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Federal Judge: Madden Monopoly Suit May Proceed Against EA

EA had previously requested that Judge Vaughn Walker dismiss claims by Geoffrey Pecover and Jeffrey Lawrence. The two Madden buyers, serving as named plaintiffs in the class-action suit, alleged that by eliminating competition for NFL-licensed games EA had acted in a monopolistic fashion and unjustly enriched itself at the expense of consumers. On Friday Judge Walker issued a ruling denying EA's motion. The Judge did, however, rule that only claims in California and Washington, D.C. would go forward since that is where the two named plaintiffs in the case reside.

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Top 10 Last Games

Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "When it comes to video game lineups none get as much as attention as the launch lineup that accompany a new piece of hardware. But what about the last games? That's the topic for this week's Top 10 as we'll be looking at the very last games to grace their respective consoles. "

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PhoenixUp2011d ago

I remember buying FFIX on PSN because I was looking for swan song PS1 titles to enjoy on PS3

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Was PlayStation 3 Hard to Develop For?

10 Years Ago This Month: Sony's sales pitch as the powerful system took a hit when EA had to explain why Madden 08 on PS3 was noticeably worse than the Xbox 360 version.

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corroios2460d ago

The cpu was hard to work for 3rd party, butt the cell was really powerfull and fast. It wasnt just pr or secret sauce. Uc2 and killzone 2 were amazing. But 3rd party want money. They also problems with the ram. Only first party was able to make huge jumps from first gen games to second gen. It was an expensive console but the tech was much more powefull at launch then this gen.

TheEnigma3132460d ago

Wasn't this already established in 2006? Online Sony's first party studios took advantage of the cell.

Retroman2460d ago

" was PS3 hard to Develop for?"

Here we go again , they been saying this since mid 2006-2007ish . of course the CPU was hard to work with but the Cell was fast and powerful .
Next year Article : " was PS4 to Easy Develop for ?" slow day in office ?

P.S . over last few years N4G been Repeating same subject matter with Slightly different title, same old subject .
I would hate to be a writer busting my brain to come up with a New lie to draw readers interest end up repeating 2006 article again .

Rude-ro2460d ago

I would not say "hard" to develope... but it went against the norm and it also threatened a well established pc archetype of which many in the pc business was against. Not with ill intent, but to try and change the way digital hardware works... it is huge mountain to climb against a well established pc design.
A lot of third party studios kind of just did not try because they did not want to support the change.
It went beyond just gaming with the backlash of sonys cell design.
Sony has always tried to push innovation and sometimes they miss or go to far against the norm and fail. Like betamax vs VHS. Betamax was the superior hardware but they lost that battle as well.
It is why Microsoft created the competition. They were getting beat in so many ways and their monopoly was getting threatened by everyone. Apple, Google, etc etc. Microsoft had to fight back to try save their dwindling sales. Lose the hardware, you lose the os.

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The 5 Best Madden Games of All Time

Madden has a long and storied history, but no doubt, some of the titles were better than others. Here is a look at the 5 best Madden titles to ever release.

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LAWSON722999d ago (Edited 2999d ago )

Damn right... Lol

Anyways my favorite Madden will always be Madden 08. I am not into football these days and is the last time I thought the Redskins had an awesome roster.

Akuma2K2999d ago

+3

NFL2K5 is the best football game ever made, 11 years later it's STILL the #1 standard on how a football game is supposed to be made and looks.

EA still hasn't got clue on how to make a football game after all this time since then, with all the money they make from madden its a crying shame that their game engine is still in the dark ages.

Apollosupreme2999d ago

I think Bon Jovi said it best: "It's all the saaame. Only the names'll chaaaaange".

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

whitesoxfalife19762999d ago

The madden that went online is my favorite.

Horny2999d ago

While I still think 2K5 is the best as far as Madden goes my three favorites made the list, 02,04,05

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