 

[Obscene Jester]

EA will have to fork up their Titanfall moneyhats and then some.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

HipHopGamer grabbin' dem inside scoops, yo!






...I hope they are right. I really, really do.

 

[Spinluck]

Has this guy ever been right?

 

[Violence Jack]

I still play NFL 2K5. One of the best deals in gaming history to have picked up that game for $20.

Maybe 2K would plan to create an NCAA football game first while hoping that the NFL ends their exclusive deal with EA and then it can be Madden vs. 2K once again.

Or

The NFL keeps their exclusive deal with EA, and 2K only makes an NCAA 2K.

Either way, I just want 2K to start making football games again.

 

[Chamber]

Gah, it would have been funnier on the X1, what with the crushed blacks they seem to be getting on all of their games.

Spoiler

Holy crap that sounds really racist

 

[aro52]

please, Please, PLEASE BE TRUE!

 

[Talamius]

If this happened I would actually buy a football game.

 

[sevenchaos]

Please be true. I miss my 2K football.

 

[AlexMogil]

let's see 2K solve racism like EA did though

Hahahah!


...vvvvwop

 

[weevles]

Your move, NFL. Enough with the video game exclusivity shit.

 

[Netherscourge]

OH PLEASE GOD MAKE THIS HAPPEN!

EA SUCKS BALLS!

BRING 2K BACK TO NFL FOOTBALL!!!!

 

[pastapadre]

So is there any truth to what a poster in this thread said earlier about 2k offering more money the last time the license was about to expire?

The highest bidder was Disney. There was nothing else that went on besides extensions with EA since.

 

[speculawyer]

2K5 wasnt even good and neither was Madden 05, I'll never understand 2k5 love

Heretic!

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I wouldn't even bother with fighting EA for the pricy NFL license. Just make it a $20 downloadable title focused on customization and online leagues and add that next gen graphical sheen that NBA has and I think they can find a successful niche. EA left the door open for a next gen football game even without the license because of how underwhelming their next gen sports efforts have been.

 

[Doug Heffernan]

Meh, it wouldn't be the same.

 

[speculawyer]

I wouldn't even bother with fighting EA for the pricy NFL license. Just make it a $20 downloadable title focused on customization and online leagues and add that next gen graphical sheen that NBA has and I think they can find a successful niche. EA left the door open for a next gen football game even without the license because of how underwhelming their next gen sports efforts have been.

They tried that route with APF 2K8. It didn't work.

 

[AlexMogil]

So Good

I'm such a mark. I thought this was real when I scrolled by.

Goddammit.

 

[Camp Lo]

I hope he's right because Tiburon has lost it with Madden.

 

[tehrik-e-insaaf]

It would be funny if the franchise that Sega sold to Take Two ends up being the reason EA goes out of business

Spoiler

Peter Moore am cry

 

[Basileus777]

It doesn't mean shit and he doesn't know shit. No matter the cost, EA is not losing the NFL license.

No matter the cost? Actually, the absurd cost of the NFL license makes the exclusivity of questionable worth to EA. If it gets higher, they shouldn't bother. We talk about game budgets being crazy high and making profit hard to find, Madden starts $50 + million in the hole every year before even accounting for development and marketing costs.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Hmmm...I'll take it if it happens. Personally, I don't care for the licensed stuff and especially the focus on broadcast bullshit, but I do love playing the actual video game versions of the sports themselves. I miss the old days when it wasn't required to have absurdly-expensive licenses to bring great sports games to market. If 2K/T2 does go for it, I really hope they roll in some of the work that Natural Motion did with Euphoria and Backbreaker. Actually, I really wish BB had continued so as to evolve what they started with.

 

[The Frankman]

I'm buying if this happens, and I haven't bought an NFL game since Madden 09.

 

[daycru]

ALL DAY LONG BABY
ALL DAY ALL DAY