EA Sports: Licensing Adds Realism?
According to Kotaku, at the recent Ziff Davis’ annual Electronc Gaming Summit, Peter Moore explained EA’s stance on licensing in videogames, stating…
“EA feels that licensing remains an important part of adding realism to their sports titles and that he can’t imagine a time when they wouldn’t seek them.”
Interesting. Apparently EA is suffering from a lack of licensing with goal post nets, on field referees, and the sometimes forgotten but extremely important sideline targets that are the chain gang.
While licensing may add realism, exclusive licensing — the type that EA now possesses with many of its titles including the uber popular Madden franchise — seemingly does nothing but eliminate competition and allow a giant such as Electronic Arts to cheat us from the type of videogame football we all deserve — and sadly enough used to have.
source: Kotaku
