Madden NFL 15 Official Trailer, Ultimate Edition Details and a Few Screenshots

[PatsSB2015]

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They're estimates, don't account for digital sales, and there's currently a transition to new consoles which can do a lot of odd things to sales numbers and trends. EA is also likely getting more $ per box sold than ever before thanks to Ultimate Team.

Sales are fine, and not a big enough discrepancy year to year to really debate the +/- due to vgchartz just being estimates.

You can't ignore statistics. If you don't want to go on vgchartz, how about Forbes? They addressed the decline in sales. They addressed the reasons on why that might be.

Again, no one is saying that Madden NFL 25 didn't put up big numbers. However, having a big time anniversary game sale lower than the last shouldn't be overlooked either. So to me, it is up for debate.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain...ts-first-week/

[TheBuddyHobbs]

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Madden is a money printing machine. Remember, people still love this game and it still has a very passionate fan base. The people in this forum represent about .01% of the madden market, were just the craziest of the bunch. The opinions here are just a extremely small sample of what people actually think of Madden or any sports game for that matter.

That's definitely not true. I see plenty of people on YouTube, Facebook, and other places commenting how Madden is the same every year. Comments such as that. I think more and more people are seeing through EA's shenanigans.

[carvis#15]

Still couldn't tell anything from that trailer except for the animation by the guys on the chiefs. Does anybody know if tandem tackling was in Madden 25 because it possibly was there in that trailer with the two chiefs players?

[tsbmolina]

All I can say is underwhelming. A 3 out of 10

[mestevo]

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You can't ignore statistics. If you don't want to go on vgchartz, how about Forbes? They addressed the decline in sales. They addressed the reasons on why that might be.

Again, no one is saying that Madden NFL 25 didn't put up big numbers. However, having a big time anniversary game sale lower than the last shouldn't be overlooked either. So to me, it is up for debate.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain...ts-first-week/

See, now you're just comparing first week sales instead of overall estimates from vgchartz, released as many consumers are spending/preparing to spend $600-$1000+ on next gen consoles - including many purchasing next gen Madden. It's not a simple YoY comparison. Enjoy your debate.

That's definitely not true. I see plenty of people on YouTube, Facebook, and other places commenting how Madden is the same every year. Comments such as that. I think more and more people are seeing through EA's shenanigans.

A statement that I'm not sure has ever been true outside a handful of use cases.

[Brooke2011]

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Looks like the same madden....with texture upgrades.....pants, jerseys , helmets and skin have been tweaked from last year.....

1.)Player models seem the same
2.)Movement is identical
3.)player equipment is the same

[ballymenasteve]

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Sorry, to me that isn't a gameplay trailer, it's just a CGI trailer.


Show me footage of someone actually playing. That's gameplay, not this.


Not buying a ticket for the Madden hype train this year

[Only1LT]

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Madden is a money printing machine. Remember, people still love this game and it still has a very passionate fan base. The people in this forum represent about .01% of the madden market, were just the craziest of the bunch. The opinions here are just a extremely small sample of what people actually think of Madden or any sports game for that matter.

That is all true. At the same time, when you consider that before the exclusive, Madden sold about 9-10mil on all platforms, with 2K also selling about 4mil that last year IIRC, you have to ask yourself, where did the other 8-10mil Football videogame fans go (I'm sure some bought both, so it isn't as easy as splitting the difference)? If they outgrew the game, how come they haven't been replaced?

While Madden is definitely successful based on numbers of copies sold alone, without even factoring how little it costs to produce it on the technical side due to its iterative-ness, when you look at how much the gaming industry has grown over the last decade and the popularity of the NFL, you also can't help but realistically conclude that EA/Tiburon has failed pretty miserably in growing the brand to much higher levels.

[PatsSB2015]

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See, now you're just comparing first week sales instead of overall estimates from vgchartz, released as many consumers are spending/preparing to spend $600-$1000+ on next gen consoles - including many purchasing next gen Madden. It's not a simple YoY comparison. Enjoy your debate.

So opening sales don't matter? They virtually mean nothing? I'm not accusing you of saying that, but I think that's what you're saying. If it means nothing, why is it being reported of something of significance?

My point is, the stats matter. Estimates or not. Be it opening week or total overall sales. If you can come up with the differences not included in vgchartz than I like to see it. I don't mean that in a sarcastic way, I'd actually like to know and I'll try to find it myself.

Let's back on point.

The sales are still strong despite doing lower numbers on a special anniversary game. However, what company thinks that doing is less is okay? None that I know of or else they wouldn't be around much longer. A company always wants to outdo itself.

I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying it is open to debate. It will be interesting to see how the next open sales do along with the overall sales of Madden NFL 15. Believe me, I want to give EA Sports my money. I'm rooting for them, not against them.

[newtonfb]

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Almost there...maybe ps6

[aholbert32]

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I thought it looked good, then again I know Madden is a video game.

Yep and that's why my gaming life is much happier than most. I recognize that it's video game and that EA has no incentive or desire to make the game sim. So I accept it for what it is.

The game hasn't had accurate pass interference in almost a decade but people are expecting Madden to have Accurate AI when it comes to things like containment?

To the people who are disappointed please continue to not buy the game. The only way that EA will hear you is with your dollar. But if you buy the game and bitch about things that you know will never change....just stop.


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[Caveman24]

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Madden will never be football. It always will be Madden nothing more nothing less.

[mellamoaaron]

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Graphically I think the game looks great. I watched the video again and paused it a few times at key moments and the player models seem much improved and aside from that I would say that the animations seemed much smoother on some the clips at the end. I still need to see how someone that they always screw up, let's say Peyton Manning, looks. Otherwise I am going to reserve my judgment until more screens come out.

[apollon42]

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I think this looks similar to the RG3 trailer we saw last year. This looks decent to me.

[BezO]

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Guaranteed that every person commenting here buys Madden this year. Even those that are overly critical.

History says you're correct about many, but not all. I purchased 1 release last gen ('07 or '08) that I later returned siting excessive bugs, and got another 2 releases from attending CDs. I've not owned Madden in 4 years, and haven't played a single down in 2 years. 3 releases in 10 years, and from someone that owned every release from the very 1st on Commodore 64 ('89?) to 2004 on the PS2.

The numbers say others feel the same way. Like Only1LT said, the industry is growing. I'd bet that baseball and basketball video game sales are growing with it. Sales of the game representing the most popular sport in America going down has to say something.

But yeah, until more folks tighten their pockets, Madden will look like this.

I thought it looked good, then again I know Madden is a video game.

And the rest of us, except AH32, thinks EA is selling actual NFL games on disk.