Formula One Racing Games Exclusive To PS2

Thanks to GameSpot for posting a story indicating that Sony have exclusively licensed the Formula One racing license for the next 4 years. There's some additional information via the press release hosted at GameSpyDaily, including info on the Formula One 2003 title for Playstation 2, to be released in Europe next month - is this now the biggest worldwide sport to have an exclusive game license?

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Re: F1 popularity in the US

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F1 is like soccer - it's absolutely massive everywhere but the US, and the US equivalents are pretty much ignored everywhere else.

The US may/may not be the single biggest market in the world, but realistically it's just one of the top three territories for videogames (North America, Europe, and Asia). Games that sell well in the US (e.g., Madden) can easily bomb everywhere else (e.g., Madden) - games that sell well everywhere need to hit at least 2 of the 3 big markets.