Madden got scared after Nfl2k5...They knew they were gonna be in trouble if they didn't get 2k out of the picture ...I must say they did a great job and now we will never know what or how good 2k football could have been..
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Re: EA/NFL Extend NFL Exclusive License by One Year to 2013
Madden got scared after Nfl2k5...They knew they were gonna be in trouble if they didn't get 2k out of the picture ...I must say they did a great job and now we will never know what or how good 2k football could have been.. -
You do realize that madden doesn't have to put a good game at this point. The name madden is the only name associated with football gaming, they can put out a remake of techmo bowl for madden 12 and still make a profit. Posting in forums is not going to make a difference, do it with your wallet. That is the only language that businesses know, money. I for one will always buy madden because as long as there are real NFL names attached to a game, I'm gonna buy it.Comment
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I give people more credit than that, if I loaded up the Madden 12 demo and it looked like Madden Arcade, I am not buying it. I put a lot of time into these games, not just stare at the cover or the title screen at the name.You do realize that madden doesn't have to put a good game at this point. The name madden is the only name associated with football gaming, they can put out a remake of techmo bowl for madden 12 and still make a profit. Posting in forums is not going to make a difference, do it with your wallet. That is the only language that businesses know, money. I for one will always buy madden because as long as there are real NFL names attached to a game, I'm gonna buy it.
Madden is good for marketing, but the name has had little to do with the game for years.Comment
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Madden has people hooked. Over the years they have continued to put out a garbage game, and guess what, people continue to buy it. We all have to remember that the average gamer, does not come on websites like OS or even go to the forums over on EA sports site. So they don't even realize they are playing a flawed game, they just know that they are playing Madden. And these people are the ones that EA knows are going to continue buying their games. They are not trying to sell a "Good" football game. They just want to sell Madden to the people who like playing Madden.
It's a pretty messed up situation and I question the integrity of an company who decides to do this. It's also weird though because, NCAA 11 is actually a good football game. I think it's the best football game to come out on this generation of consoles. And the reason I believe NCAA keeps getting better is because they are competing against Madden even though they are brothers. Madden has no one to compete with because it's the only pro game, and they really don't compete against NCAA because Madden always outsells it. I don't know, its very frustrating because I like to play pro football games, but I refuse to ever buy Madden again until it is a whole new game.
I think what probably needs to happen is what happened with NBA Elite. Us as gamers need to find a terrible bug in the game (because you know there will be one), and just put EA on blast. We need to embarrass, humiliate, and clown them with videos, funny blogs, funny captions, whatever we can to make them feel that they are failures. But wait, there's not another football gamers could go buy, so they probably won't careComment
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Big freaking deal. This gen has been the gen without a great nfl football game anyways. We can hope next gen is better. Ill just go with a sim game. Ill try each madden but it will be rental or used though.Joshua:
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EA may not be making money from this but it’s not "hurting" them. I was reading an article on CNBC and EA has no debt. I found that interesting as this seems to prove that EA makes smart decisions for a big company to have no debt. I think this also shows that EA has the money to extend the license as well.Where did you get that from? Do you realize that this started with EA asking for "relief" of the payouts due to the possible lockout. What's not being told is that the request for relief is NOT just related to the lockout. EA is NOT making the money you're implying. But, whatever.MLB: Texas Rangers
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You give people too much credit. The millions made on Snuggies, Furbies and Pet rocks tell me people will buy anything if it is marketed well.I give people more credit than that, if I loaded up the Madden 12 demo and it looked like Madden Arcade, I am not buying it. I put a lot of time into these games, not just stare at the cover or the title screen at the name.
Madden is good for marketing, but the name has had little to do with the game for years.
Current gen Madden 06-09 are regarded as terrible games, even by most die hard Madden fans. How is it that Madden 10 and 11, (which are much improved products) didn't sell astronomically more units? The answer, imo, is that the NFL and its players has been the driving force behind the sales the whole time and the actual game quality is a distant second to that.Comment
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And just like Snuggies, Pet Rocks, and Furbies, there's a market and a target audience. America is overweight, if we take a bite of something we don't like, most aren't going to finish eating it.You give people too much credit. The millions made on Snuggies, Furbies and Pet rocks tell me people will buy anything if it is marketed well.
Current gen Madden 06-09 are regarded as terrible games, even by most die hard Madden fans. How is it that Madden 10 and 11, (which are much improved products) didn't sell astronomically more units? The answer, imo, is that the NFL and its players has been the driving force behind the sales the whole time and the actual game quality is a distant second to that.
As for the sales numbers posts (back to this topic again in record time), I defer to my previous posts just a page or two back that were ignored.Comment
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I am referencing your numbers from a few pages back. They support what I'm saying. Sales are basically flat on HD consoles, yet the quality of Madden 11 is much higher than Madden 09.And just like Snuggies, Pet Rocks, and Furbies, there's a market and a target audience. America is overweight, if we take a bite of something we don't like, most aren't going to finish eating it.
As for the sales numbers posts (back to this topic again in record time), I defer to my previous posts just a page or two back that were ignored.Comment
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That's actually a good point, looking at it again, the HD consoles combined have surpassed the numbers of the highly regarded PS2 versions, with far fewer consoles on the market. Sales leading up to 10/11 were caught up in the gradual death of the PS2 which was still selling over 1m copies until this year with the huge drop from 948k to 391k (so far).
PS2 topped out at 4.36m with Madden 05. Madden 10 on PS3/360 sold 5.44m copies in the last 70+ weeks, and 11 is sitting at 4.2m at 27 weeks.
Makes the move towards Facebook and microtransactions look a lot smarter if they think they're reaching market saturation. Get potentially more $$ per box, online pass and more DLC generates revenue from used sales that they got almost nothing from before.Comment
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Valid point, although the continued downturn in the economy may have been a factor as well.Comment
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Just saw this news. Very disappointed but kind of expected. It shows how eager the NFL are to keep this exclusive license. You don't do this for a company unless you see a long future working together. Expect when the CBA is sorted another long term deal to be agreed between the NFL and EA.Comment
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That's actually a good point, looking at it again, the HD consoles combined have surpassed the numbers of the highly regarded PS2 versions, with far fewer consoles on the market. Sales leading up to 10/11 were caught up in the gradual death of the PS2 which was still selling over 1m copies until this year with the huge drop from 948k to 391k (so far).
PS2 topped out at 4.36m with Madden 05. Madden 10 on PS3/360 sold 5.44m copies in the last 70+ weeks, and 11 is sitting at 4.2m at 27 weeks.
Makes the move towards Facebook and microtransactions look a lot smarter if they think they're reaching market saturation. Get potentially more $$ per box, online pass and more DLC generates revenue from used sales that they got almost nothing from before.
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Tell me about it.
I didn't get M11, but in M10 most of my time trying to figure out sliders was to get the run game to play out realistically without all of this and make player abilities stand out.
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