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I appreciate that and I know you aren't trying to argue but do you realize how little sense your statement makes?
If you are admitting that you realize the demo is never as good as the final build how have you decided to not buy based on something that you admit might not be as good as the actual game?
If you put it like that it does sound dumb. Honestly though, they're hardly ever significantly different. The game is generally a tad more polished, but every demo has been beyond a fair representation of the final game. There's not been one Madden demo that was ever a different experience. They've all had the same gameplay. The game just has a layer of polish to fix bugs really. They have always played the same though.
But I'm out of this conversation. I've said my piece and am going in enough circles I'm confusing myself haha. I guess I'm just upset there is no demo, and thought I had a point in my head. I'll blame the lack of sleep.
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NHL is one of those games where it could entice a fringe hockey fan to get the game. Madden, most of their sales were people that were gonna buy it regardless. Hockey itself doesn't have as big of a hardcore fanbase, so any tool to help bring in the fringe fan would still be used. I don't think its because of EA Access, but because a demo simply wouldn't add sales to Madden.
That's my opinion anyway, someone else might think I am talking out of my ***, but it makes a bit of sense from a business standpoint to me anyway.
In video games you are correct the NHL series doesn't have nearly the popularity that Madden does. But Hockey itself has a very hardcore fan base both in the US and Canada as well as 73 countries around the world.
In video games you are correct the NHL series doesn't have nearly the popularity that Madden does. But Hockey itself has a very hardcore fan base both in the US and Canada as well as 73 countries around the world.
Hockey probably has the most hardcore fanbase of any sport, imo.
It actually can get kind of annoying it's so intense.
In my opinion the final build was always better than the demo, so I always used the demos to make my decision with NCAA or Madden and skipped a few years of each game thanks to the demos. However, I understand where you are coming from and in no way am I trying to argue you are wrong.
Originally posted by canes21
If you put it like that it does sound dumb. Honestly though, they're hardly ever significantly different. The game is generally a tad more polished, but every demo has been beyond a fair representation of the final game. There's not been one Madden demo that was ever a different experience. They've all had the same gameplay. The game just has a layer of polish to fix bugs really. They have always played the same though.
But I'm out of this conversation. I've said my piece and am going in enough circles I'm confusing myself haha. I guess I'm just upset there is no demo, and thought I had a point in my head. I'll blame the lack of sleep.
Nah don't sell your point short Canes, I took that first post to mean that in your experience, if you don't find anything worthwhile in the demo, it's not likely that an improved version of what's there in the retail will be worth a buy but on the contrary if you do find promising elements in the demo, they're likely to be more prominent and polished in the retail version, warranting a buy. That point is logical, imo.
Hockey probably has the most hardcore fanbase of any sport, imo.
It actually can get kind of annoying it's so intense.
I agree. I think that some people can confuse "Hardcore fanbase" with a large fanbase. While Hockey is probably the most hardcore, it's nowhere close to the amount of fans of Football or Soccer has altogether. Also people will argue that Soccer has more hardcore fans.
I don't have the time to re read the whole thread. So EA said 5 days before release...So will only get to see a piece of the game on the 21st or will some type of demo roll out before hand through the EA service?
I don't have the time to re read the whole thread. So EA said 5 days before release...So will only get to see a piece of the game on the 21st or will some type of demo roll out before hand through the EA service?
I agree. I think that some people can confuse "Hardcore fanbase" with a large fanbase. While Hockey is probably the most hardcore, it's nowhere close to the amount of fans of Football or Soccer has altogether. Also people will argue that Soccer has more hardcore fans.
I don't want to derail this thread because it's supposed to be about the demo so I will end this subject with this comment. Football is and always will be bigger in the US. But worldwide is a different story. Hockey is now played in 7 countries in Africa, 7 in South America and 34 countries in Asia and that list is growing every year. It is quickly becoming a global sport. The 2010 Super Bowl in Miami drew just over 74,000 fans, the 2010 IIHF Wold Championship in Germany drew just over 77,000 fans.
I don't want to derail this thread because it's supposed to be about the demo so I will end this subject with this comment. Football is and always will be bigger in the US. But worldwide is a different story. Hockey is now played in 7 countries in Africa, 7 in South America and 34 countries in Asia and that list is growing every year. It is quickly becoming a global sport. The 2010 Super Bowl in Miami drew just over 74,000 fans, the 2010 IIHF Wold Championship in Germany drew just over 77,000 fans.
I don' think that comparing the attendance of a game that is limited by stadium seating would be the best way to compare the two's popularity. If that were the case college teams like the Tennessee Volunteers way more popular than the Super Bowl.
However, like you said this conversation is off topic.
As the only game in town now that NCAA has unfortunately hit the road (it was always the better series), Madden now has a chance to capture the $65 that NCAA'ers would only dole out for that game...yet they decide that they don't want to give that new crowd a taste of a series that several of us haven't really dove into over this past generation of systems.
Just a dumb call. NCAA'ers already questioning if they want to go back to Madden after being burned by a stale game for years now have no push to get it. I'm good waiting on FIFA or NHL if I'm waiting a week or so for Madden reviews and the bugs to be found and worked out.
I don't want to spend money to find out if I'll like something or not. Doesn't make sense to me.
Also, the things I want to find out about Madden I can't in the two days of renting before having to return it.
For that matter, the Madden Demo's didn't tell me what I wanted to know either (franchise stuff, simmed stats, long term game balance, team ai logic for trading, roster management, etc).
So the demo doesn't do me much good either. That's why I value OS so much. To get info from OSers that I trust who have the game. This site tells me much more about the game (after release) than any EA demo ever did. Frankly, info about the game, and giving my opinions about where I want the game to go (knowing devs do read these posts and Madden is my only choice) is the only reason I come to OS.
OS is what really makes me decide whether to spend the 60 or not. It really is a valuable resource.
Sometimes I wanna punch EA. Sometimes I wanna punch Sony. Right now I want to punch both. I wish sony picked up the ea subscription service that xbox did and I also wish there was a demo for madden before I go out and spend another 60 dollars on a video game. But oh well. I guess I will go pretend like I'm playing the demo.
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