Madden NFL 12 Sales Rise 10% in Week One Over Last Year

[Cards77]

Re: Madden NFL 12 Sales Rise 10% in Week One Over Last Year

I bought it this year but I WON'T be buying it next year. I'm done with Madden. They will NOT fix the gameplay issues and adding more fluff every year is just punking consumers.

[youALREADYknow]

Re: Madden NFL 12 Sales Rise 10% in Week One Over Last Year

Holding out for a patch, but luckily I avoided NCAA this year with the same mentality.

I loved the Madden demo in terms of gameplay, but franchise mode makes and breaks the game for me every year and I don't like most of the issues and problems that exist this year. Hopefully a patch can fix at least half of those problems and then I can work on a slider set to make Coach Mode playable.

[bukktown]

Re: Madden NFL 12 Sales Rise 10% in Week One Over Last Year

Just received this press release from EA:

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Seems Madden has seen a pretty solid rise in sales in week one, which is almost a harbinger of things to come. Despite critics being a bit more cool on the franchise this year, the franchise seems to continually add to sales. One thing I'm interested in is whether the rise in sales is really 10 percent on traditional consoles because it appears mobile sales are also counted.

Either way, sounds like another banner launch for the Madden franchise.

And there is no way that they would be misrepresenting Madden's console sales, right?

[roadman]

Re: Madden NFL 12 Sales Rise 10% in Week One Over Last Year

And there is no way that they would be misrepresenting Madden's console sales, right?

Doesn't mean beans to the stockholders.

[dickey1331]

Happy to see this. They deserve it this year. Much better than 11.


Do you really care where I sent this from?

[JerseySuave4]

This is probably the dumbest statement Ppl say all the time " l bought NCAA 12 " but I'm not buying Madden. Do u ppl realize u are paying the same company F'ing idiots. Play Madden if it's ur thing quit the hating!!!! Not buying madden ain't solving anything, the only way u will see competition is for another company to pony up cash to the NFL, so please go somewhere else with the I hate EA but I'm here still making comments onMadden articles u ain't fooling no one y'all still will pay EA either Madden or NCAA u are still paying

No its not a dumb statement. I prefer college football over professional. I love the rivalries, the large variety of teams, the variety of stadiums, the bands, the atmosphere and everything else that is college football. That being said ive always preferred NCAA Football over Madden because of the variety of teams and players help the replay value. So if i had to choose between a mediocre College Football game or a mediocre NFL Football game, i'm choosing the college game.

I didn't not buy Madden because i don't want to support EA. I can care less who makes the game. If the game is good i'll buy it. But i'm not just pissing away $60 on a mediocre football game that i'll get bored with in a few weeks. I dont get bored with NCAA like that.

[Radja]

sale reps can spin all figures to sound powerful;. i am not a madden *****, but i am a person who hates spin being used to validate a point.

for example, i took the minutes played and divided it by 60 (minutes in an hour) t, then divide that by 3 (days the season pass allowed) and came up with 22,000. this allows for 22,000 people to play the game for one hour a day. the 22,000 was the same figure being bantered around as actual people who bought season pass. i am quite sure the number is valid now and if your season pass members only played the game for 3 hours on average, you did not sell enough of them.

other possibilities about the sales figures presented. :

the 1.4 million could be what was sold to retailers. not sold to consumers.

[sarlndr]

This is probably the dumbest statement Ppl say all the time " l bought NCAA 12 " but I'm not buying Madden. Do u ppl realize u are paying the same company F'ing idiots. Play Madden if it's ur thing quit the hating!!!! Not buying madden ain't solving anything, the only way u will see competition is for another company to pony up cash to the NFL, so please go somewhere else with the I hate EA but I'm here still making comments onMadden articles u ain't fooling no one y'all still will pay EA either Madden or NCAA u are still paying

I'm amazed at how frustrated and angry people can get over a video game. SMH

[ODogg]

Re: Madden NFL 12 Sales Rise 10% in Week One Over Last Year

Thats great news that sales are up considering the game is so improved. Maybe they'll now get the hint that if they improve it even more that sales will go up again next year..

[Facts]

Re: Madden NFL 12 Sales Rise 10% in Week One Over Last Year

Thats great news that sales are up considering the game is so improved. Maybe they'll now get the hint that if they improve it even more that sales will go up again next year..

History says no.

[roadman]

Re: Madden NFL 12 Sales Rise 10% in Week One Over Last Year

History says no.

History can be thrown out the window. They have a new management team and they have doubled the size of the game play team.

Time will tell.

[roadman]

Re: Madden NFL 12 Sales Rise 10% in Week One Over Last Year

I didn't not buy Madden because i don't want to support EA. I can care less who makes the game. If the game is good i'll buy it. But i'm not just pissing away $60 on a mediocre football game that i'll get bored with in a few weeks. I dont get bored with NCAA like that.

Interesting take, I was the complete opposite with NCAA this year. No patch made for boredom, collected dust for 2 months, traded in for Madden.

Playing Madden non-stop.

[coolcras7]

Re: Madden NFL 12 Sales Rise 10% in Week One Over Last Year

Great for EA, bad for anyone that ever wanted to see a true NFL sim, or see the NFL allow other companies to get a shot at creating a game.

[kjcheezhead]

Re: Madden NFL 12 Sales Rise 10% in Week One Over Last Year

Expected to hear this, the game is much better than it has been. As a football gamer I don't think this is good news at all even tho I am enjoying it. I'm still playing the same football game that I have been playing for a decade and Madden/NCAA success only guarantees that will continue to be the case.

Before people post pointing it out, I bought the game using credit card points instead of actual money. I realize I still purchased the game and only helped EA stay the only football game in town by doing that. No need to remind me.

[RGiles36]

Re: Madden NFL 12 Sales Rise 10% in Week One Over Last Year

Before people post pointing it out, I bought the game using credit card points instead of actual money. I realize I still purchased the game and only helped EA stay the only football game in town by doing that. No need to remind me.

No need to defend your purchase KJ. It is what it is .