GS: And that presumably goes for Virtual Console as well?
CB: We're evaluating all of that right now, and obviously EA brings to the table a huge line-up of classic retro games. I think the content is there, and now we're just evaluating the business opportunity and the operational specifics on how we take those titles to market – which ones, and how we'd go about doing it.
A source close to the negotiations said it was at a spring 2004 off-site meeting attended by top NFL officials that the league determined it would take the league license exclusive. GameSpot was told the league put the license up for bid and that EA was among as many as five software publishers competing for it. An EA spokesperson said today, "Obviously, exclusives are more expensive. We are most certainly paying a premium."