NFL 2K3

NFL 2K is a Sega-published American football video game series developed by Visual Concepts. Based on the National Football League, the series was first exclusive to Sega’s Dreamcast video game console. As the first “2K” title, it marked the start of a running athletics series that eventually led to the spin-off of 2K’s sports publishing business as 2K Sports. Following the retirement of the Dreamcast, the series continued to be produced for various sixth-generation gaming systems and became the main competitor of EA Sports’ Madden NFL series. However, after the competitively priced NFL 2K5 considerably lowered sales of the previous year’s Madden release, EA struck an exclusivity agreement with the NFL, making Madden NFL the only series permitted to utilize NFL team and player names. After losing the NFL license, Visual Concepts briefly returned to football game development with the release of All-Pro Football 2K8, which featured former NFL players.