EA Monopoly Update: Monkey See, Take Two Do

Well, EA has sewn up the video game industry for the NFL and ESPN. Now, game publisher Take Two has struck back by monopolizing Major League Baseball.

The Wall Street Journal has reported that the company is in talks with Major League Baseball for exclusive rights to the brand, in a deal which would act as a counter-move to EA's exclusive signing with the NFL...According to the report, the negotiations have been made possible by the huge sales of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, with the game's performance exceeding expectations and leaving Take Two with the cash to sign up some exclusives of its own in response to EA's deals.

Sigh. How long until competition disappears from the sports games arena? Or will this just mean that other kinds of games will thrive as competition drives them, and sports franchises exhaust themselves without inspiration?