NCAA Football 09 Video w/ Dave Ross: GameSpot

[Pared]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Video w/ Dave Ross: GameSpot

PS2/Xbox sales were down... not "next-gen."

That's a skewed perception.

[fistofrage]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Video w/ Dave Ross: GameSpot

PS2/Xbox sales were down... not "next-gen."

That's a skewed perception.

Not really. If the aggregate purchases goes down, where did the gamers money go? The stats still says that overall sales were down. If people stop playing their PS2's and Xbox's and go buy something else instead, its still a problem. Not only are football games competing against all other video games, they are competing against everything in the entertainment field. People are foregoing playing EA football games in lieu of other things.

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Re: NCAA Football 09 Video w/ Dave Ross: GameSpot

The masses still haven't adopted the "next-gen" systems yet. Not when HDTV's still aren't all over the place...

Just wait until 2009.

[FlyingFinn]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Video w/ Dave Ross: GameSpot

PS2/Xbox sales were down... not "next-gen."

That's a skewed perception.

But next gen did not jump in sales like EA had hoped. Either way around 13% less people bought the game then the year before.

Lets just say that number was 5 million copies sold a year ago: 650K less copies sold * $40 equals around $26 million less in revenue which is nothing to sneeze at, even to EA. If it were to be down another 13% this year, some people may be looking for work.

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Next gen won't jump in sales... we're comparing what... 120 million PS2's out there... compared to 19 million and 13 million 360 and PS3 owners...?

The dropoff in PS2/Xbox sales might be alarming... but it's not something that wasn't expected. It will probably be less this year.

[FlyingFinn]

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Bottom line is PS2 players are no longer buying NCAA and EA is giving them no reason to make the jump to "next-gen" with their current offerings. Most likely the reason Peter Moore was brought on board with his whole "capture the casual" crusade because the % of sports game nuts on "next-gen" is small compared to last gen so they have to try to do something to keep sales from dropping again.

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Re: NCAA Football 09 Video w/ Dave Ross: GameSpot

PS2 game sales are down all around.

One can also say that NEXT GEN GAMING has given them no reason to make the jump with its current offerings. In no way should this be directly proportionate with EA, IMO.

People are reading into it the way they want to, if you ask me.

[ifiok25]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Video w/ Dave Ross: GameSpot

And another thing: The play clock in college football is now 40 seconds not 25. Read the rulebook EA.

[Methlab]

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The masses still haven't adopted the "next-gen" systems yet. Not when HDTV's still aren't all over the place...

Just wait until 2009.

The next gen games have to get better. There are few too many great games being made right now.

The rest is just excuses for a ton of average games being released.

[Sportsforever]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Video w/ Dave Ross: GameSpot

If that developer told me one more time that the three things they worked on where 1) Collegiate atmosphere, 2) Wide open gameplay, and 3) Online dynasty, I was going to "supersim" right to the end of that video. So far it looks nicer than last year, but they just really haven't captured that "collegiate" atmosphere like '04 had. This is a wait and see for me...

[Pared]

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The next gen games have to get better. There are few too many great games being made right now.

The rest is just excuses for a ton of average games being released.

I completely agree with you... but we're seeing it now. GTA4, MGS4 soon... Halo3 last year...

I don't know how anyone has held off this long.

[SageInfinite]

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Besides football, I'm enjoying everything more this generation.

[fistofrage]

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Besides football, I'm enjoying everything more this generation.

Football is terrible. The reason I think that some people even tolerate the next gen NCAA football is because they forgot about or never played the PS2 versions.

But I think you are right, the other sports have stepped it up a notch and alot of non-sports games are outstanding. But football, blah. I think it disturbs me the most because it is my favorite sport.

Also the baseball reviews on the 360 have been so bad the last few years that I haven't touched a next gen basball game.

[SageInfinite]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Video w/ Dave Ross: GameSpot

Football is terrible. The reason I think that some people even tolerate the next gen NCAA football is because they forgot about or never played the PS2 versions.

But I think you are right, the other sports have stepped it up a notch and alot of non-sports games are outstanding. But football, blah. I think it disturbs me the most because it is my favorite sport.

Also the baseball reviews on the 360 have been so bad the last few years that I haven't touched a next gen basball game.

Totally agree. Baseball I haven't touched on the 360 either because I also own the PS3 which means the show, and that game makes me forget 2k even makes a baseball game. 2K7 had potential but it doesn't seem like they too advantage of it. I only played the demo but it was terrible. IMO as long as there is 1 good game for each sport, I'm good. With football the games have barely been average.

[Methlab]

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I completely agree with you... but we're seeing it now. GTA4, MGS4 soon... Halo3 last year...

I don't know how anyone has held off this long.

Because you are a hardcore gamer. You have 17k posts here, which tells me you love your video games. The average person who is not hardcore goes, "what can I be doing right now?" and honestly, games are low on the list. Video games are a nice way to pass time, but they do nothing for you in life. . Zero..unless you are a pro who somehow makes money off playing the games. Internet surfing at least can help you meet people with similar interests and improve yourself in any skillset you want. Hell, you can make your own youtube video that someone could see and pay you for your services.

So in order to get the average person to play games for hours each night you have to deliver an undeniable product. COD4 is such a game, Halo I guess is up there...GTA..all good examples, but when Dreamcast was out, every 1-2 months an amazing game was released. It is just not like that now, even though the technology is much better.