Will the new game be a big seller?

[hornfan]

Just a quick question for the board... do you think this game will sell and make a large profit for EA if it is released with fictional players and without the ability to download rosters?

I think it will be a huge seller no matter what because of the absence of the game for 7 years and the fact that fans of college football are more interested in teams and traditions than the individual players. Plus, most of the real players are gone in a couple of years anyway in dynasty mode. Of course, it all depends on the quality of the gameplay and the depth of the dynasty mode.

Thoughts?

[bigbob]

Yes.

For every 100 people that say they will not buy it because of generic rosters, at least 99 of them will buy it.

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[mestevo]

Relative to other sports titles, no, I don't think it will. NCAA was a 500k-1m unit franchise.

I expect they'll produce a title with similar targets in mind with hope to grow it from there.

[Jackrabbit JB]

I would expect the first release to outsell typical expectations based on no longer having the "I bought it last year so I'll sit this year out" crowd. Future years won't benefit from that.

But this is EA. They'll figure out a way to tack on additional revenue streams (remember NCAA 14?), so financial success won't be measured just on copies sold.

[xfactor9600]

I’m buying the new version as I don’t have a system that plays the old versions anymore. It would have to be awful. I’m willing to overlook quite a bit because.... nostalgia. I hope it’s half as good as I hope it to be.


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[TheBleedingRed21]

I’ll never understand the ride or die with real rosters for college football. Rosters change so much, so quick. Just give me a solid roster and recruits if we cannot edit them.

[canes21]

Year 1 will have bigger sales, but I expect longterm it'll be like it used to be where it never touched the sales of other major sports titles like Madden or 2k.

It'll be profitable, but I doubt in the decade between releases the CFB video game fanbase has grown anymore than the overall sports gamer crowd. Whatever Madden sales now compared to what it did in 2013 is the kind of bump I suspect CFB gets after the year 1 boost disappears.

[Pokes404]

I think it will sell big its first year simply for the novelty of having a college football game again. Hell ... a college sports video game of any kind again. It's been a long time.


Year 2, on the other hand, is what will determine the future of the franchise. If there is a sharp drop off in it's second iteration, that will be a big red flag on whether EA will stick with it.