Hillis Ahead of Vick For Madden NFL 12 Cover

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Quote: Originally Posted by TreyIM2

I was thinking the same thing when I heard it was between those two. I wasn't actually following this non-sense but some pieces of info u just can't ignore. Hillis would definitely be a marketing nightmare for EA IF he actually does win and EA doesn't "shift" a few numbers. Heh...

I'm going to have to disagree with that.

I can already hear the news stories.

Teaser: "and up next, you'll never guess who's on the cover of this year's Madden video game..."

Story: "he beat out Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers, rising stars Jamal Charles and Matt Ryan, and the wildly popular Michael Vick..."

The theme? A return to hard-nosed, true grit, just plain FOOTBALL

What would the theme be for a Vick cover game?

Besides, America loves the Cinderella stories

[stp2081]

Quote: Originally Posted by mavfan21

Imagine the confusion on the average persons face when they see ads with this incredibly pedestrian player on the cover? A marketing disaster.

My point exactly!

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Quote: Originally Posted by mavfan21

Wow, what a joke. Why didn't Julious Jones get the cover back in 2004? He had stats comparable to Hillis. Imagine the confusion on the average persons face when they see ads with this incredibly pedestrian player on the cover? A marketing disaster.

Look again perhaps? Hillis had a better year than Julius Jones has ever had. With 1600 total yards from scrimmage and 13 TDs, JJ doesn't even come close to those figures in any year of his career.

There's nothing about this that is a marketing disaster. How many threads on how many forums are discussing this, how many news articles have covered this? It's already a marketing success no matter who wins.

Incredibly pedestrian indeed.

[PVarck31]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kobefan24

No1 Even Realy Knew Him Untill That One Game...Vick To Me Was The MVP But He Was Hurt...This Is Baddd

What game? Its not like he had 1 good game. If you are a football fan than you know who Peyton Hillis is. Its not like he is getting hundreds of thousands in blind votes.

Vick did have a great year, but the fans had the call and they chose Hillis.

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Quote: Originally Posted by stp2081

I agree with the cynics. I believe EA will artificially boost the voting for Vick to win because a cover featuring Hillis will sell a lot less (because of casual gamers/"fans") than a cover featuring Vick will.

This is what I said before my thread was erroneously closed. Yet this thread is the same so go figure.

[Giants4Natic]

EA blew this and they know it. Sorry but Peyton Hillis is not a house hold name. Cover players are usually establish stars and not one big year.

EA should have had Cribbs from Cleveland who is a known pro bowl player

Having Vick would suck because he is a POS but having Hillis is putting an unknown to the average football fan who is going to say WHO?

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White Rhino!

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Quote: Originally Posted by vols bravesfan

The reason it would bother me is it will add to the Hillis Hype Machine. I'm tired of seeing and hearing about him.

It's funny how that works because I've been tired of hearing about the Vick hype machine for almost a decade now. Not that it's going to end just because he didn't make the cover of a video game but, still.... Plus, it's always nice when you pit good against evil and the good prevails.

Quote: Originally Posted by stp2081

I agree with the cynics. I believe EA will artificially boost the voting for Vick to win because a cover featuring Hillis will sell a lot less (because of casual gamers/"fans") than a cover featuring Vick will.

The game will sell a lot less because of who's on the cover.
I think I've heard it all now.

Quote: Originally Posted by mavfan21

Wow, what a joke. Why didn't Julious Jones get the cover back in 2004? He had stats comparable to Hillis. Imagine the confusion on the average persons face when they see ads with this incredibly pedestrian player on the cover? A marketing disaster.

And here I thought the guy who said that Luol Deng was the Bulls best player was going to be the most absurd thing that I read today.