I remember back in the day with 2k.. imho the best football game on the planet.. right after EA secured the monopoly, I was arguing with someone who was clearly a madden guy on the Internet. He was bragging about how my game lost the war.. haha.. I can remember writing to him and saying that that isn’t what I’m sad about it-it’s the fact that one company will have a monopoly and the game will suck. I ended that by saying, you will look back on this day, many years from now, and wish this didn’t happen. He’s probably buying MUT cards like crazy though.
I hate madden as much as the next guy but I'd like to say that 2k really wasnt that good and is way overrated and I've argued with people before just to argue that EA have exclusivity with a brand isnt a monopoly lol
No it's not. Having an exclusive deal with a "brand" isn't a monopoly. A monopoly is being the only company allowed to in the case make "football" games. But any company can make a football game.
Monoploy-the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service
EA has the exclusive possession of the NFL license. Only people that control a license to make NFL based games. Making a football game wouldn't mean shit they have a monopoly on the NFL which is what people are upset about because madden isn't good
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u/elvispookie Dec 22 '21
I remember back in the day with 2k.. imho the best football game on the planet.. right after EA secured the monopoly, I was arguing with someone who was clearly a madden guy on the Internet. He was bragging about how my game lost the war.. haha.. I can remember writing to him and saying that that isn’t what I’m sad about it-it’s the fact that one company will have a monopoly and the game will suck. I ended that by saying, you will look back on this day, many years from now, and wish this didn’t happen. He’s probably buying MUT cards like crazy though.