Remember this pic? Speaking of disappearing players, that seems to be the trend in EA Sports titles. Deutsche Bank analyst Jeetil Patel points out that EA Sports titles are trending down in sales, with juggernaut Madden '08 selling 100,000 less copies this year (5% drop) and NCAA Football '08 seeing a 17% drop; furthermore, compared to previous years the average selling price declines of these games accelerated.
Patel says that the underperformance of EA Sports titles represent two major issues: That an exclusive sports franchise is diminishing year after year, and whether future iterations can compete in a competitive market with many AAA titles available. He gives EA a "SELL" rating as its industry leadership is challenged along with the quality of its titles. We humbly present as anecdotal evidence: When the guys at this blogger's ultra-blue-collar barber shop spend the last three visits complaining about the quality of Madden games, that's definitely a sign straight from the "key demographic."
Reader Comments (55)
Posted: Jan 19th 2008 2:59AM (Unverified) said
Anything that EA gets a hold of, they're either ruining it or profiteering off somebody else's creation.
Posted: Jan 19th 2008 5:16AM (Unverified) said
Anyways, when does EA's NFL exclusivity run out?
Posted: Jan 19th 2008 10:32AM (Unverified) said
After playing that POS they call Live 07, I gave up on EA basketball games and jumped ship to the 2K series... I refuse to buy another Live ever again.. Note that I've been playing Live since it's start on SNES..
One gripe on 2K8.. I played through the whole season.. 82 games including the playoffs. The final game, I won the championship and it ended JUST LIKE THE FIRST GAME. They show your team with the trophy for like 2 SECONDS! -No streamers, crazy lights...Nothing. Whussup with the presentation 2K Games?? C'mon, STEP IT UP! I dont want to go thru 90+ games for 2 seconds of celebrating!!!
One gripe on 2K8.. I played through the whole season.. 82 games including the playoffs. The final game, I won the championship and it ended JUST LIKE THE FIRST GAME. They show your team with the trophy for like 2 SECONDS! -No streamers, crazy lights...Nothing. Whussup with the presentation 2K Games?? C'mon, STEP IT UP! I dont want to go thru 90+ games for 2 seconds of celebrating!!!
Posted: Jan 19th 2008 7:57PM (Unverified) said
It's all Peter Moore's fault.
Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 11:01AM Manhammer said
Christ, people have bee saying this for years, why is this news?
Granted Madden 08 is an improvement but it has its issues, such as laggy and glitchy online play(not to mention the amount of quitters) also players fumble way too fucking much.
Granted Madden 08 is an improvement but it has its issues, such as laggy and glitchy online play(not to mention the amount of quitters) also players fumble way too fucking much.
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