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Take Two has followed suit of EA and tied up a seven year deal with Major League Baseball for exclusive rights to all MLBPA players' likenesses. Does this "new" trend of companies locking up exclusive rights bother ANYONE else? This used to be the case way back in the day when likenesses of certain athletes were signed to a specific company, such as Michael Jordan with EA many years ago. This trend is going to ruin all forms of competition because nowadays gamers aren't looking to play with fictional characters, they want to play as the real sports players. Companies need to grow up and care about the long-run consequences of trying up an entire sport with one company, as it will eventually lead to staleness and lack of enthusiasm for upcoming product, and therefore lower sales. When companies compete, consumers win. I don't know about you, but I'm not looking forward to the next 5 years of NFL games or the next 7 years of MLB video games, not that I ever looked forward to baseball games to be quite honest.
Take Two has followed suit of EA and tied up a seven year deal with Major League Baseball for exclusive rights to all MLBPA players' likenesses. Does this "new" trend of companies locking up exclusive rights bother ANYONE else? This used to be the case way back in the day when likenesses of certain athletes were signed to a specific company, such as Michael Jordan with EA many years ago. This trend is going to ruin all forms of competition because nowadays gamers aren't looking to play with fictional characters, they want to play as the real sports players. Companies need to grow up and care about the long-run consequences of trying up an entire sport with one company, as it will eventually lead to staleness and lack of enthusiasm for upcoming product, and therefore lower sales. When companies compete, consumers win. I don't know about you, but I'm not looking forward to the next 5 years of NFL games or the next 7 years of MLB video games, not that I ever looked forward to baseball games to be quite honest.