that was close!
My fellow nerds are aware that this year, sports videogames took a big price hit. ESPN bought up Sega's brand line -- formerly NFL2Kx, NBA2Kx, etc -- and released them for $20 a pop, $30-$40 less than the industry leader Electronic Arts prices its Madden franchise. EA had to drop its prices. Competition was beginning to offer advantages to the consumer!
Well, rest easy, because the threat is over. EA has bought exclusive rights to produce NFL games for the next 5 years. And all at a bargain price of $300+ million!
The best part: this is just the tip of EA's evil iceberg. We've covered the monopolist tendencies; now have a look here for the sweatshop angle. I hope that $300 million contract left them with some money to expand their PR department.
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A fascinating read.
There needs to be a senior level required college course on the level of bullshit you should be prepared to take at your job, and the point at which you need to stand up for yourself.
Too many programmers see video games as the holy grail and are willing to take shit pay and work long hours. Couple that with the fact that many don't know what it's like to work a productive 8-hour day, and they just get taken advantage of.
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