Madden NFL 15 Available Now For PS4 Digital Pre-Order, Play on Aug. 26 at 12:01AM EST

[Hooe]

Re: Madden NFL 15 now available for digital pre-order on PS4

Your point doesn't work here. NBA 2K14 and MLB The Show 14 aren't filled to the brim with video content. They're full of tons of animations, great commentary, textures, etc.

And the smaller game, FIFA, still was seen better critically than either NBA 2K or The Show.

What we're left with is one of two things: either making great video games does not require great effort from the developer (because FIFA reviewed great and was a smaller game) or the size of a game doesn't have any bearing to the effort put into it and the quality of the final product. Drawing from my first hand experience working at an independent video game studio and making video games in clubs and on my own for the past decade or so, along with the fact that great games developed years which fit on megabyte cartridges are still great today by virtue of great game mechanics, I can tell you that the first of those two assertions is absolutely false.

[A_Quiet_Pro]

Re: Madden NFL 15 now available for digital pre-order on PS4

And the smaller game, FIFA, still was seen better critically than either NBA 2K or The Show.

What we're left with is one of two things: either making great video games does not require great effort from the developer (because FIFA reviewed great and was a smaller game) or the size of a game doesn't have any bearing to the effort put into it and the quality of the final product. Drawing from my first hand experience working at an independent video game studio and making video games in clubs and on my own for the past decade or so, along with the fact that great games developed years which fit on megabyte cartridges are still great today by virtue of great game mechanics, I can tell you that the first of those two assertions is absolutely false.

The size of the game doesn't matter. It's how it plays. :wink:

[brent3419]

Re: Madden NFL 15 now available for digital pre-order on PS4

didnt people complain last year smh..back on the thread after reading this im weighing my options to go digital with madden or go with the physical so i dont want to wait


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[RyanLaFalce]

Re: Madden NFL 15 now available for digital pre-order on PS4

didnt people complain last year smh..back on the thread after reading this im weighing my options to go digital with madden or go with the physical so i dont want to wait


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People will complain no matter how good or bad anything is.

[FBall Life]

Re: Madden NFL 15 now available for digital pre-order on PS4

And the smaller game, FIFA, still was seen better critically than either NBA 2K or The Show.

What we're left with is one of two things: either making great video games does not require great effort from the developer (because FIFA reviewed great and was a smaller game) or the size of a game doesn't have any bearing to the effort put into it and the quality of the final product. Drawing from my first hand experience working at an independent video game studio and making video games in clubs and on my own for the past decade or so, along with the fact that great games developed years which fit on megabyte cartridges are still great today by virtue of great game mechanics, I can tell you that the first of those two assertions is absolutely false.

*sigh*
You are completely missing the point.

1) FIFA was already great on the previous generation of hardware. And I think it's clear that Madden and Fifa were both ports from last gen. Meaning Fifa is not only great, but now has that nice next gen sheen to it to boot. Fifa didn't have to add much to be great, because it already was great. We are NOT talking about quality here. Nothing of my posts on this thread has had anything to do with quality!

2) MY ENTIRE POINT IS THIS: EA Sports games are all under 20Gbs with plenty of room to add things that could really make the games better. Like I said before, more commentary, uniforms, animations, etc. The big non-EA Sports games are all almost double the size, managing to utilize all that extra room on the disc to give us as much content as possible.

Wouldn't you WANT to see EA use more of that disc space to give us more content? That's my point.

[A_Quiet_Pro]

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*sigh*
You are completely missing the point.

1) FIFA was already great on the previous generation of hardware. And I think it's clear that Madden and Fifa were both ports from last gen. Meaning Fifa is not only great, but now has that nice next gen sheen to it to boot. Fifa didn't have to add much to be great, because it already was great. We are NOT talking about quality here. Nothing of my posts on this thread has had anything to do with quality!

2) MY ENTIRE POINT IS THIS: EA Sports games are all under 20Gbs with plenty of room to add things that could really make the games better. Like I said before, more commentary, uniforms, animations, etc. The big non-EA Sports games are all almost double the size, managing to utilize all that extra room on the disc to give us as much content as possible.

Wouldn't you WANT to see EA use more of that disc space to give us more content? That's my point.

Fball... just let it go man. It's not worth it. I see the point your trying to make, but it's severely derailing this thread. Just let it go.

[D0WN N DIRTY]

Re: Madden NFL 15 now available for digital pre-order on PS4

Ok so you can pre download game on ps4.. I have not heard anything about being able to do it on xbox one.. Just wondering if anyone knows any different.

[kongemeier]

Re: Madden NFL 15 now available for digital pre-order on PS4

Hmm, didn't see it on the EU PSN. Why do we have to to get everything later!? The big movies now have world wide premier dates. Time to do the same for us gamers!!

If we can pre-download I'll go digital for sure. Especially if the move it back to Aug. 26th instead og Aug. 28th which is the date it's set to release over here.

[Skyboxer]

Re: Madden NFL 15 now available for digital pre-order on PS4

Really thinking about doing the digital route. I've always said I wouldn't for sports games but not having to run out at midnight is a plus.

[A_Quiet_Pro]

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Really thinking about doing the digital route. I've always said I wouldn't for sports games but not having to run out at midnight is a plus.

It actually makes the most sense for sports games since you play all year until the next iteration comes out. And by then, you're getting little to zilch for the trade anyways.

[Skyboxer]

Re: Madden NFL 15 now available for digital pre-order on PS4

It actually makes the most sense for sports games since you play all year until the next iteration comes out. And by then, you're getting little to zilch for the trade anyways.

I always trade in with coupons/promotions etc.. Never gotten less than 20.00 for a past sports game.
Just knowing I would have Madden 16 and Madden 15 as a digital and I'd never play it again bothers me when I could have at least gotten 20.00 towards something else.
We'll see..

[Jershy88]

Re: Madden NFL 15 Available Now For PS4 Digital Pre-Order, Play on Aug. 26 at 12:01AM

So what happens if I do day 1, and my ps4 takes a poop? Will it still be available for download? What if I fill my HD and delete it, can I download it again later? Thanks, I'm new to the digital copy thing.

[Skyboxer]

Re: Madden NFL 15 Available Now For PS4 Digital Pre-Order, Play on Aug. 26 at 12:01AM

Once you buy it, it's tied to your psn account so yes you can redownload it whenever you want.

[A_Quiet_Pro]

Re: Madden NFL 15 Available Now For PS4 Digital Pre-Order, Play on Aug. 26 at 12:01AM

So what happens if I do day 1, and my ps4 takes a poop? Will it still be available for download? What if I fill my HD and delete it, can I download it again later? Thanks, I'm new to the digital copy thing.

From the looks of it, ALL digital downloads not just games, are in your library. So you can download something and it'll go into your library for future use without charge. (At least this is what it LOOKS like). I'm not 100% confirmed on this.

[Jershy88]

Re: Madden NFL 15 Available Now For PS4 Digital Pre-Order, Play on Aug. 26 at 12:01AM

Huh...probably not a bad way to go. Thanks guys!!