NCAA Football 12 Kicks Off to Record Start at Retail (Press Release)

[Steve_OS]

NCAA FOOTBALL 12 KICKS OFF TO RECORD START AT RETAIL

First Two Weeks Sales Up 17 Percent Over Last Year

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., - July 26, 2011 – Electronic Arts Inc., (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that NCAA® Football 12 generated its largest first two weeks at retail (July 12 – July 26) on Xbox 360® and PlayStation®3 platforms in franchise history. Based on internal estimates, after two weeks of sales NCAA Football 12 is up 17 percent year-on-year with more than 700,000 units sold through.

“We’re extremely pleased by the overwhelmingly positive response to NCAA Football 12 by both critics and college football fans alike,” said Peter Moore, President of EA SPORTS. “The team at Tiburon has created the ultimate college football experience which is evident at retail where the game is flying off the shelves.”

Critics and fans have applauded the level of depth and authenticity in NCAA Football 12, thanks to features like the enhanced Dynasty mode, which allows fans to climb the ranks of the coaching ladder on a mission to lead their team to the coveted national championship. While all-new pre-game traditions, like the Sooner Schooner (Oklahoma), Ramblin’ Wreck (Georgia Tech) and Traveler with Trojan Rider (USC) deliver the pride and pageantry of game day Saturday like never before. New York Times stated “NCAA Football 12 is entertaining and immersive”, while Game Informer rated it 9 out of 10.

NCAA Football 12 has reached a series of gameplay milestones, including:

• More than 870,000 online game sessions have been played – the equivalent of approximately 600 NCAA FBS college football regular seasons.
• More than 50,000 Online Dynasties have been created, consisting of more than 100,000 user-controlled teams.
• Fans have created more than one million custom teams using the TeamBuilder website, the online create-a-school feature.

NCAA Football 12 is now available for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment systems. NCAA Football 12 has been rated “E” for everyone by the ESRB. NCAA Football 12 is developed in Orlando, Fla., by EA Tiburon, and licensed through collegiate trademark agency The Collegiate Licensing Company, a division of IMG Worldwide.

For more information, please visit http://www.ea.com/ncaa-football.

[TDenverFan]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Kicks Off to Record Start at Retail (Press Release)

I wonder what caused the large sales increase...

[BenGerman]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Kicks Off to Record Start at Retail (Press Release)

Good. I hope this shows EA that my listening to the fans they can improve their game, and get great sales at the same time.

[buckeye02]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Kicks Off to Record Start at Retail (Press Release)

This could be good and bad at the same time.

[Sublime12089]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Kicks Off to Record Start at Retail (Press Release)

Likely a sales bump off of how good NCAA 11 was. They vastly overestimate the "casual fan" market. Just about everybody wants to see what they see on Saturdays.

[HiTEqMETHOD]

The more people who purchase and play the game = the more people will realize how poorly tested it was. Such tremendous irony.

[R0M0mentum09]

Eh. . . my copy's already on Craigslist. . .

http://eugene.craigslist.org/vgm/2509988237.html

[ODogg]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Kicks Off to Record Start at Retail (Press Release)

I'm happy that the game is selling well, it's by far the greatest football game ever to be put on a console and deserves it IMO. And with this years game adding much better defense I think it goes to show the public wants balanced play more than offensive score-fest of years past. I also hope that with increased sales that EA is under increased pressure to address the litany of bugs that have plagued this title..

[BaylorBearBryant]

Great, sales are up! Now quit boasting, and go fix the bugs!

[dickey1331]

Glad to see this game is doing well. Def deserves it.


Do you really care where I sent this from?

[N51_rob]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Kicks Off to Record Start at Retail (Press Release)

Good. I hope this shows EA that my listening to the fans they can improve their game, and get great sales at the same time.

Yes.

I'm happy that the game is selling well, it's by far the greatest football game ever to be put on a console and deserves it IMO. And with this years game adding much better defense I think it goes to show the public wants balanced play more than offensive score-fest of years past. I also hope that with increased sales that EA is under increased pressure to address the litany of bugs that have plagued this title..

I don't know if it passes some of the NCAA's on last gen, but I have no problem saying that NCAA 12 is the best playing football game (ie between the white lines) that has been released on next gen. Not a lot of hyperbole in that statement. That said, when you delve deeper into the various options and modes there are a litany of issues that need to be addressed. I take solace in the fact that Madden 11 got patched 5 times last year, and form what I heard was playing pretty good after patch 5, so I hope that NCAA can get to that point in far fewer patched.

[watsonsmoove]

the longer it take for the patch to come out the better the game will be , so I'm thinking that ea is busted their butts off to satisfy the fans by trying to make a perfect game but I think the patch will be out sometime this week or next week hopefully.

[DaTwolves21]

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I'm happy the sales are up because I feel college is always overlooked and should be played by all but sad because this game is heavily flawed and if a little community such as OS see this then what about the masses. I hope they build on the success and continue to strive to make a better game each year.

[wryly]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Kicks Off to Record Start at Retail (Press Release)

Yes.



I don't know if it passes some of the NCAA's on last gen, but I have no problem saying that NCAA 12 is the best playing football game (ie between the white lines) that has been released on next gen. Not a lot of hyperbole in that statement. That said, when you delve deeper into the various options and modes there are a litany of issues that need to be addressed. I take solace in the fact that Madden 11 got patched 5 times last year, and form what I heard was playing pretty good after patch 5, so I hope that NCAA can get to that point in far fewer patched.

Saying "NCAA 12 is the best playing football game (ie between the white lines) that has been released on next gen" is like saying "Barbie Horse Adventures 3 is the best Barbie Horse Adventure game to be released in next gen". It's like calling a midget the tallest midget. In other words, EA's attempts at next-gen football have been abyssal at best, including their most recent attempt. Problems like super-linebackers and psychic CPU play-calling continue to plague the series. After several years, these sorts of problems are inexcusable. EA is building upon a broken engine and until they completely overhaul their football engine, their games will be poor attempts at simulating football. I hate that "Well it sucks but it's better than it used to be" mantra. NCAA 12 is nothing like football.

The fact that it sells so well disgusts me.

[mattmilone]

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I hate that "Well it sucks but it's better than it used to be" mantra. NCAA 12 is nothing like football.

The fact that it sells so well disgusts me.

Yeah, champ? It disgusts you? In reality, its a lot closer to being than football than not and despite the earth shattering 3 examples you gave (people jump slightly higher than normal on occasion!) a lot of users really like this game. Which brings us to a point, doesn't it?

If this game's success . . . disgusts you so . . . why hang out at a message board for said game? In fact, why not even look at the above article, think to yourself "I do not like this game," and then leave?

Oh, right. You needed attention. I can understand getting pissed at flaws within a game you paid for and complaining about them, but posting on an article about the game selling well (and I'm sure you contributed to its sales) and say it disgusts you is just hilarious attention seeking.

I happen to think that despite this game not being perfect, or even fully idealizing my expectations, that I'm happy to see hard working game developers getting paid. Good for them. Even if you hate the product, I'm sure at some point in your life someone will be disgusted by your work. What, you shouldn't get paid because some ******* on a forum was let down? EA made lots of money. Good for them. Maybe next year, don't buy the game and frequent the forums, if it disgusts you so, you silly goose.