Chris' Blog: Are Madden Sales Slipping?

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by beastwork

Actually it is pretty concrete. If the demand for your product isn't matching your forecast then you make a pricing change. If they sold Lamborghini for $50,000 don't you think the the streets would be flooded with Lamborghini? The market sets the price, and on madden 11 market said "EA your game isn't worth $60". If they could sell every copy at $60 don't you think that they would? That's the fault of sales forecasters and pricing analysts over at EA. Someone missed the boat.

They are still selling the game for $60 bucks around here.

[beastwork]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

They are still selling the game for $60 bucks around here.

ahhhh... well folks should stop spreading misinformation. onward goes the madden train.

[Exonerated]

Quote: Originally Posted by TNT713

I can't speak for anyone else but... Madden's sales will NEVER slip at my house. Later

Ea has a foothold in my house too... Madden, NCAA, FIFA...

[bxgoods]

I think it has a lot to do with the economy, because NCAA 11's sales are down compared to NCAA 10 and everybody says 11 is the much better game.
I know in NY, a lot of people don't have jobs, not many people can afford 60 bucks plus tax for a videogame right now.

[LucianoJJ]

The devs seemed to have tried harder to improve gameplay this time around. It's a shame the sales numbers haven't gone up, as a reaction to this. This country has more serious issues to deal with than worry about video game sales being down.

[kjcheezhead]

I decided to bump this thread rather than start a new one. I read several articles about Madden's strong sales through August, but haven't heard anything since. According to Vgchartz, here are sales numbers through 8 weeks.


Madden 11

306- 1,218,183

PS3-1,026,574

Wii- 143,909

Ps2- 141,705

psp- 114,194

Total= 2,644,565


Madden 10 through 8 weeks:

360- 1,260,243

PS3- 960,345

Wii- 136,172

PS2- 301,323

PSP- 147,323

Total- 2,805,406


I remember reading how Madden 10's sales were disappointing originally. Though 8 weeks, Madden 11 is underselling 10 by about 150,000 units. Now I realize this is the first year that online pass was sold and I expect Madden 11 is more profitable because of this, but I don't see how Madden 11 sales could be considered strong right now.

[adfletch71]

Madden sales use to be between 4-5 million when the next gen consoles first kicked off. They are hardly getting those sales now and its causing EA problems, because Madden use to be there flagship title, its not anymore and FIFA have took that from it. I dont see it getting any better, because more gamers are growing tired of madden and want something other than madden as a football game. The sales dont lie, we seeing a trend that is likely not going to fade anytime soon.

[Exonerated]

fifa sold 2.3 million in the first 2 weeks.