after this, Games like NFL 2K, NFL Gameday, NFL Fever, NFL QB club and NFL Blitz could no longer exist, only Madden.

A quote form on Old Forum website when this news broke 20 years ago:

"5 more years of Glorified Roster Updates

EA is the biggest cancer to the Industry, they put out mediocre games and nobody says anything bad about them because they have the reviewers paid off

not to mention the numerous ways they find to spit in the face of people who buy form them"

It's pretty damn accurate, even 20 years later . both EA and their games have gotten worse over the last 20 years