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Old 03-16-2011, 06:32 PM   #21
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Re: Analyst: Madden Sales to Fall 50% if NFL Season is Cancelled

Since I absolutely hate current gen Madden, this news should be music to my ears. The problem is that if the game sells poorly, they will blame it on the NFL being cancelled and not because it's a very mediocre game that only sells as well as it does because people love the NFL.

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Old 03-16-2011, 06:44 PM   #22
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According to vgchartz:

NBA Live 98 - 1.40 million sales
NBA Live 99 - 1.09 million sales

So PS1 NBA Live sales dropped 22% the year of the lockout.

I think a 20% sales drop is a much more realistic expectation for Madden.
NBA Live 99 was good game, but Madden NFL 11 is far from good. I can see about a 75% loss of sales this year for Madden NFL 12 if EA is not allowed to use the player likeness and names. If that is the case, the Madden NFL fanbase will finally see what the true sim nation has been seeing since ESPN NFL 2k6 was cut.

If the Madden NFL dev team wants to succeed, the will go route of NCAA 12 this year. Gameplay first, pretty graphics and "Surprise Onsides Kicks" become bonus. 2k Sports knows how to make a great football game, but they don't know how to advertise as well as EA Sports does.
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Old 03-16-2011, 06:53 PM   #23
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Re: Analyst: Madden Sales to Fall 50% if NFL Season is Cancelled

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NBA Live 99 was good game, but Madden NFL 11 is far from good. I can see about a 75% loss of sales this year for Madden NFL 12 if EA is not allowed to use the player likeness and names. If that is the case, the Madden NFL fanbase will finally see what the true sim nation has been seeing since ESPN NFL 2k6 was cut.

If the Madden NFL dev team wants to succeed, the will go route of NCAA 12 this year. Gameplay first, pretty graphics and "Surprise Onsides Kicks" become bonus. 2k Sports knows how to make a great football game, but they don't know how to advertise as well as EA Sports does.
I don't agree with 99 being a good game. There were bugs in that game. Live 95 and 96 were better on the Genesis than 99 on the PC. Also, it's already been reported all NFL players, teams will be in the game.

Just because they came crashing out of the gates early with SOK, doesn't mean there aren't bigger and better things down the road. That's the way info has been released the last three years.

Everyone seems to be forgetting the NFL gave EA a break this year on the license fee because of the upcoming negotiations.
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Re: Analyst: Madden Sales to Fall 50% if NFL Season is Cancelled

That's ridiculous, Maddens sales may fall a bit because of the lockout but nowhere near 50%, LMAO
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Old 03-16-2011, 08:24 PM   #25
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Heck, sales could fall more than 50% when there is an alternative -- NCAA Football 12. I got Madden with my PS3 and ended up selling it on ebay. I'd rather play classic teams on NFL2K5 on my PS2.
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Old 03-16-2011, 08:27 PM   #26
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Re: Analyst: Madden Sales to Fall 50% if NFL Season is Cancelled

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NBA Live 99 was good game, but Madden NFL 11 is far from good.
In your opinion.

I enjoy it. So do many other people.
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Old 03-16-2011, 08:35 PM   #27
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Re: Analyst: Madden Sales to Fall 50% if NFL Season is Cancelled

All this is hypothetical, as I'm not sure anyone actually believes at this point there will be no NFL season. They have 5-6 months to work something out. If by July they still have no CBA, have not made any progress with negotiations from now till then and are still taking jabs at each other through the media, then we can start panicking. Till then I wouldn't worry too much about it. All in all, I will refuse to believe next season will be effected by this until week one comes and goes without any games being played.

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Old 03-16-2011, 09:41 PM   #28
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Re: Analyst: Madden Sales to Fall 50% if NFL Season is Cancelled

Pachter, once again. Has no idea about what he is talking about... Just gibberish.
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Old 03-17-2011, 09:25 AM   #29
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when i here comments like "we may only lose 2-3 games at the most" i get angry. The owners and players seem to forget that WE pay their $$$$$$$. The fans are the group getting forgotten about in this whole situatation and if they give me some half assed 10 game season this year they can go blow off.
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Old 03-17-2011, 10:55 AM   #30
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Re: Analyst: Madden Sales to Fall 50% if NFL Season is Cancelled

I think they will see a 10% hit off of launch day . I think many will hold off till the season begins because of the delay of the offseason there will be many moves to be made. Madden Dev gonna have to be on their game this year I think with the possibility of a loss already projected they will have to try to make this the best game possible to recoup some sales.
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