@Baine

Thank you. This is the exact point I try to bring up whenever some brings up the term "monopoly" as regards NFL's exclusive license with EA.

A monopoly is the state that exists when only one company controls the sale of a commodity.

NFL video games are not a commodity. Football video games are not a commodity. Sports video games are not a commodity. Video games, arguably, are.

But, in no way shape or form does EA have a monopoly over video games as a whole.

And even with the idea of a Take Two/EA merger, there could still be competition even for football games. Midway's Blitz: The League is just one example. Of course, they have to be GOOD games, but that's up to those other companies.

If the merger did happen, I really wouldn't mind if a lot of the innovation in NFL 2K were pumped into Madden... 2K was a great game, and 2K5 still has features that Madden 08 doesn't (such as my roommate and I often complain about Madden's inability to challenge a play based on our choice of aspects rather than the aspect Madden chooses for us. Some plays we can't challenge at all.)

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