Madden Sales Down Significantly This Year

[Radja]

the thing i keep wondering is:

does the general public want a new console right now?

before you flame this, look up why 3d tv is failing.

[KGkaos]

Quote: Originally Posted by Radja

the thing i keep wondering is: does the general public want a new console right now? before you flame this, look up why 3d tv is failing.

Yes, of course the general public wants a new console. No question. 3D TV is failing because its not a real useful upgrade. It's too gimmicky.

[kjcheezhead]

Not surprised. A few reasons for it...

1. The game isn't great. In many ways, particularly the defense, the game went backwards from 13 which itself was a buggy mess introducing IE and CCM.

2. Next gen is coming and people want a different experience after only playing current gen madden for several years now.

3. The exclusive license is still set to end after this year, people wanting it to end have more insentive to skip this year.

4. A lot of reviews have been scoring the game low. Gamespot gave it a six.

Personally, I love the timing. With the exclusive agreement set to expire, EA is settling and paying out $11 million to Robin Antonick and $27 million to gamers from the class action suit. The game already costs them $2 million to John Madden and $50 million to the NFL. Not to mention the Obannon, NCAA situation. Maybe, just maybe there is hope for new NFL video games in the future.

Source and interesting read: http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/05/tech...source=cnn_bin

[misterkrabz]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheBuddyHobbs

Madden 10 was the best. Madden 25 is a buggy mess.

It's not that bad...only real "bug" I've seen is bogus online disconnects due to "player grieving" what ever that is....and don't get me wrong, I've been a Madden ***** for going on ten years now and it's odd I find myself quasi defending the game but it's not that bad IMO. I play my buddy in community games with slider tweaks (All-Pro, 15 min. quarters with a burn clock to 11 seconds) and the net result is pretty damn close to real life stats.

The one real gripe I have is the game matching you up in Ultimate Team matches with teams that are much higher rank that you...e.g. my team has one or two guys with a ranking over 80 yet it pairs you with teams who have rosters full guys with 85+....makes it virtually impossible to compete.

[ssx95351]

Not surprising at all. Our league didn't switch to Madden 25 and only 3 of the 17 players in our league purchased Madden 25 for xbox 360. We're waiting for Madden 25 on PS4.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by kjcheezhead

Not surprised. A few reasons for it... 1. The game isn't great. In many ways, particularly the defense, the game went backwards from 13 which itself was a buggy mess introducing IE and CCM. 2. Next gen is coming and people want a different experience after only playing current gen madden for several years now. 3. The exclusive license is still set to end after this year, people wanting it to end have more insentive to skip this year. 4. A lot of reviews have been scoring the game low. Gamespot gave it a six. Personally, I love the timing. With the exclusive agreement set to expire, EA is settling and paying out $11 million to Robin Antonick and $27 million to gamers from the class action suit. The game already costs them $2 million to John Madden and $50 million to the NFL. Not to mention the Obannon, NCAA situation. Maybe, just maybe there is hope for new NFL video games in the future. Source and interesting read: http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/05/tech...source=cnn_bin

Agree with #2 and 4, but the article you put up states the higher metacritic score of 81 this year, so, not sure why you stated a lot of the reviews have been lower. You could alsos say a lot of the reviews have been higher, too.

I think the power of the holidays will help out. Heck, our son and his roomie in colleg have Madden 25 and they are popular with lines outside their door, with people claiming, "next game." People will start going home and telling mom and dad, I want Madden.

I will be interesting to see what happens with the liscense.

[friscob]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

I think the power of the holidays will help out. Heck, our son and his roomie in colleg have Madden 25 and they are popular with lines outside their door, with people claiming, "next game." People will start going home and telling mom and dad, I want Madden. I will be interesting to see what happens with the liscense.

Whether they're good or bad sports titles are always popular in the dorms. I was in school during some of the worst 360 versions of Madden and we would still play the crap out of them

[ghettogeeksta]

I doubt people holding out for next-gen is the main culprit for the sales drop. I think people are saying Madden is/looks the same as the previous year so why buy the new one.