While plenty of companies have been dropping Tiger Woods like Activision drops Guitar Hero games EA has stood by him through his whole "I slept with every woman ever" debacle. I think it's mostly because dropping Tiger would mean they would have to rename the game PGA Tour so their willing to take their lumps on this. It turns out they aren't taking any lumps though, as EA Sports President Peter Moore has told GameSpot that sales for the Tiger Woods franchise haven't slowed at all.
"We haven't seen an impact," he said. "We looked at December sales and then we looked at the year as a whole. The situation with Tiger unfortunately happened over the Thanksgiving holiday going into the holiday selling period, but there was no degradation of sales we could see."
Considering the fact that people like golf games, and I doubt most of them care what the hell Tiger is doing when he isn't on the course, this doesn't come as too much of a surprise, but it is interesting to consider the franchise moving forward with Tiger off the course for an indefinite period of time. Moore realizes this as well, stating, "...he's very important to the business of golf, and those that rely upon him are very eager to see him back. But it's going to be his call when he comes back."
EA's Moore talks 2010 Tiger Woods plans [GameSpot, via MTV Multiplayer]
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4:00 AM on 01.24.2010
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To which the rest of the world sans the media looking for a scandal said, "Famous athlete/politician/actor had sex with lots of people, business as usual."
There was something about getting hit, crashing into a telephone pole... Really it's all been pretty flaccid in comparison to Phelp's bong rip. Still boycotting Kellogg's for that one!
Tiger is still the most well-known and probably well-respected golfer in the pros. Personal issues aren't gonna change that and they surely won't hurt sales of a good game.
That said, if x1251 is being serious, he's an idiot (apologies if sarcasm). Tiger dug his own grave, and his wife doesn't deserve any blame or scorn. If he wanted to be a manwhore, he should have had the sense not to get married, or at least to break up prior to messing around.
While I don't completely agree with x1251, the simple fact of the matter is that men have needs, regardless of their marriage status, just as women do. If those needs aren't fulfilled by their spouse/partner, they will go elsewhere.
Trying to act all righteous about sexual relations denies our own humanity and needs. There used to be a saying in previous times: "A good prostitute can save a marriage."
The other fact that the media keeps trying to deny is that to most men sex != love. You can have a good lay with someone else and still completely love your wife/partner.
Regardless, the simple fact of the matter is that neither you, nor me, nor the media has the right to judge people like Tiger. Maybe Tiger's wife had sex with him all the time and was completely devoted to him. In that case, Tiger is a huge douche. Maybe Tiger's wife was a frigid bitch like Hillary, and she completely deserved being cheated on. However, I don't know what Tiger's marriage is like, and I don't care because it's his personal business.
If I was a fan of golf games, I'd buy them. I'm not, so I don't. Short of him doing something truly horrendous like molesting kids, what Mr Woods gets up to in his own time has absolutely no bearing on my decision.
sorry bud, but you can't get paid millions trying to convince me to buy a cadillac while simultaneously ask me not to judge you on your jacked personal life.
as for chronomitch, did you actually proofread your post and not notice all the ways you contradict yourself??? oh and thanks for the lesson on evolution.
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