Bare Knuckles: In a real-life legal game, players are suing EA

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, June, 2008 | by Rob Watson Inquirer Staff Writer

Now that video games are a multibillion-dollar behemoth, there are lobbying groups (for and against the industry), well-known superstar developers, mainstream news organizations reporting mergers and acquisitions, and magazines and Web sites about everything from video-game action figures to game-related news about politics and the law.

So it should be no surprise that gamers are beginning to challenge the business practices of some in the industry. Just like consumers unhappy with other industries.

Microsoft has been sued by gamers for its defective Xbox 360, and Nintendo faced irate gamers over the weak straps in its Wii controller, just to name a few.

Now it's mega-publisher Electronic Arts that's facing mad Madden-ites over its exclusive NFL...