Economist: EA’s Madden Monopoly Cost Gamers Up To $926 Million (Madden NFL 07)

July 15th, 2009 No Comments   Posted in New Wii Games - News


The high-profile court case against EA Sport’s "monopoly" in the NFL market took an interesting turn this week, with an economist brought in to show how much the demise of 2K’s competing NFL franchise has cost sports gamers.

Despite admitting his report is based on incomplete data, University of Michigan economics professor Dr. Jeffrey Mackie-Mason has told the the U.S. District Court in San Francisco that EA’s domination of the NFL video games market has cost gamers between $701 million and $926 million since 2K’s NFL2K series was blocked from competing with EA.
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Nintendo’s worst-case scenario for E3 2009 (Mario Party 8)

May 28th, 2009 No Comments   Posted in New Wii Games - Features

Don’t get us wrong – we’re big time Nintendo fans. But you have to admit, the past year has been rather trying for longtime followers. Last year’s “surprise” reveal of Wii Music at E3 just about made our heads explode, and the continued domination of Wii Play and Wii Fit have us preemptively bracing for the worst possible outcome at next week’s massive trade show in Los Angeles (which we’ll be updating from every six seconds). …

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