EA Sports' Season Ticket Hears Crickets on Debut Day (Kotaku)

[willz1985]

i just don't get the rush for it.

I use a supplier over here in UK and I generally get the game 2 days before release date anyways so I don't see the need to pay 25 quid to get to play the game a extra day earlier and get a measly discount on DLC.

[martz28]

Re: EA Sports’ Season Ticket Hears Crickets on Debut Day

Okay.....I just spent $25 on this season ticket since im off this weekend and dont want to wait until Tuesday but here's a question....

How do I download the official roster update? I read that I need to be an Xbox Live Gold member. Is this true because if so, this is such crap because I dont play online. Only time im online via Xbox Live is for rosters, demos/trials, dlc and to purchase arcade games.

If true, this sucks as I just wasted $25 for nothing. UGH.

what i did in madden 11 was go to online , then go to view depth chart (not roster update) when you clicked on depth chart a message would pop up and say that your roster is out of date then click yes to DL it. I didnt get to try this in madden 12 with the season pass but maybe that will work for you.

[bluengold34_OS]

Re: EA Sports' Season Ticket Hears Crickets on Debut Day (Kotaku)

This another EA screwjob! Like an idiot I paid the $25 and even though I have a great internet connection the game has been downloading for almost 4 hours and is only 23% done. At this rate I might get to play 2-3 games before monday. By comparison Red Dead Redemption downloaded in roughly 40 mins on my connection. How many times does EA get to screw me over before I wise up??? GOD I pray they lose their exclusive rights someday.

Well you need to check something then, because I was able to download the game within 40/45 mins. it just feels like you are reaching for way to bash EA here........

[dickey1331]

Its hard to think 5000 people is a disappointment. I think it's pretty good. I mean that's extra money they didn't have and this is just the first year


Do you really care where I sent this from?

[der juicen]

Re: EA Sports' Season Ticket Hears Crickets on Debut Day (Kotaku)

Well you need to check something then, because I was able to download the game within 40/45 mins. it just feels like you are reaching for way to bash EA here........

It was, he was trying to bash them for exclusive rights when EA Season Ticket is just releasing early games.

[stlstudios189]

Re: EA Sports' Season Ticket Hears Crickets on Debut Day (Kotaku)

I think EA learned a lesson here. We don't want to pay extra for 3 days extra to play the game. Make it better and let us pay $25 to get the actual game disk early or give us 5 days early or let me pay alacarte I dont usually buy Tiger Woods, or FIFA yearly so there is no value offering me those games early as I am 95% sure I will not buy them this year and 100% I won't buy them new.

[NY Kid]

I paid it but here are my reasons:
1. $5 per game for early access: not bad
2. Not sure if I'm going to buy Tiger, NHL or FIFA; now I have full access to the game to decide.
3. Beats the cost of renting these games instead.
4. Get to play NCAA and Madden early.

overall not bad.

[tfctillidie]

Re: EA Sports' Season Ticket Hears Crickets on Debut Day (Kotaku)

I've heard a lot about sharing accounts and using this on 5 consoles so far, about to organize a group and try it myself.

Anyone else here gone that route successfully?

[Eski33]

Here's the funny part: This whole Season Ticket scheme could end up costing EA money because many people who ordinarily would have bought it are reconsidering after trying it out and they're convincing others to do likewise.

Not really. Even if people decide not to buy Madden EA will still have collected $25. Keep in mind that there will be those who may not have bought the game based solely pn the demo but may after playing the full release. I think Madden is excellent.

And keep in mind the subscription covers other games outside of Madden which is why I purchased it.

[NY Kid]

Re: EA Sports' Season Ticket Hears Crickets on Debut Day (Kotaku)

Not really. Even if people decide not to buy Madden EA will still have collected $25. Keep in mind that there will be those who may not have bought the game based solely pn the demo but may after playing the full release. I think Madden is excellent.

And keep in mind the subscription covers other games outside of Madden which is why I purchased it.

Agreed. Madden is way too much fun for me. I'm really concerned about my social life now....lol. The broadcast cameras and presentation leave me speechless.

[jyoung]

Re: EA Sports' Season Ticket Hears Crickets on Debut Day (Kotaku)

5,000 x $25 = $125,000 gross revenue

Yeah, that's pretty low numbers for a huge company like EA.

I'll be interested to see how the numbers look at the end of the weekend.

[danlongwood]

Re: EA Sports' Season Ticket Hears Crickets on Debut Day (Kotaku)

Season ticket is a beautiful thing. I got it mainly because i already had xbox live points so It only cost me 10 bucks. But it prevented me from making a 60 dollar mistake. I pre-ordered Madden 12 from Amazon and although I was excited about the game I haven't really enjoyed a Madden since Playstation 2 era. But I downloaded it last night and spent maybe 8 hours playing it between today and last night.

The game isnt very good. I can go on with what's wrong with the game but I wanna make this quick. I didnt like it is the main point and I was able to cancel my amazon pre-order and save 60 bucks. True, i lost out on the 20 dolllar amazon store credit and I could have re-sold Madden on Ebay and only lost perhaps 20 bucks but still, i didnt waste too much time.

But I also get to do a 3 day trail with NHL 12 and Fifa 12. 2 games i want to buy but wont if it isnt very good. Ea's season ticket allows you to not make a release day 60 dollar mistake. Is it worth 25 bucks? Perhaps not. but it isnt a complete waste of money. And for me it did actually save me money.

[SGMRock]

Re: EA Sports' Season Ticket Hears Crickets on Debut Day (Kotaku)

Kotaku has posted some interesting stats on EA Sports' Season Ticket, in regards to Madden NFL 12.

Thats the thing. I spent only about 5 minutes in the Xbox Live section of Madder 12 after I downloaded it to get the new roster and then I was never in it again. I was messing with all the new offline franchise stuff. So all of the people that did the same thing would not have showned up on there either.

Some people forget the the offline play is still by far the most popular part of Madden.

[jeremym480]

Re: EA Sports' Season Ticket Hears Crickets on Debut Day (Kotaku)

^^ Same here. I don't play Madden online. Maybe EA will release the total number of DL's. That's the best way to know if this thing was a real success.

[jonesha2000]

Re: EA Sports' Season Ticket Hears Crickets on Debut Day (Kotaku)

5k is very underwhelming for a game that sells in the millions, like the article stated. Basically EA was trying to find a way to get some of the money that the early releasers were cashing in on every year. I like season pass because I was able to get madden off of ebay for $60 on Wednesday and I used season ticket as my negotiating point. I never considered buying it...if it allowed you to play a week in advance, cool. But that won't happen because too many bugs would be found in that timeframe and may really hamper sales.