Madden Sales Down Significantly This Year

[DBMcGee3]

Wow, seeing this headline makes me smile. Hopefully sales will decline enough for the NFL to reconsider giving EA an exclusive licensing deal. Death to monopolies!

[pistolpete]

Madden hasn't changed in years. Connected careers was stupid and confusing and barely worked. That did me in.

[braves_94]

I think Connected Careers were made with the next generation in mind. I'd rather them break it out and work out bugs now, then to do a complete face lift for the next gen. Or they completely scrap it, and bring it back in 6 years as a new feature.

I will say this, Madden 10 was the last good game they produced, ironically made by the old dev team. Since then EA has been listening to this sim gamer bunch and everything on field has suffered. Remember when physics was supposed to be the savior of this franchise? If they only had it in, the game would be instantly better than 2K and FIFA. It wasn't. Sad to think with everything that crowd wanted in, Madden 25 is nothing compared to Madden 10. I think the crowd they constanly pander to now, is the same crowd destroying it. Just get back to making a fun game. I don't care abou the amount of plays you get in a game compared to real life. I don't care about how the pace mirrors real life.

[24]

Commenting on CC I really hate the mode. Franchise mode was so much better executed then this whole Connected Careers Idea. Maybe chalk it up to my own personal preference but I don't think Connected Careers was the right direction in the series.

[RandyBass]

You have to wonder if the NFL is eyeing this impending GTA release and saying, hmmm, maybe we can up the ante here.

As much as I'd like to see 2K and TTWO back in the NFL game, I'd much prefer a non-exclusive license. That way we can maybe see another golden age like in 2005, instead of this dark age we are in now.

[24]

I really think a Non Exclusive License will happen within the next 5 years. The NFL at the end of the day is all about making a profit. If this trend continues for Madden I think they will open it up for other companies to take a shot. I would love to see a Football game attempted by SECA. They've done wonders with baseball and their basketball series wasn't terrible. Would also enjoy seeing 2K enter the fold again. The more competition the better IMO. Madden would definitely step up their game if there were more people in the market.

At the end of the day we want a great football game. One that does mostly everything right. I believe Madden could take that step if they really wanted to. They have all the resources available to them, they just need to execute properly.

[RandyBass]

Quote: Originally Posted by 24

I really think a Non Exclusive License will happen within the next 5 years. The NFL at the end of the day is all about making a profit. If this trend continues for Madden I think they will open it up for other companies to take a shot...

All I know is a lot of money is going to be headed TTWO's way very shortly, and I mean a lot, as much as we've ever seen in the history of gaming. The NFL is likely aware of this, and are probably licking their chops. What it all leads to remains to be seen, but it wouldn't surprise me at all to see the landscape change in the next few years.

[Valdarez]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rufio2031

YESS!!!! Boycott, successful. Good job team!

Boycott? As in 8 years on the making??? lol