Has anyone heard what they are? I'm talking about concrete numbers, not what your local dumbass EB sales person said he/she heard. Rock on
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ESPN NFL 2K5 SALES NUMBERS
Has anyone heard what they are? I'm talking about concrete numbers, not what your local dumbass EB sales person said he/she heard. Rock on
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NO I HAVEN'T
DAMN IT!
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Hey? Aren't you the one and only RCM?
Sorry.. couldn't resist.
I'd be interested to hear numbers too. I see commercials for Madden running during the same show as commercials for NFL 2K4 and would like to know how well it's doing.
don't know personally but lets just say at my gamecrazry we went through 4 shipments of ESPN 2k5 in one week and we had madden since monday night (we got it early) and we have so many sitting there where tripping over them, no ones been picking up pre-orders or anything. I think ESPN sold bigger than madden
http://xbox.ign.com/articles/538/538...html?fromint=1
1,000,000+ copies thus far.
If this number in the article is correct, then the price drop was a big success temporarily! Sega achieved what they tried to achieve. ESPN has now a good starting position to compte with Madden. If the franchise with a broadened customer base and a higher price tag can compete with Madden in the next two years remains to be seen.Originally Posted by downfall
this is indeed a great day if madden is going to get his ass kicked.
IT would also be a great day if it started a trend, sports titles starting at 20 bucks....next to lottery tickets, and 8-track tapes, sports titles are some of the most utterly worthless things on the planet.
Ooh. Actually my 8-track collection would disagree with you there. No, I'm not kidding either.
Until next year, when you have to root against the evil ESPN sports franchises and pray that EA can crack their armour
Time will be when the broadest river dries
And the great cities wane and last descend
Into the dust, for all things have an end
nah. madden's been pissing me off for years.Until next year, when you have to root against the evil ESPN sports franchises and pray that EA can crack their armour
I am interested to see what effect this has on Madden. I am shocked by the news, I don't think anybody would have expected the title to sell so much so fast. I wonder if it has made more money then last years ESPN NFL game.
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Anybody can be fooled into buying a sub-par sports game for $20.
Seriously, the Sportscenter tie-ins are worth $20, the game play is worth spending the extra $$$ for Madden.
SO not the Drama.
Speaking as a "local dumbass EB sales person" ESPN did extremely well. We've probably sold about 50-60 copies since it came out. However it's not anywhere close to kicking madden's ass; Madden at our store has already sold 200+ copies in less than a week.
Hopefully tho, ESPN's success will encourage more cheaper sports games. Paying $50 for what is essentially a very SPARSE expansion pack's worth of changes is the biggest rip in the gaming industry.
To be fair, you can see where the programers spent most of the last year working on and there's some nice changes to Madden this year. Last year was only average, but this year is quite good.
I'm waiting for new rosters available for download on XBox Live for both ESPN and Madden before I start franchises, but I've had good games on both of them online.
Basicaly, whoever said ESPN wins in susbtance and style (SportsCenter) and Madden wins in pure gameplay is right. Both are god games, though.
"Four o'clock and all is well.....wish I was in bed, Sir."
-- Guard in the Imperial City, Oblivion
Until I can carry over my created character from one year to the next, they all suck. I'm sick and tired of having rookies each year. I want my guy to have a career, damn it!
Then do waht I started doing last year:
Buy NCAA Football as well as Madden, start playing a college, develop your college guys, import them into Madden, and draft them into your team.
It is SO much fun to have the same guy playing for you, college and pro, for 15-20 years.
"Four o'clock and all is well.....wish I was in bed, Sir."
-- Guard in the Imperial City, Oblivion
Speaking of Madden, is there any truth to what's being claimed on a gaming e-mail list I'm on that this is the last year for Madden? They say he's retiring as a broadcaster so the game would be no more. This doesn't mean that EA would stop making an NFL game, of course, but that (if true) they might take Madden's name off it. I'd find it hard to believe but Madden has been around for centuries....or so it seems.
Even if he stopped broadcasting why would they stop naming the game after him? I'm sure he wouldn't say no to the checks :P
Wouldn't he still have to record the voices? Player names will change eventually, they can't use the same recordings for long. So I'm sure it would finally disappear. So long, Madden. Time to let other Football games lead the pack.
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