Wildcat24
Posts: 261
Apr 9, 2011 10:19pm
I received an email yesterday informing me that I'm part of a class action suit against EA This link does a nice job of explaining the reasoning behind the suit, most notably:
The official page for the suit is: http://www.easportslitigation.com/
Since most of the OC has probably bought an EA football game in the last 6 years, has anyone else gotten the email? If so, thoughts?The crux of the lawsuit is this: Before Electronic Arts secured the exclusive NFL/NFLPA deal in 2004, rival 2K Sports was charging only $20 for NFL 2K5. EA Sports countered this by lowering the price of Madden NFL 2005 twice to $30 (at the time, most new video games were $50). When the NFL deal was struck and the 2K franchise ceased making games, EA brought its price tag back up to $50. According to the lawsuit the exclusivity deal was an anticompetitive action that caused a seventy percent increase in the price of the games and left the public with no alternative.
The official page for the suit is: http://www.easportslitigation.com/
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Apr 9, 2011 10:26pm
I got it a few days ago but didn't really pay any attention to it.
OSH
Posts: 4,145
Apr 9, 2011 10:34pm
It'd be nice if something happened to lower the price of video games. Maybe this could be a start?
I wouldn't mind paying $20 or $20 for a game...just doubt it'll get done by April 19 when the new Mortal Kombat comes out!!!
I wouldn't mind paying $20 or $20 for a game...just doubt it'll get done by April 19 when the new Mortal Kombat comes out!!!
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Apr 9, 2011 11:27pm
I got the email but I ignored it.
brutus161
Posts: 1,686
Apr 10, 2011 12:17am
justincredible;737224 wrote:I got the email but I ignored it.
+1
ZWICK 4 PREZ
Posts: 7,733
Apr 11, 2011 6:23am
OSH;737181 wrote:I wouldn't mind paying $20 or $20 for a game
would $20 be ok?
OneBuckeye
Posts: 5,888
Apr 11, 2011 7:43am
ZWICK 4 PREZ;737910 wrote:would $20 be ok?
No I think he'd rather pay $20. Just sayin.
Commander of Awesome
Posts: 23,151
Apr 11, 2011 8:31am
I'd rather them allow NFL2K series to continue, as it was the surperior NFL game. NFL2K5 is still IMO the best football game ever made. I wouldnt have never bought Madden again had the series been able to continue.
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
Apr 11, 2011 9:49am
i'm with COA. NFL 2k5 was really cutting edge. my only question is, since i did nothing regarding the email, i'm still a part of the class action. Don't know that it's a big deal as I'm not a lawyer but would keeping my right to sue on my own behalf (even though I'll likely never do it) be worth having?
bases_loaded
Posts: 6,912
Apr 11, 2011 11:32am
I've had 3 different class action lawsuit mailings the last couple months. After the first one I assumed it was just a new way of phishing and now throw them all away.
jordo212000
Posts: 10,664
Apr 11, 2011 1:01pm
Yeah, I thought that the EA sports email was phishing as well. As far as I know, I never provided anybody with email address after I purchased Madden.
bases_loaded
Posts: 6,912
Apr 11, 2011 1:06pm
jordo212000;738088 wrote:Yeah, I thought that the EA sports email was phishing as well. As far as I know, I never provided anybody with email address after I purchased Madden.
I thought you had to provide an email address when signing into online now(at least one time in the last couple years, it remembers your PSN name after that)
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
Apr 11, 2011 3:55pm
yeah if you've ever done the easports online thing they have your email.
and i'm talking about the thing where you can create teams and shit on NCAA and share stats and whatnot.
and i'm talking about the thing where you can create teams and shit on NCAA and share stats and whatnot.