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Monday January 17, 2005 1:03 pm
Electronic Arts and ESPN Sign Exclusive 15 Year Deal
EA has been on a rampage as of late. First, they sign an exclusive deal with the NFL giving them sole rights to make games based on the NFL for the next five years. Then they do the same with the AFL for four years. Now, it seems they pulled off the coupe de grace - EA has signed an exclusive deal with ESPN which makes Electronic Arts the only publisher with the ability to make sports games under the ESPN brand. This means that the days of Madden vs ESPN NFL are over. While the deal is signed for 15 years, there is a clause that says that the option of ending it after 10 years is a possibility. Sucks to be Sega right about now.
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so much for the spirit of competition….
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EA’s new company logo should be can’t beat’em buy’em.
Blah—I also have a lengthy article about this on my site: http://blog.monkeywork.net check it out let me know what you think.
~KM
www.monkeywork.net
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How is this any different then Microsoft.
Force your stuff to be the only product seen even though its not the best available.
And use your large wallet to buy everyone out and then raise prices.
They make me sick.
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