Madden Sales Down Significantly This Year

[RaychelSnr]

It appears, on the surface at least, fans are no longer happy with the Madden status quo.

EA Sports reported sales of just over 1 million copies of Madden in its first week on store shelves. While EA was touting the success of Madden NFL 25, those sales numbers are down significantly from last year's number of 1.65 million in the same time span, a nearly 40% drop in sales.

The obvious culprit does seem to be many gamers are holding out for next-gen Madden, which makes a lot of sense. However, with incentive programs to upgrade to the next-gen game around and being touted by EA, it also does seem a large chunk of consumers simply are tired of Madden's current form and waiting for something new.

This puts even more pressure on the next-gen product to deliver a new and unique experience to the series, as fans are likely looking for that with the new game. However, for a year at least, it is likely the next-gen version of Madden will be a huge seller when the new consoles hit store shelves in mid to late November.

[boomhauertjs]

The less than stellar reviews probably didn't help matters.

[XxJustAguessxX]

LoL how surprising, I doubt new system numbers will be greatly above those being reported to the hardcore audience.

[Rufio2031]

YESS!!!! Boycott, successful. Good job team!

[juicey79]

I am so happy about this maybe the NFL will open the brand up to other developers. So happy folks didn't get caught up in the EA hype machine.

[Dos_Santos]

Re: Madden Sales Down Significantly This Year

Great news.

Just too bad there were Sunday Ticket and $45 trade in promotions or the numbers would have been much, much worse.

[friscob]

Re: Madden Sales Down Significantly This Year

Great news.

Just too bad there were Sunday Ticket and $45 trade in promotions or the numbers would have been much, much worse.

Sunday Ticket definitely helped sell a lot of copies of games that instantly got put on Craigslist and Ebay b/c the people wanted nothing to do w/ the actual game

[buckeyedawgtribe]

Would love to see 2K get back in the game. Madden 25 could be a good game if I didnt feel so underpowered on defense. Presentation is still bad. Owner mode is addicting. I just hope they dont give up on this game and not release some patches to fix the issues. I have no plans to get a next gen system until the spring and by then I wont be playing Madden.

[chi_hawks]

Good. A million is still way too many.

[UWfan206]

Re: Madden Sales Down Significantly This Year

A lot of people are waiting for next gen. I am sure that plays a role. I have a few friends who passed up on this gen meadden cause they are waiting on the one dropping for PS4 and Xbox1

[Profit89]

Re: Madden Sales Down Significantly This Year

Good. A million is still way too many.

Agreed.

But at least a sign that perhaps people are becoming less sheepish. A good thing. And about time.

[atc43]

Re: Madden Sales Down Significantly This Year

Oh lord....

Cant imagine what sales would have looked like without the season ticket offer...

[Profit89]

Knowing EA they'll probably blame it on PC Piracy.... Oh wait

[Profit89]

Next Gen Version coming!... with slightly better lighting, and same crappy gameplay engine.

Coming soon at a retailer near you !

[ccoaxum]

i dont see the big deal since most ppl didn't buy the game cause they planned on getting it on the next gen..but i would consider a big deal if next gen wasn't coming out in 2months since it is..then it is no point of talking about the numbers because any smart person already knew that was going to happen with current gen games period.