Madden Sales Down Significantly This Year

[GisherJohn24]

2k did all pro this gen and I found it only to be just OK. They tainted baseball and NHL. They should stick with one game, basketball. This is working just fine for them

[TeeDogg]

2K is just a brand name. Visual Concepts is who you want your sports games in the hands of. I may be wrong but I think they only have done the FB and BB games. From what I remember they are a small team and usually do well until they stretch themselves too thin.

[lyleman222]

i think its easy if your getting a PS4 or XBOX1 just wait for madden 25 but for us less fortunate or live in the real world who cant afford a next gen console you are left with an EA subpar effort!

[ryan36]

I think it's random. The every other year thing. The SIM games come out in the off years, sales drop-they switch back to arcade sales are up.

Let me say this. If Madden went SIM the casuals would still buy it. And so would the hard core. The hard core won't buy arcade...Madden has it all wrong. Besides I remember even super Nintendo games had learning curves.

[kjcheezhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by GisherJohn24

2k did all pro this gen and I found it only to be just OK. They tainted baseball and NHL. They should stick with one game, basketball. This is working just fine for them

This isn't working fine or anyone but the NFL. Madden 05 sold 5.86 million copies when 2k5 was at its peak. They signed an expensive exclusive license and are on pace to sell less this year without a true competitor.

EA won't spend a ton on development when they aren't getting a return in sales so Madden stagnates every year.

2k can't survive forever only selling a basketball title.

Fans are left with no alternative if they don't like EAs representation of football.

The NFL flips all three groups the finger, sits back and counts its $.

[kjcheezhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by bkrich83

Yeah, they did a bang up job with their baseball franchise.

2k baseball also had an exclusive license, so there was less money to spend on development. Also, no MLB game sells over 1 million copies, not even the Show so it was less opportunity to get a return on the exclusive in the first place.

They also made the mistake of allowing consoles makers to produce games. 2k baseball was built for the 360 and ported to the ps3 like most games. The Show was built for ps3 specs, on a blu ray disc. SCEA doesn't have to pay as much for licensing, theirs is one console and non-exclusive.

Basically, the Show was set up in every aspect of development to be a better game, it's no surprise it crushed 2ks game.

[Big FN Deal]

Quote: Originally Posted by kjcheezhead

2k baseball also had an exclusive license, so there was less money to spend on development. Also, no MLB game sells over 1 million copies, not even the Show so it was less opportunity to get a return on the exclusive in the first place. They also made the mistake of allowing consoles makers to produce games. 2k baseball was built for the 360 and ported to the ps3 like most games. The Show was built for ps3 specs, on a blu ray disc. SCEA doesn't have to pay as much for licensing, theirs is one console and non-exclusive. Basically, the Show was set up in every aspect of development to be a better game, it's no surprise it crushed 2ks game.

The saddest part is that, from what I read from others, EA Sports actually made a stellar baseball game, MVP I think, which got squeezed out. Sad because if there is no NFL exclusive, for whatever reason, then there is likely no baseball exclusive either. Safe to say exclusives in the sports gaming genre is bad for gamers, hopefully this business practice ends with this generation of consoles, at least with American based sports.

[Willy Bill]

I am convinced EA is simply not the man for the job. They really need to think about hiring some techs that actually know something about football. It seems that right now they just have some eggheads that actually are not even very good at writing code or doing their research.

Time for someone else to get a shot at this.