EA bitter about not getting baseball contract?

[jamie]

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Electronic Arts vice president of corporate communications Jeff Brown said
the deal is one his company wouldn't have made. "As far as we're concerned,
this looks like stupid money," he said.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/01/25/news_6117011.html


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Jamie wrote:
> Electronic Arts vice president of corporate communications Jeff Brown said
> the deal is one his company wouldn't have made. "As far as we're concerned,
> this looks like stupid money," he said.
>
> http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/01/25/news_6117011.html
>
>


See this quote right here:

"Pachter said the deal should be "mildly positive" for the company,
although he cautioned that Take-Two will have to raise its game prices
and sell about 2 million games in 2006 to reap the benefits. The deal
with the MLBPA won't take effect until next year."

That is why I would call it stupid.

Before the price drop to 19.99, they couldn't even move over 500
thousand untis of their football game, and that was their best seller.
Baseball games do not sell on the console well. I could really care
less, but I still don't get the strategy of this deal, unless they have
more moves planned.