EA Sports Plans To Digitize Madden 11 Consumer (IGN)

[CreatineKasey]

If they sell M10 for $30 electronically I'd be okay with that. Unfortunately I don't have much HD space so I couldn't get a lot of games this way.

[Valdarez]

Quote: Originally Posted by wheelman990

If I understand this article, they are wanting to make Madden a download only option. The only thing I see that doing is taking away our trade in credit, and making everyone pay $60 for the game, as long as EA decides to charge it. Make it a $20 download, and Im all for it. Anything over $30 for a download Madden, NO WAY!

I have collected games since the original Pong game. Personally, I want a game I own, not digital content. I want something I can hold and own.

[Perfect Zero]

If everybody would look toward NCAA Football last year, the teambuilder feature was partial a ruse to stop people from trading in the game. You got the code if you bought the game new, but you had to pay for it if it was used. EA has been "taking advantage of that consumer" for many years, and with the advent of DLC, it's going to be $60 to buy the physical game, and much more to play it with features.

In a way, I can't blame them. Putting out an inferior product for so long makes it to where they have to overcharge for common features does help the bottom line. This is in contrast to SCEA which has put a lot into their baseball program year after year and people still flock to it.

[Valdarez]

They spend WAY too much money marketing Madden. It's the ONLY NFL game out there. You don't need to spend $$$ marketing it. Take that money and put it back into the game. Their business strategy is flawed from top to bottom, and Peter Moore is only making it worse.

[Flamehead]

Quote: Originally Posted by Valdarez

and Peter Moore is only making it worse.

I have to agree. While I'm sure there are individual developers that care a great deal and do the best they can, I think the Madden brand in general will continue to suffer under his direction. I'm sure he believes he's all that and a bag of chips, so what do we, the consumers, know?

Hopefully the developers can turn around the Madden franchise in spite of him.

[REDRZA]

Quote: Originally Posted by Valdarez

I have collected games since the original Pong game. Personally, I want a game I own, not digital content. I want something I can hold and own.

Thats why you can carry your HDD with you (on 360 anyways). I'm all for digital download especially at a price break and getting the game at launch without standing in lines.

ntot to mention tired of the clutter. Downloadable games are a WELCOME advancement in technology. I could care less about bi corporate places like gamestop RAPING people on used games.

[tktnuri]

I have no problem with paying for downloadable content as long as I can reload it if something were to happen to my hard drive and the store markup isn't there. $30 I am okay paying $5-20 extra for additional content is okay as well. But having to pay $60 when there is no brick and mortar mark up is hard to justify.

I rather pay $60 and be able to load the game to HDD and never use the disc then pay $60 for download only.

[KBLover]

Quote: Originally Posted by REDRZA

I could care less about bi corporate places like gamestop RAPING people on used games.

I could care less about them.

I DO care about being able to re-sell the game on say Amazon or E-Bay when I'm tired of it.

I get something out of it and help some other gamer get a game they wanted at a lesser price (or at all in some cases).