Madden Sales Down Significantly This Year

[JerseySuave4]

Also, i'm not a big EA fan but those that keep saying EA needs to go belly up or EA needs to fail or suffer so Madden tanks and someone else makes a game, you people need to get over yourselves. I'm not a big Madden fan these days, haven't bought the game in at least 3-4 years. But this idea that 2k will jump right in and we'll get NFL 2K but better is people holding on to the past.

[JohnDoe8865]

I'm personally taking a wait and see approach on next-generation consoles. I'm strongly leaning towards PS4 after being XBOX/XBOX 360 since 2002. The difference maker for me is baseball. I NEED a solid baseball game, and MLB: The Show is a game I've salivated over as a 360 owner for years. I don't know for sure which console I'll get but either way I'm doing what is, IMO, the smart thing and waiting until after Christmas to get console impression and game impressions and THEN make my decision. If M25 next-gen is an improvement over current gen, I will likely buy it being an NFL fan first and foremost. Same goes with NBA 2K14 and their stellar reputation, I have reason to believe that next-gen NBA 2K might be special. Past that, I'm in wait and see mode.

In the meantime I'm satisfied with getting games for my 360 such as GTA V and WWE '14. After those two game, I'll definitely turn my focus to next-gen, unless a sleeper hit comes to current gen. Going to take a wait and see approach for this generation, the same way I did for the 360.

[TeeDogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by bkrich83

Why? That game was an AWFUL representation of football, which actually got worse with a patch. I'd love to see more and better games of football on the market, but Backbreaker was certainly not an example of one. It was ridiculously bad, that couldn't get the most basic of football principles down. Nothing more than an over the top tech demo.

a tech demo sums it up best

[Eddie1967]

I am having fun with this year's version but this is great news. The folks at EA have been putting out a less than mediocre product for the last couple of years and hopefully this will show the NFL that it much better to have multiple football games to represent their sport rather than one. This years version of madden football should have been the best of everything, presentation, gameplay etc. etc. While it has improved it is still behind games that were on the last version of xbox.

[infemous]

I hope sales continue to plummet and forces the NFL to realise that EA are not representing their brand sufficiently, and open up the license to competition.

Until this happens, I hope that EA see this as an incentive to finally start making a simulation game, much like the FIFA brand.

At the end of the day, the logic is inescapable. People buy officially licensed sports games to recreate what they see and feel from that sport.

As soon as they start to feel that what they are playing does not accurately represent what they see on the field, they lose interest.

This is the same for every spectrum of sports gamer, from SIM to Arcade to everything in between.

$60 is a lot of money that people cannot afford to spend every year on a poor product.

[simbayless]

Call of duty tried the same rinse and repeat concept. look what happen when compitition came thru and took half if not most of next gen pre orders.The next Call of duty has no choice but to bring it next tme.My biggest concern Is Ea not showing more footage of next gen madden intill Oct if so,thats a big white flag letting me know there is no confidents this year.NBA Live is a perfect example of that,you mean to tell me that you been out the game for 3 years and you gonna wait till your number one selling competitor show its hand first?They don't mind showing next gen fifa.Marketng the hype train is not gonna cut it next gen and no more 3yr plans.Im gonna wait for impressions on here and reviews just like I did current gen im glad I did whew

[bkrich83]

Why do so many people hate carriage returns/formatting their posts?

[Afrikan]

Quote: Originally Posted by bkrich83

Why? That game was an AWFUL representation of football, which actually got worse with a patch. I'd love to see more and better games of football on the market, but Backbreaker was certainly not an example of one. It was a ridiculously bad game, that couldn't get the most basic of football principles down. Nothing more than an over the top tech demo.

and of course Mestevo tags along..lol.

look, with BackBreaker there were little things that most didn't even notice that made it realistic (especially compared to Madden), from having to focus on a receiver if you wanted to be more accurate...to also having to focus as a receiver, to be able to hold on to a ball if you were collided with. It wasn't easy pulling these moves off, and it shouldn't be.

looking the coverage away as a QB, or just going through your progressions.

for their very first football game, let alone their very first videogame...imo they did a pretty damn good job....especially compared to a football series that is in its 25th edition.

the main things that stood out about BackBreaker that weren't not realistic, stamina and no left handed QBs.

and before some think I'm just hating on Madden or whatever, I actually like what they have done since Madden 12 (but my expectations were pretty low to start with)...sure there are things that still frustrate me about the game, but I'm having fun playing online like 4-5 times a night... (with most people quitting by halftime..lol)