Official NCAA Football 2009 Thread

[bleed orange11]

when does it get to the stores..?

[duckman398686]

[bdarnell]

Originally Posted by tnvolfan1300

Have you been able to get your copy since you work at gamestop. I figured that would be one of the perks of working there

haha i wish, but my manager and i would both get fired. but i do get to take home any game i want as long as i bring it back.

[govols182]

stores do it every year, and no one gets in trouble, soooo...

[volball625]

Tennessee playbook.

http://ll-100.ea.com/cem/u/f/GPO/eas.../Tennessee.pdf

[govols182]

It didn't work for me? Maybe it's my fiance's laptop?

[OrangeWilly]

Nope link did not work for me either.

[volball625]

I'll try to fix it. I never clicked a link to it, I just had to manually fill out the URL but it was working for me.

[bdarnell]

Originally Posted by govols182

stores do it every year, and no one gets in trouble, soooo...

dude are you honestly trying to contradict everything i say? this is my third year being involved with the ncaa release, don't act like you know more than i do just because you read a video game message board. also, if nobody gets in trouble, as your superiorly informed self claims, then why would there even be a release date? i guess stores could sell it whenever they want without fear of any consequences.

[govols182]

Originally Posted by bdarnell

dude are you honestly trying to contradict everything i say? this is my third year being involved with the ncaa release, don't act like you know more than i do just because you read a video game message board. also, if nobody gets in trouble, as your superiorly informed self claims, then why would there even be a release date? i guess stores could sell it whenever they want without fear of any consequences.

Do you realize it would probably cost companies more money to go after every business who broke the release date than it would make them money? It's just funny you are trying to sound like no one does it because your store doesn't. Don't act like you know more than me because you work in a video game store. Other stores "WILL" break the release date by a few days and nothing will come of it. No one will get fired or suspended, because as long as EA is making money off of the sales it would be pointless to spend tons of money on lawyers and court fees just to make sure "1" store won't do it again the following year.

[tnvolfan1300]

Originally Posted by bdarnell

haha i wish, but my manager and i would both get fired. but i do get to take home any game i want as long as i bring it back.

Well at least you get to get a preview haha.

[bdarnell]

Originally Posted by govols182

Do you realize it would probably cost companies more money to go after every business who broke the release date than it would make them money? It's just funny you are trying to sound like no one does it because your store doesn't. Don't act like you know more than me because you work in a video game store. Other stores "WILL" break the release date by a few days and nothing will come of it. No one will get fired or suspended, because as long as EA is making money off of the sales it would be pointless to spend tons of money on lawyers and court fees just to make sure "1" store won't do it again the following year.

street date violations = up to $20,000
you say stores "WILL" violate street date
you say EA is all about making their money
why then would they allow illegal action and not sue?

[bdarnell]

and btw, not trying to take a personal shot here, but being in the game business for over two years and being a manager for the world's largest video game retail chain, it's safe to say I DO know more than you when it comes to this subject.

[govols182]

Originally Posted by bdarnell

street date violations = up to $20,000
you say stores "WILL" violate street date
you say EA is all about making their money
why then would they allow illegal action and not sue?

So you think EA will hire tons of attorneys and spend way more than 20,000 dollars in fees and such on stores all across the country just to make 20,000? I think not. Your store may not do it, but others will. If you can't process that in your brain than you have something wrong with you.

Also, stores have been doing this for years and EA hasn't gone after any of them. Stores will keep breaking the release date by a day or two and they will not lose their jobs or get sued because EA will lose money in the process. How much do you think 1 good lawyer for a big company costs? A lot more than the 20,000 dollars they would get. Try multiplying that a few more times.

[volball625]

Originally Posted by bdarnell

street date violations = up to $20,000
you say stores "WILL" violate street date
you say EA is all about making their money
why then would they allow illegal action and not sue?

Are you arguing that stores don't sell it early?