This makes Dave angry. ESPN football, a continuation of the great NFL 2K series, and Madden football’s only real competition, has been growing in quality since 2000. Madden hasn’t made many innovations with their engine and have fallen off a bit in comparison. 2004 was the year that ESPN trumped Madden by selling at a cheapo ass price of $20 - it was attempt to break down the huge mega-wall that is John Madden Football, the biggest franchise in all of gaming.

As most of you know ESPN football is an incredibly large and solid title despite its bargin bin price. ESPN recently announced that next year’s release will again have the cheap price of 20 bucks.

And this is how EA responds - buy removing another software house’s ability to make great games.

EA - you tried to do this earlier this summer when the ESPN price and early shipdate were first announced. That pissed me off. Now you’ve just gone and pulled a Microsoft. You suck.