Weak Madden Sales Signaling Trouble for Game Industry

[Iamantonio704]

Finally! can we get a 2K sports Football game now!

[OctoberRust38]

Quote: Originally Posted by metallicatz

All the flimsy correlations between lagging sales and supposed "poor quality" are amusing. Madden 11 and NCAA 11 are among the best, if not THE best, football games ever made by EA (or by anybody). The software industry is down across the board, as are numbers for almost every industry based purely on recreation and discretionary income. This is the worst economy since the Great Depression. So yeah....sales will be down. Believe it or not, the VAST majority of Madden buyers don't hang out on message boards whining about video games all day every day trying to pick it apart. Sorry to rain on the haters' parade, but the down economy is pretty much all it amounts to.

Your contribution to the destruction of quality licensed football games is second to none.

EA thanks you for your support

[marktg30]

Quote: Originally Posted by Iamantonio704

Finally! can we get a 2K sports Football game now!

What are you talking about?

[OctoberRust38]

Quote: Originally Posted by marktg30

What are you talking about?

If the Sales continue to drop, EA will think twice about putting huge amounts of money up front for exclusive license to the NFL.

Madden is an **** fail year after year.

The return of 2K Sports is the only way to save licensed football games this generation of consoles.

[Cantgetright69]

Thank god.

Now I know for sure that madden 12 will have solid gameplay and a deep franchise mode.

We did it guys we did it!

[OctoberRust38]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cantgetright69

Thank god. Now I know for sure that madden 12 will have solid gameplay and a deep franchise mode. We did it guys we did it!

Go and put your pre-order in right away!

Quote: Originally Posted by Cantgetright69

Madden'06 is going to be great! EA will put out pure next-gen game for us

Quote: Originally Posted by Cantgetright69

Madden'07 is going to be great! EA knows what needs to be done and improved from Madden'06

Quote: Originally Posted by Cantgetright69

Madden'08 will be the best Madden yet

Quote: Originally Posted by Cantgetright69

Madden'09 will be the best Madden yet

Quote: Originally Posted by Cantgetright69

Madden'10 will be a true next gen football experience and the best Madden ever!

Quote: Originally Posted by Cantgetright69

Madden'11 will be the best Madden yet all those mistakes in the previous Maddens will be corrected. I can't wait until its released. Thank you EA for listening to us fans

Don't be a victim another year, my friend.

[Cantgetright69]

Quote: Originally Posted by OctoberRust38

Go and put your pre-order in right away! Don't be a victim another year, my friend.

lol good post man. So true. This was the first year I didn't rush to buy madden and couldnt be happier with my decision. I wasn't sure if I could withstand the cravings cause i love football so much. But just cause you love football doesn't mean you gotta waste money on a product that makes you angry and frustrated from lack of features and quality gameplay that makes realistic stats.

I feel bad for all the people tweaking sliders trying to get realistic gameplay and stats. Sorry to inform you all but it's not possible. The only way it would be possible is if ea spent time trying to get it themselves. And if its not possible with this current engine then they need to create a new one.

Cause i'm not getting madden again if they use this same engine that never worked.

[btrapp]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cantgetright69

lol good post man. So true. This was the first year I didn't rush to buy madden and couldnt be happier with my decision. I wasn't sure if I could withstand the cravings cause i love football so much. But just cause you love football doesn't mean you gotta waste money on a product that makes you angry and frustrated from lack of features and quality gameplay that makes realistic stats. I feel bad for all the people tweaking sliders trying to get realistic gameplay and stats. Sorry to inform you all but it's not possible. The only way it would be possible is if ea spent time trying to get it themselves. And if its not possible with this current engine then they need to create a new one. Cause i'm not getting madden again if they use this same engine that never worked.

The main problem with madden is they have zero competition. I guarantee you if madden actually had a competitor, there games would be infinitely
better. These guys aren't bad programmers, and they know how to make a great football game. They just don't have to.