Madden NFL 10 GameStop Pre-Order Demo Codes Available July 15th (Destructoid)

[adembroski]

Quote: Originally Posted by celg35

lol i just called gamestop again , and the guy was extremely confident that the demo was on a disc to be released in the coming weak. this is from his memo.... this is funny how no one from EA has stepped up to confirm how we will get this demo. so far the guys at game stop seem the most credible so far............................................... ...........unless someone has concrete info on this sight?

Week.

Anyways, I'm almost 100% certain this is not the case. Hopefully Phil can come in and Phil us in (nyuk nyuk).

Or maybe someone who had the FNR4 preview code? How'd that work?

[poster]

The Fight Night 4 code was on game advertised paper with a peel back label exposing the code. Similar to the cards that have the code for a free month of XBOX Live.

For FN4 some in the forum got their codes early to the point that they were trying the code and reporting "no luck". My Gamestop kept saying we don't have the codes yet, and gave me the we can't give them out anyways talk. So I think it depended on the store/manager as to if they gave them out early.

Maybe the codes are being released on the 15th, with a demo later as a result of complaints from customers. Once it was reported that the FN4 demo was up some were ready with their codes, and some did not have their codes. Just speculation.

[splff3000]

Quote: Originally Posted by celg35

ok guys...i did some research and i called two gamestops. the memo that the game stops got was this: If you preorder madden 10 , then sometime this weak or next, thier will be a disk that will have the demo on it. according to the manager, you will get the code to unlock the teams in the superbowl for 5 min quarters so my understanding is that the demo comes out this weak or next. and it is in the physical format of a disk. i will be calling everyday for a weak to find out when it comes in........................

Quote: Originally Posted by celg35

lol i just called gamestop again , and the guy was extremely confident that the demo was on a disc to be released in the coming weak. this is from his memo.... this is funny how no one from EA has stepped up to confirm how we will get this demo. so far the guys at game stop seem the most credible so far............................................... ...........unless someone has concrete info on this sight?

This is what I was told as well. When I reserved it friday, I was told by the manager to check back in there on Wednesday(tomorrow) and he should have it. After all this stuff about codes came out, I called the store and asked them did they need my email address(nobody asked for it initially) and the girl that worked there put me on hold then came back and told me no. She said I can just come up to the store and show my receipt.

Seems like somebody's confused.

[radatdude2]

i just dropped down 5 bucks hope the demo comes soon. The guy at the store really didn't have too much info based on the demo.

[MRxAmazing]

Quote: Originally Posted by adembroski

Week. Anyways, I'm almost 100% certain this is not the case. Hopefully Phil can come in and Phil us in (nyuk nyuk). Or maybe someone who had the FNR4 preview code? How'd that work?

I had the FNR4 code. All it did was allow us to get the demo a week or so earlier than everyone else.

Perhaps they'll do the same for Madden.

[uncle ruckus1]

does anyone know if the code is shareable?

[splff3000]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dynamite

I don't know if it's cool or vogue to bash GameStop, but it's a little bit of a generalization to say that "they're largely incompetent when it comes to games" when EA (in case you're wondering, a fairly large player in video games) is doing significant business with the company, that speaks to the success of the company...if people were as incompetent as you say...then the company wouldn't have been successful at all. Oddly enough, how do you suppose that you would get a demo of this caliber were it not for a large retailer to pair with?

Dynamite, you know you're cool with me because you're a Raiders fan, but I have to say, out of all the franchises I've done business with (buying, selling, and trading games is doing business), Gamestop is by far the worst I've experienced. As you notice I'm referring to my experiences. I try to avoid gamestop like the plague. I had bad experiences in California when I lived there for a year. I've had bad experiences in Mobile, Alabama( my home town). I HAVE bad experiences here in VA(where I live now). That's not just a coincidence.
I've had them try to rip my 6 yr old son off when he was trying to trade in some of his DS games. I had a serious argument with an employee one time because I bought a NEW game and he gave me one that had been opened and wanted to charge me full price. This has been well documented since that incident happened to me. See here:

http://www.projectcoe.com/nintendo/e...estop_nin.html

These are just the most recent incidents. I'm not gonna even gonna go all the way back to before I moved to VA. They are, to put it nicely, shady. If you google "Gamestop" and the word "scams" or "shady" or any word similar in definition you'll find gobs of posts and blogs detailing horrific experiences in gamestop. So Dynamite we're cool, but forgive me if I don't share the same feeling about the company that rhymes with the company you work for.

[HolyCrap]

Splff,
should have pre-ordered online for free and then cancel after u get emailed the code and dl the demo