Madden NFL 10 GameStop Pre-Order Demo Codes Available July 15th (Destructoid)

[Spongedaddy]

Re: Confusion reigns supreme!!!

It's been quoted a few times already, but Phil chimed in:



His reference to "that date" is July 15th, so it sounds like he's saying that the codes will be released on 7/15, but we won't be able to redeem said codes until a later [unspecified] date...

As far as the demo being available in-store on a disc... I have no idea. I told you my thread title editing prowess would be of no help.

EDIT: Listen to Dynamite... he appears to know what he's talking about.

DOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

although it makes sense, why would they undermine NCAA...

[celg35]

Re: GameStop pre-order CODES for Madden NFL 10 demo available July 15th

i dont dont know who to beleive now....the guy at gamestop has been there forever, nad he was quite in tune to how the whole thing was going to work.

personally, i hope its the disk that comes out as well next weak.

[mmorg]

Re: GameStop pre-order CODES for Madden NFL 10 demo available July 15th

There is not going to be a disc. Never trust anybody at GameStop. They are largely incompetent when it comes to games.

[TheSaint92]

Re: GameStop has Annouced that the demo for Madden NFL 10 Will Be Available by July 1

my thoughts exactly. The codes are being given out by the 15th, not the demo.

The demo will probably be available for those with the codes the last week of July and it will go live on PSN/Live the first week of August.

Oh I didn't know that. Now I get it.

[Dynamite]

Re: GameStop pre-order CODES for Madden NFL 10 demo available July 15th

I don't know if it's cool or vogue to bash GameStop, but it's a little bit of a generalization to say that "they're largely incompetent when it comes to games" when EA (in case you're wondering, a fairly large player in video games) is doing significant business with the company, that speaks to the success of the company...if people were as incompetent as you say...then the company wouldn't have been successful at all.

Oddly enough, how do you suppose that you would get a demo of this caliber were it not for a large retailer to pair with?

[celg35]

Re: GameStop pre-order CODES for Madden NFL 10 demo available July 15th

lol i just called gamestop again , and the guy was extremely confident that the demo was on a disc to be released in the coming weak. this is from his memo....

this is funny how no one from EA has stepped up to confirm how we will get this demo.

so far the guys at game stop seem the most credible so far............................................... ...........unless someone has concrete info on this sight?

[Cubfan]

Re: Confusion reigns supreme!!!

Makes no sense to give us the code on the 15 and then make us wait untill later in the month to download the demo. Just put the demo up on PSN and XBL for all to play.

[Brandon_c993]

Re: GameStop has Annouced that the demo for Madden NFL 10 Will Be Available by July 1

You don't have to go to the store to get it do you?

You do if they don't have your e-mail address...I asked one of my relatives that works there and that was the answer I got...

[Rebel10]

Re: GameStop pre-order CODES for Madden NFL 10 demo available July 15th

FYI, it certainly does not seem like this means the Demo is dropping on the 15th, but still going for a "late July" release. I'm sure this has been mentioned on pages 1 - 3.

[Brandon_c993]

Re: Confusion reigns supreme!!!

Makes no sense to give us the code on the 15 and then make us wait untill later in the month to download the demo. Just put the demo up on PSN and XBL for all to play.

Actuaslly it would make a lot of sense... so they can get everyone their code before the demo is released...

[Rebel10]

Re: GameStop pre-order CODES for Madden NFL 10 demo available July 15th

I don't know if it's cool or vogue to bash GameStop, but it's a little bit of a generalization to say that "they're largely incompetent when it comes to games" when EA (in case you're wondering, a fairly large player in video games) is doing significant business with the company, that speaks to the success of the company...if people were as incompetent as you say...then the company wouldn't have been successful at all.

Oddly enough, how do you suppose that you would get a demo of this caliber were it not for a large retailer to pair with?

How about they just release a demo of this calibur instead of forcing a pre-order with a company that is incompetent when it comes to anything customer service related. Next to Guitar Center, Gamestop is one of my least favorite stores. I'll probably still be pre-ordering there for the Demo, but I might take my purchase elsewhere and eat the $5.

[Dynamite]

Re: GameStop pre-order CODES for Madden NFL 10 demo available July 15th

How about they just release a demo of this calibur instead of forcing a pre-order with a company that is incompetent when it comes to anything customer service related. Next to Guitar Center, Gamestop is one of my least favorite stores. I'll probably still be pre-ordering there for the Demo, but I might take my purchase elsewhere and eat the $5.

Or you could stop painting an entire company as incompetent because of the store in your area. That could work too. 1 store does not make a company incompetent. It's generalizing an entire group of people based on limited information. Not to mention, pre-ordering has no negative effect on you as a consumer. None. If you're going to buy the game anyway..why not? It's literally a situation where people will complain either way. If a game miraculously sells out, then we're wrong, but if we ask you to pre-order your copy, we're also wrong.

It would be like me saying everyone at EA is a great guy because Ian is here and by all accounts, a good guy. Limited interaction, I can't speak for the entire company based on my interaction with one person, same for the one store out of over 6000 GameStops.

As for the demo, I'm excited that there are 20 minutes of game to play with, because that's going to allow us to see a glimpse of gameplay, hopefully this is highlighting the improvements over last year. I'm cautiously optimistic, but excited to play video football again. Hopefully the honeymoon is longer this year. Even better is that Madden has a large fan base that will be excited for this demo, driving pre-orders (for a game that people would pick up, this is win win for both sides), and getting people excited about this game is part of the fun in working with video games.

[adembroski]

Re: GameStop pre-order CODES for Madden NFL 10 demo available July 15th

lol i just called gamestop again , and the guy was extremely confident that the demo was on a disc to be released in the coming weak. this is from his memo....

this is funny how no one from EA has stepped up to confirm how we will get this demo.

so far the guys at game stop seem the most credible so far............................................... ...........unless someone has concrete info on this sight?

Week.

Anyways, I'm almost 100% certain this is not the case. Hopefully Phil can come in and Phil us in (nyuk nyuk).

Or maybe someone who had the FNR4 preview code? How'd that work?

[poster]

Re: GameStop pre-order CODES for Madden NFL 10 demo available July 15th

The Fight Night 4 code was on game advertised paper with a peel back label exposing the code. Similar to the cards that have the code for a free month of XBOX Live.

For FN4 some in the forum got their codes early to the point that they were trying the code and reporting "no luck". My Gamestop kept saying we don't have the codes yet, and gave me the we can't give them out anyways talk. So I think it depended on the store/manager as to if they gave them out early.

Maybe the codes are being released on the 15th, with a demo later as a result of complaints from customers. Once it was reported that the FN4 demo was up some were ready with their codes, and some did not have their codes. Just speculation.

[splff3000]

Re: GameStop pre-order CODES for Madden NFL 10 demo available July 15th

ok guys...i did some research and i called two gamestops. the memo that the game stops got was this: If you preorder madden 10 , then sometime this weak or next, thier will be a disk that will have the demo on it. according to the manager, you will get the code to unlock the teams in the superbowl for 5 min quarters

so my understanding is that the demo comes out this weak or next. and it is in the physical format of a disk.

i will be calling everyday for a weak to find out when it comes in........................

lol i just called gamestop again , and the guy was extremely confident that the demo was on a disc to be released in the coming weak. this is from his memo....

this is funny how no one from EA has stepped up to confirm how we will get this demo.

so far the guys at game stop seem the most credible so far............................................... ...........unless someone has concrete info on this sight?

This is what I was told as well. When I reserved it friday, I was told by the manager to check back in there on Wednesday(tomorrow) and he should have it. After all this stuff about codes came out, I called the store and asked them did they need my email address(nobody asked for it initially) and the girl that worked there put me on hold then came back and told me no. She said I can just come up to the store and show my receipt.

Seems like somebody's confused.