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Quote: Originally Posted by splff3000

You guys don't seriously think that Madden will become a download only game this generation do you? Do you know how much money EA would lose by doing that? There are people with 360's that have no hard drive and some with only a 20gb hard drive. Those people without hard drives would not be able to download the game and those with the 20gb hard drive would probably choose not to since it would probably fill 1/3 to 1/2 of their hard drive. Not to mention the people that don't even have internet, believe me there's more than you think. That's a lot of sales loss. Now there may come a day where EA offers a digital download of Madden as an alternative to buying an actual disc, but I seriously doubt that it will ever become a download only deal in this generation of consoles.

Think about how many sales Madden is losing now to gamestop trade-ins. Weigh the loss of 360 owners who wouldn't upgrade there systems to be able to download vs the sales losses they are losing on all their games right now. Going digital probably would make them more profitable.