Hardcore, year-round college basketball fans aren't the target market for the NCAA Basketball 09: March Madness Edition download since they'll more than likely already own NCAA College basketball 09; EA has taken care of the devout collegiate hoops fans with a free bracket download that's essentially like an in-game version of the NCAA Basketball 09: March Madness Edition standalone. But for the rest of the loony bracket heads out there-those that would never buy a retail version of a college basketball game but follow the tourney religiously-NCAA Basketball 09: March Madness Edition is the best ten dollars that you could ever spend in the month of March. Well, besides that massive ten-spot pool that meemaw put you in over at the Knights of Columbus.
NCAA Agrees to $20 Million Settlement in Video Game Likeness Case
Makes me wonder how they will compensate in future games. Give each player a percentage point or two?
Settlement marks first time NCAA will pay student-athletes for likenesses
With CBS and Turner experiencing record TV ratings for the 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, the video game industry is sitting on the bench during March Madness and ignoring the Final Four and the massive fan base it attracts annually. And publishers like Electronic Arts and Take-Two Interactive are leaving all of that potential money on the table.
