EA Dumps John Madden.

[ODogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by DookieMowf

Since EA has the NFL license. I would love for them to keep Madden and Michales for MNF games during the franchise, get the ESPN Sunday Night crew for Sunday Night games and maybe they could get a a crew for reg games or get the guys from VC to do commentary. Sure it wont happen, but I can wish.

I 110% agree, this is how they should do it. For the regular games they should do like ESPN did and have fictional announcers so they can record tons of commentary and then still use Madden/Michaels for MNF games and use the ESPN crew or at least part of them for the Sunday nighters. That's what I would prefer to occur but alas as you say, I really doubt it'll happen.

[NMSU]

Quote: Originally Posted by myownsun

You dont seen to understand everytime a game cost 54-59 and it sells other developers will take note and raise there price then next thing you know the set price of games will be 59 then 69 the 79 ya see

The price isn't going to rise in the first place. It's $49.99. Period.

[Xaminor]

NMSU, it isn't raising for Madden 2006, but you can bet your *** it will for EVERY Madden game next generation, including launch titles.

Without competition what do they have to lose? Remember when Madden was $80 back in '94 (or somewhere around that time period)? Yeah.

Isn't it funny how they have all the sudden gone from being forced to drop the price $20 from the original (gee I wonder why) to back in business and raising the price $10 from the original? They wont lose a dime for the price drop of Madden 2005

On that note, I'd lmao if Madden was demanding half of what they made on the NFL deal

[CWood2]

Quote: Originally Posted by Xaminor

NMSU, it isn't raising for Madden 2006, but you can bet your *** it will for EVERY Madden game next generation, including launch titles. Without competition what do they have to lose? Remember when Madden was $80 back in '94 (or somewhere around that time period)? Yeah. Isn't it funny how they have all the sudden gone from being forced to drop the price $20 from the original (gee I wonder why) to back in business and raising the price $10 from the original? They wont lose a dime for the price drop of Madden 2005 On that note, I'd lmao if Madden was demanding half of what they made on the NFL deal

Since ESPN is out of the video game football industry, why not invite the Sunday Night Football crew? It's what NCAA has done, and besides Corso and his "goodbye sweetheart" quotes, the 3 are very, very good.

I think Mike Patrick is the best football announcer today...by a lot. With Thiesman and McGuire debating amongst each other, this is the best game of the week to watch regardless of the matchup (partly because of sky cam and the great production value of SNF). Does anybody really disagree these three would be phenominal?

[ODogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by Xaminor

NMSU, it isn't raising for Madden 2006, but you can bet your *** it will for EVERY Madden game next generation, including launch titles. Without competition what do they have to lose? Remember when Madden was $80 back in '94 (or somewhere around that time period)? Yeah.

They do have competition, other games. When the new consoles come out the games will be competing against each other across genres. Perhaps a price rise will occur later but I seriously doubt the first wave of next gen games will be so much higher because when people buy a console they only have so much budgeted toward games and the competition is fierce to get those minimal dollars.

As for the other point..I've bought every Madden since day 1 and Madden was never $80. Highest I ever recall it being was $59.99. You must be thinking of that Tecmo Bowl rare edition as it was $79.99 but Madden never was.

[Pared]

It's humorous to read some of these figures being thrown around.

1) The average price for title in the SNES/cartridge era was $59.99. That's the MSRP. It was only after the shift to CD media that MSRP was $49.99. Hell, some first party titles were/are $39.99, b/c the developer can handle that price point.

2) No Madden title was EVER above the MSRP until the Collector's Edition this year. If you walk into a "GameStop" and see EA's football title at $54.99 (which is very well possible) then you need to stop being an uninformed consumer and walk right down the block to Best Buy, Circuit City, or a Mom and Pop store and purchase it for $49.99. The same thing happened in the cartridge era: some stores priced titles at 69.99 (Square RPG's) or even $74.99! (Street Fighter 2) B/c people didn't have access to information as we do now (we're talking over 10 yrs ago) they paid the price. No excuse for it in this day and age.

3) Apparently no one read this:

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Oh, and about the price increase, if EA DOES increase the price, then there most likely won't be a fee for online play. If there isn't, expect a $15 online fee. Either way, they have to pass the expense to the gamer somehow.

EA will not raise the price of Madden next year. If they do, rest assured it will not go over $54.99. (And I still doubt that.) It will not hit $59.99 unless they offer something included, such as online play.

The MSRP has already been pretty much announced at $59.99 per title for the next gen. consoles. It has to do with the cost of the media (Blu-Ray or what not).

[Xaminor]

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Since ESPN is out of the video game football industry, why not invite the Sunday Night Football crew?

Because the 2K series isn't out of the football industry, they are out of the NFL industry. Keep in mind EA own the FIFA license yet they still don't make the best soccer game available. Not even close.

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They do have competition, other games. When the new consoles come out the games will be competing against each other across genres.

I'm just saying now that Madden has the NFL license a price drop from ESPN shouldn't force EA to lower their prices as well. People are like cattle, "E! A! Ports! It's in the name."

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As for the other point..I've bought every Madden since day 1 and Madden was never $80. Highest I ever recall it being was $59.99. You must be thinking of that Tecmo Bowl rare edition as it was $79.99 but Madden never was.

Maybe it was Tecmo, but still $50 you get the idea. I never bought the games back then anyway, my relatives did as gifts and what not. I did buy some though.

[NMSU]

Quote: Originally Posted by Xaminor

NMSU, it isn't raising for Madden 2006, but you can bet your *** it will for EVERY Madden game next generation, including launch titles. Without competition what do they have to lose? Remember when Madden was $80 back in '94 (or somewhere around that time period)? Yeah. Isn't it funny how they have all the sudden gone from being forced to drop the price $20 from the original (gee I wonder why) to back in business and raising the price $10 from the original? They wont lose a dime for the price drop of Madden 2005 On that note, I'd lmao if Madden was demanding half of what they made on the NFL deal

1. They didn't lose a dime by dropping the price. Decreased profits? Yes. Losses? No.

2. $49.99 has been the base price for games for decades.

3. I will say it one more time... THE PRICE IS NOT GOING TO GO UP. You can say that there's nothing stopping them, but there hasn't been anything stopping them for the past 10 years. They aren't going to increase the prices, so just move on with your life. Period.