Madden Sales Down Significantly This Year

[GisherJohn24]

They will probably sell 1 million for next gen. Most publishers would love to have a franchise that can have these kind of numbers.

[GisherJohn24]

I'm happy with 2k making NBA and only NBA. 2k ruined baseball and NHL so whoever thinks football will be mind blowing isn't thinking straight . The original guys with visual concepts are long gone.

[jdizzle45]

Im waiting to see what next gen madden actually plays like. Because there's no way I'm gonna use their trade in deal. Cause if I understand it right, you get to trade in this gen madden for next gen madden and ony pay $10. So you basically your paying $70 for a $60 game

[Profit89]

Quote: Originally Posted by GisherJohn24

I'm happy with 2k making NBA and only NBA. 2k ruined baseball and NHL so whoever thinks football will be mind blowing isn't thinking straight . The original guys with visual concepts are long gone.

That's ridiculous. They didn't ruin anything. They may not have made good games in your opinion. But having options and competition is a good thing for the genre. The last thing you want is monopolization in any one sport. That leads to guaranteed mediocrity.

[Afrikan]

Quote: Originally Posted by SmashMan

We can call people out for liking posts now? I do like that the .gif you posted of Backbreaker shows the safety backing away from a ball he could have made a play on. I assume you were trying to show off the physics and/or passing mechanics, though; so we'll ignore that part.

yeah, my mistake for calling someone out like that...it wasn't necessary.

actually what I like about that gif was how it gives you a pretty good indication of how a normal play is in Backbreaker. Checked the first read, didn't like it....checked the next read and didn't like it....and just threw it up like Rex Grossman.

but you are right, the defensive backs did stay back, but I'm trying to remember if that was after the patch (because alot of people were complaining about the CPU intercepting too many passes) so I think that was their solution to have their A.I. just wait and break up passes....I disagreed with it, along with other decisions with the game...but I like their first approach and how they interacted with the community.

what I liked about BackBreaker was that, imo you really had to think like a QB...you had to make quick decisions. It was hard in the beginning, but once you get it down (just like the running game) boy was it so gratifying to go on a 8-9 play drive for a TD.

I never had a problem with Madden being arcady (although I LOVED the vision Cone)...Madden is like a game within a game.

but I guess I was just one of the few that didn't mind having more than one football game out...you know.. I would still be able to enjoy the fun aspects of Madden and still enjoy the sim (imo) aspects of BackBreaker. But it just seemed like others just felt like you can only like one series... Madden or nothing, and disregard that BackBreaker was a new and different football game....not giving the benefit of the doubt being their very first game ever.

Like with anything from games to music to alot of things...I always say.

[jackw]

This is the best way for them to listen to us, hurt them in the wallet! Somebody's job is on the line over there at Tiburon. O well, serves them right!

Bring back CPU vs CPU in connected career!

[GisherJohn24]

Quote: Originally Posted by Profit89

That's ridiculous. They didn't ruin anything. They may not have made good games in your opinion. But having options and competition is a good thing for the genre. The last thing you want is monopolization in any one sport. That leads to guaranteed mediocrity.

Well 2k had a monopoly on baseball. But I think we would have had a crappy mlb game even if MVP was still out there. Madden was my preference even when 2k was still out there

[MuchToLearn]

Quote: Originally Posted by goh

Too bad we can't get refunds or else they'd be down even more.

i find it very interesting that this thread has a 5* rating and it's all about madden sales SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN this year