They're doing these early releases wrong!

[mestevo]

Paying a premium to get it earlier than the standard edition. Period. Everything else is largely irrelevant.

I'll be enjoying it when I get home tonight.

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[roadman]

Odogg you are correct, but personally, I don't mind the wait to get the game at 60% off.

Times change, people want things yesterday and they are paying a higher price for that.

[ODogg]

Yeah I know some folks may not see it the same way and I can see the other side of it, but it just seems odd to me that early release is tuesday, same as our old release has always been.

I usually buy the premium/deluxe versions but i know if i bought standard and had to wait until friday I'd not be too happy with not being able to get it on the "normal" release day so...

[SilverBullet19]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

Yeah I know some folks may not see it the same way and I can see the other side of it, but it just seems odd to me that early release is tuesday, same as our old release has always been. I usually buy the premium/deluxe versions but i know if i bought standard and had to wait until friday I'd not be too happy with not being able to get it on the "normal" release day so...

I definitely see your point about it. Tuesday is the "norm," so why is HOF edition Tuesday and the rest Friday? I get that.

I'm sure it has to do with some market study etc etc, honestly that's probably why it's being released earlier in general than in the past. My bet is they did a market study that obviously showed their biggest gaming crowd is something like 12-22 years old or whatever. Knowing they are off in summer, a release now means they will buy it. There was probably something that showed a late august release, when kids are back in school, resulted in lower sales right off the bat and more discounted purchases later in the year as winter break approached. That's my guess.

Based on this, they said release early August for best sales. They knew they could not make the game, debug, test, debug, and ship all in time from a Friday the 3rd early release and Tuesday the 7th standard. So they pushed it a few days and figured no one would care because it's still earlier than usual.

Of course, this is all theory, but could explain it.

[Datninja619]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

Yeah I know some folks may not see it the same way and I can see the other side of it, but it just seems odd to me that early release is tuesday, same as our old release has always been. I usually buy the premium/deluxe versions but i know if i bought standard and had to wait until friday I'd not be too happy with not being able to get it on the "normal" release day so...

It's actually funny how I'm willing to pay extra to get a game "early". But NOT pay extra for a bundle including a season pass... However, if the season pass just happens to come with getting a game early. So be it.

Thr Crew 2, Far Cry 5 and now Madden 19 all on PC were the games that got me.

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[Therebelyell626]

I agree with Odogg on this one. I will be getting mine hopefully Friday before the weekend and have all weekend to play.

What I would like to happen though is what they did with madden 25. If you pre-ordered you got 10 hours of early access similar to EA access that Friday regardless of system (ps/Microsoft). I am tired of being penalized for preferring PS4 because of EA's greed. I get PlayStation doesn't want to play ball with EA access but I have supported the game every year just as strongly as xbox users (bought every year since madden 96 for snes). EA thinks they are playing hardball with Sony but all they are really doing is giving the finger to their PS customers.

[ODogg]

Yeah I hear you on the PS4 front!!

On a related note I think it'd behoove EA to make it so that if you have EA Access and also preorder the game you get the game unlimited hours instead of 10 hours.

So in the case of this year, we have EA Access tonight (or tomorrow)...let's say you use a few hours and like Madden and decide to preorder it, well once you do you just have it to play unlimited and that 10 hour timer is gone.

I think this would only serve to sell a CRAPLOAD of EA Access subscriptions for at least the month that major sports titles come out. And let's face it, many people who subscribe just keep the subscription going anyways.

EA really should think about doing that.

[Therebelyell626]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

Yeah I hear you on the PS4 front!! On a related note I think it'd behoove EA to make it so that if you have EA Access and also preorder the game you get the game unlimited hours instead of 10 hours. So in the case of this year, we have EA Access tonight (or tomorrow)...let's say you use a few hours and like Madden and decide to preorder it, well once you do you just have it to play unlimited and that 10 hour timer is gone. I think this would only serve to sell a CRAPLOAD of EA Access subscriptions for at least the month that major sports titles come out. And let's face it, many people who subscribe just keep the subscription going anyways. EA really should think about doing that.

Man I am so on board with the unlimited time idea! As of now he only pre-order bonuses I get are for ultimate team and I don't even touch that mode. It would be nice to actually get something for my pre-order