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They also want to become more involved with live sport broadcasts (NFL and Premier League for example). EA has some major sport licenses (NHL, NFL, FIFA, PGA, F
by haunter 4y ago
They also want to become more involved with live sport broadcasts (NFL and Premier League for example). EA has some major sport licenses (NHL, NFL, FIFA, PGA, F1, UFC)
- dd36 4y agoThose licenses really shouldn’t be allowed to be exclusive.
- haunter 4y agoThey are in fact not. FIFA is not the only football games, PES exist too with fully licensed leagues. Some of them shared between both. MLB has right now two licensed games (RBI and The Show) NBA, NHL, and NFL had multiple games between 2K (2K Sports) and EA. It really comes down to who is willing to pay the enormous fee.
- emacsen 4y agoFIFA they let go, because FIFA wanted to charge them $250m a year if I recall... FIFA wouldn't back down so eventually EA said they'd go out on their own, since they still have to license every specific league separately anyway. Next year's EA soccer/football game is going to be called "EA Sports Football Club" "EA Sports: FC". It'll be a big gamble, but I think EA is betting that they'll save money in the long term even if they spend a ton on marketing. I mention this because I wonder how much these sports licenses are worth after the video game is well established.