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  • DIEHARD STEELERS #1
    Rookie
    • Jul 2006
    • 315

    #76
    Re: EA Announces Madden NFL 09 Ship Date and Special Collector’s Edition

    Originally posted by djordan
    EA ANNOUNCES MADDEN NFL 09 OFFICIAL SHIP DATE

    AND SPECIAL COLLECTOR’S EDITION


    Madden NFL 09 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition,
    including NFL Head Coach 09, Available This Summer
    REDWOOD CITY, Calif., – March 27, 2008 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that Madden NFL 09 will be available in retail stores in North America on August 12, including a special collector’s edition in celebration of the 20th anniversary of one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time. The Madden NFL 09 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition will be the ultimate interactive NFL experience - featuring full versions of both Madden NFL 09 and the all-new NFL Head Coach 09, exclusive classic Madden NFL gameplay, and an extensive library of exclusive bonus video content.

    “The Madden NFL franchise has a rich history, and we’re proud to be celebrating it with this definitive video game package,” says Peter Moore, president of EA SPORTS. “Featuring two deep and innovative new standalone games, as well as a host of exclusive bonus content, the Madden NFL 09 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition is the ultimate interactive offering for both long-time Madden NFL fans and anyone who enjoys football on Sundays. I can’t think of a better way to get your NFL fix than to enjoy everything that’s unique about both Madden NFL 09 and NFL Head Coach 09, and then connecting and sharing content from both.”

    Whether you prefer to make your moves on the field, from the sidelines or in the front office, the Madden NFL 09 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition has something for every football fan. Madden NFL 09 will feature the most immersive gameplay, the richest online offerings and the most comprehensive feature depth in the history of the franchise, while NFL Head Coach 09 has been reinvented to provide a unique new NFL experience by allowing fans to be in total control of their favorite franchises. The two games offer unique experiences and then can even interact with one another with gamers being able to import their user-designed plays from NFL Head Coach 09 and put them into Madden NFL 09 to create customized playbooks for complete control on the field.

    “Both Madden NFL 09 and NFL Head Coach 09 are deep and unique gaming experiences that will truly immerse sports fans of all ages, skill levels and playing styles,” says Chris Erb, EA SPORTS director of marketing. “With the Madden NFL 09 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition, we’re bringing two great NFL games together to create the definitive football offering.”

    NFL Head Coach 09 provides the complete NFL coaching experience, offering a variety of different ways to control an NFL franchise, on and off the field, in-season and off-season. With strategic game-planning features, NFL Head Coach 09 places gamers in the coach’s seat by allowing gamers to comprehensively scout the opponent, build custom playbooks, and develop a team that will adapt to the philosophy and system of an NFL franchise.

    Last year’s Madden NFL 08 was honored with various awards, including the 2007 Game Critics “Best Sports Game” award at last year’s E3 Media and Business Summit, “Best Team Sports Game” from the Spike TV Video Games Awards, “Best Sports Game of the Year” by GameTrailers’ 2007 Game of the Year Awards, GameSpot’s “Best Sports Game” Reader’s Choice Award, and the “Best Sports Games” of 2007 by MSNBC. Over the past 20 years, the Madden NFL franchise has sold over 70 million* copies and has been established as one of the most revered sports video games in the industry. Since 2002, Madden NFL has been the number one selling sports game** each year in North America.

    Both Madden NFL 09 and NFL Head Coach 09 are developed in Orlando, Florida by the award-winning EA Tiburon studio, which also produces NCAA® Football, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® and NASCAR® racing.

    Madden NFL 09 will be available for the Xbox 360™ video game system from Microsoft, PlayStation®2 and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment systems, Wii™, Nintendo DS™, PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system and is rated RP by the ESRB. NFL Head Coach 09 is scheduled to ship only as a part of the Madden NFL 09 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition, which, at a suggested retail price of $89.99 for the complete package of Madden NFL 09 and NFL Head Coach 09 plus additional exclusive bonus content, will ship on the Xbox 360™ and PLAYSTATION®3.

    EA SPORTS™ is the leading interactive sports software brand in the world, with top-selling titles and franchises including Madden NFL football, FIFA Soccer, NHL® hockey, NBA LIVE basketball, NCAA® Football, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® and NASCAR® racing.

    For more information about Madden NFL 09 and NFL Head Coach 09, please visit www.madden09.com

    * Based on internal sales data
    ** According to the NPD Group
    Whateva. I'll buy a used copy of madden 09 ,as usual
    Dont Hate the Black dont hate the White if you get bit just take the bite make sure your Heart is beating right

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    • mercalnd
      MVP
      • Oct 2004
      • 4261

      #77
      Re: (PR) EA Announces Madden NFL 09 Official Ship Date and Special Collector’s Editio

      Originally posted by mvb34
      Please review the following post before adding your two cents thanks...
      I stand corrected. Somehow in all this I lost track of the fact that you 2 were debating whether it was fair marketing for EA to claim Head Coach sold however many copies the Collectors' Edition of Madden sold. On that particular topic, I tend to agree with you. I doubt many people will be buying that version for the video content.

      Ironically, EA will likely actually lose potential Head Coach sales from people who are not interested in Madden. How it all balances out with Madden fans who buy the Collectors' Edition cause they figure $30 for Head Coach is a good deal remains to be seen.

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      • Sausage
        MVP
        • Feb 2003
        • 3905

        #78
        Re: EA Announces Madden NFL 09 Ship Date and Special Collector’s Edition

        Originally posted by arseniotall
        zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......
        same old arguments, same old game, same old bull****...somebody wake me up when something changes around here.
        Ditto. Peace and good day/night to all. Also when the game releases please don't go crazy with your assessments after one game. Play at least 10 offline and online, start a franchise check for changes, some superstar mode, and then calmly enter your impressions. During the first 48-72 hours it is the greatest football game ever then within weeks the true games shows itself. Weird but true. Take care.

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        • ewto16
          Rookie
          • Jul 2006
          • 399

          #79
          Re: (PR) EA Announces Madden NFL 09 Official Ship Date and Special Collector’s Editio

          Originally posted by mvb34
          Please answer my question
          Is the Halo 3 special edition is the only version I can buy? Is there a regular version of Halo 3
          No, you can buy regular or special edition Halo 3.

          Halo 3 = Halo 3 game
          Halo 3 CE = Halo 3, Elmo's ABCs, Halo 1 & 2, and behind the scenes Halo features, and the ability to play as Elmo in Halo 3.

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          • mvb34
            S**c*d* P**l C*-Ch*mp**n
            • Jul 2002
            • 8138

            #80
            Re: (PR) EA Announces Madden NFL 09 Official Ship Date and Special Collector’s Editio

            Originally posted by ewto16
            No, you can buy regular or special edition Halo 3.

            Halo 3 = Halo 3 game
            Halo 3 CE = Halo 3, Elmo's ABCs, Halo 1 & 2, and behind the scenes Halo features, and the ability to play as Elmo in Halo 3.
            Okay then so if the collector edition sales 1 million this year then EA can next year market the fact that Head Coach 09 sold a million copies. The people who buys special edition is buying it for Head coach.
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            • ewto16
              Rookie
              • Jul 2006
              • 399

              #81
              Re: (PR) EA Announces Madden NFL 09 Official Ship Date and Special Collector’s Editio

              Originally posted by mvb34
              Okay then so if the collector edition sales 1 million this year then EA can next year market the fact that Head Coach 09 sold a million copies. The people who buys special edition is buying it for Head coach.
              Or maybe they are buying it because they like Madden, want the classic Madden versions that are included and are interested in the other behind the scenes features of Madden. Or maybe they are the type of person that likes the CE versions of games and always buys that version.

              I don't see how you can't see the difference in claiming a sales number strictly based on piggybacking a title on another popular title versus the title itself selling that many copies.

              Some people aren't buying the CE version of Madden to play Head Coach. They want the Madden bonuses and the ability to make custom playbooks, which should just be in Madden anyway.

              So you would also say that Elmo's ABCs sold 3 million copies if it was bundled with the sample Halo 3 CE I created and it sold 3 million copies? And you would say that was because people really wanted Elmos' ABCs and not the Halo exclusive content?

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              • mvb34
                S**c*d* P**l C*-Ch*mp**n
                • Jul 2002
                • 8138

                #82
                Re: (PR) EA Announces Madden NFL 09 Official Ship Date and Special Collector’s Editio

                Originally posted by ewto16
                Or maybe they are buying it because they like Madden, want the classic Madden versions that are included and are interested in the other behind the scenes features of Madden. Or maybe they are the type of person that likes the CE versions of games and always buys that version.

                I don't see how you can't see the difference in claiming a sales number strictly based on piggybacking a title on another popular title versus the title itself selling that many copies.

                Some people aren't buying the CE version of Madden to play Head Coach. They want the Madden bonuses and the ability to make custom playbooks, which should just be in Madden anyway.

                So you would also say that Elmo's ABCs sold 3 million copies if it was bundled with the sample Halo 3 CE I created and it sold 3 million copies? And you would say that was because people really wanted Elmos' ABCs and not the Halo exclusive content?

                How do you know that that custom playbooks are not in the regular Madden 09?

                And you have lost me on Elmos please talk Madden..
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                • ewto16
                  Rookie
                  • Jul 2006
                  • 399

                  #83
                  Re: (PR) EA Announces Madden NFL 09 Official Ship Date and Special Collector’s Editio

                  Originally posted by mvb34
                  How do you know that that custom playbooks are not in the regular Madden 09?

                  And you have lost me on Elmos please talk Madden..
                  I assuming that they wouldn't make a big deal out of being able t ocreate plays in Head Coach and import them into Madden if you could just make custom playbooks in Madden anyway. What would be the point of highlighting that feature then?

                  Lost on the Elmos......it is a simple comparison, but whatever.

                  So you don't think it is possible that people are buying the CE version of Madden strictly because they like CE packages and versions of games, want the old versions of Madden they are including, or are interested in the bonus features and videos that will be included as well and might not care that Head Coach is part of the package?

                  In fact, Head Coach isn't even on the front of the box, assuming that picture they have been showing is the CE cover. It is possible plenty of people don't even know HC is part of it.

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                  • mvb34
                    S**c*d* P**l C*-Ch*mp**n
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 8138

                    #84
                    Re: (PR) EA Announces Madden NFL 09 Official Ship Date and Special Collector’s Editio

                    Originally posted by ewto16
                    I assuming that they wouldn't make a big deal out of being able t ocreate plays in Head Coach and import them into Madden if you could just make custom playbooks in Madden anyway. What would be the point of highlighting that feature then?

                    Lost on the Elmos......it is a simple comparison, but whatever.

                    So you don't think it is possible that people are buying the CE version of Madden strictly because they like CE packages and versions of games, want the old versions of Madden they are including, or are interested in the bonus features and videos that will be included as well and might not care that Head Coach is part of the package?

                    In fact, Head Coach isn't even on the front of the box, assuming that picture they have been showing is the CE cover. It is possible plenty of people don't even know HC is part of it.
                    You can't assume that until Madden will have.

                    I don't believe people will buy the special edition for bonus features and video. How many copies did the 15th anniversary sell? that inculded older version of Madden
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                    • eldogg
                      Banned
                      • Sep 2003
                      • 311

                      #85
                      Re: EA Announces Madden NFL 09 Ship Date and Special Collector’s Edition

                      k.

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                      • ewto16
                        Rookie
                        • Jul 2006
                        • 399

                        #86
                        Re: (PR) EA Announces Madden NFL 09 Official Ship Date and Special Collector’s Editio

                        Originally posted by mvb34
                        You can't assume that until Madden will have.

                        I don't believe people will buy the special edition for bonus features and video. How many copies did the 15th anniversary sell? that inculded older version of Madden
                        Why would they make that a selling point then? It makes no sense to highlight it as a selling point and reason to buy the CE version otherwise.

                        Actually, people will totally buy CE versions for just that stuff. Madden 2005 CE sold almost 400,000 in one month.
                        http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m..._2/ai_n6205699

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                        • Jistic
                          Hall Of Fame
                          • Mar 2003
                          • 16405

                          #87
                          Re: EA Announces Madden NFL 09 Ship Date and Special Collector’s Edition

                          I somehow get the feeling this is just an attempt for them to be able to say that they sold more copies of Madden than if it was by itself. Instead of making the game better, their focus is on marketing, as usual. And yes packaging is marketing.

                          I'm sure we'll be able to pick up individual copies of HC on ebay though. That's what I'll do.

                          I don't even care about Madden anymore.
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                          • Pared
                            Legen - WAIT FOR IT
                            • Feb 2003
                            • 39337

                            #88
                            Re: EA Announces Madden NFL 09 Ship Date and Special Collector’s Edition

                            Genius. Just genius. Didn't see this one coming. All those couch jockeys will pick this up because they can be the "uber" head coach and take their team to the promised land. "Besides, it comes with Madden."

                            It would be hilarious if playbook importing was somehow bugged and/or had a glitch.

                            Anyway, I keep coming back in the Madden forum hoping this game will some day be relevant again in my sports gaming... nope, not today...
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                            • grunt
                              Banned
                              • Jul 2002
                              • 9527

                              #89
                              Re: EA Announces Madden NFL 09 Ship Date and Special Collector’s Edition

                              Originally posted by Pared
                              Genius. Just genius. Didn't see this one coming. All those couch jockeys will pick this up because they can be the "uber" head coach and take their team to the promised land. "Besides, it comes with Madden."

                              It would be hilarious if playbook importing was somehow bugged and/or had a glitch.

                              Anyway, I keep coming back in the Madden forum hoping this game will some day be relevant again in my sports gaming... nope, not today...
                              Your last statement captures how many gamers are feeling now about madden. Madden is becoming more and more irrelevant in my gaming. This was the same game I waited in line at midnight a few years ago. How the mighty has fallen.

                              I remember a few years ago when we saw the first images/videos of Madden in the Burger King promotion. If someone told me "next gen" Madden after 3 development cycles wouldn't surpassed last gen football games, I would say "hell naw".

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                              • Nza
                                MVP
                                • Jan 2004
                                • 3437

                                #90
                                Re: (PR) EA Announces Madden NFL 09 Official Ship Date and Special Collector’s Editio

                                Originally posted by coogrfan
                                Why exactly should EA not look at sales numbers to determine what constitutes a "major platform"?
                                First of all, it's a major platform because of the amount of people who play on it. There are still millions of PC gamers out there, and it's up to EA to sell it to them. If they've failed to do that to an acceptabl level so far, then fine, run away, but when they signed that NFL deal, they signed an obligation to make their exclusive NFL game for all platforms in my view. What they'd be doing is owning full rights for NFL games on the PC, and not releasing it on the PC. So basically us PC gamers are being blacked out. I still can't believe that's legal if it is - I'm almost certain it isn't in Australia anyway (we had a problem once with media companies buying broadcast rights and purposely not showing it).

                                Secondly, I don't understand how the NFL could agree to this, especially after a year where Madden sales dipped. EA are effectively limiting their reach relative to last year with the removal of PC, and hence the NFL's reach. Madden NFL is now the NFL's product. They make as much money from it thanks to the license after all and it is probably their number 1 promotional tool. Particularly overseas - and going off the community at Football-Freaks.com, there are far more International Madden PC gamers than I've ever seen in Madden Consoles sites like this one. Probably 10 fold. If it's the same reason as why I'm a Madden PC'r, originally it was because, thanks to region issues and late release dates, Madden PC was the only version us gamers outside the US could get on time (if at all). Removing that can't be helping the NFL's International fan cause they seem concentrated on.

                                Lastly, DS and PSP. Come on now. How many DS copies would really sell? And need I remind everyone that EA agreed to MAC versions of their titles under a year or so ago? This is a joke.

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