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November 5th, 2009 at 04:39pm
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Despite the handicap of not being for sale in most of the world, Dragon Quest IX for the DS sold more copies than any other game in the world between July and September of this year, according to a Top Global Markets report. With 3,925,000 copies sold in Japan, it outsold the number two best-selling game for that period, Wii Sports Resort, by almost 1,000,000 copies — and that game was available worldwide.
Following Wii Sports Resort in the top five: Madden NFL 2010 at 2,612,000, Pokemon HeartGold And SoulSilver at 2,068,000, and Halo 3: ODST, which was only out for a week in Q3, at 1,847,000 copies. All these games have plenty more sales ahead of them as the holidays approach!
Dragon Quest IX is Q3’s top-selling game originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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September 11th, 2009 at 06:40pm
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Yesterday, Electronic Arts CEO John Ricitiello pointed to a downward turn in game sales this summer as a prime culprit in what he called a “discouraging” August kickoff for one of the “highest-rated and best-marketed Madden titles in years.” Still, that didn’t explain the 42 percent decline in sales for the franchise on Nintendo’s console. So, we spoke with Jesse Divnich, games market analyst at EEDAR, to get his thoughts on the fairly “oh, wow”-worthy revelation.
More than anything, Divnich believes that gamers’ experience with last year’s game on Wii influenced their decision to not give the franchise a second shot on the system. “I believe many diehard Madden fans, who transitioned from the PS2 to the Wii, made their yearly Madden purchase in 2008 and realized that the Wii could not offer the same experience they have grown accustom to (online play, realistic graphics, in-depth team management),” he told Joystiq.
The game’s motion control gameplay features — versus the familiar DualShock 2 — might also have been a turn-off, Divnich said, likening it to the slow acceptance of console controllers for use in first-person shooters. “Anyone introduced to the FPS category through the keyboard/mouse combination even still today refuses to accept the analog controllers as a legitimate FPS controller,” he remarked.
Ultimately, though, Divnich came back to the PS2-to-Wii user’s experience with last year’s Madden. “Avid Madden fans have the curse of knowledge … and they know that Madden cannot offer the same experience on the Wii as it did for the PS2.”
Analyst: Madden 10 Wii didn’t sell because of … Madden 09 Wii originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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September 10th, 2009 at 10:45pm
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We first
caught wind that an imperfect storm was brewing for this season’s
Madden offering shortly after kickoff in mid-August. Now we know that not only has
Madden 10 for Wii been sacked at retail, but EA is less than happy with the performance of the franchise as a whole thus far in ‘09.
IndustryGamers received word from NPD that Madden NFL 10 for Wii — a game touted as being rebuilt from the ground up for Nintendo’s console this year, in part to improve sales — sold only 67,000 copies in the month of August. In comparison, the PS2 version sold 160K copies, with the Xbox 360 SKU selling the best at 928K. This time last year, the Wii installment of Madden 09 sold … just about 116K copies.
In the same afternoon, Bloomberg reported that EA CEO John Ricitiello emailed his employees a memo that stated, in part, “It is discouraging that one of our highest-rated and best-marketed Madden titles in years is facing strong headwinds.” Ricitiello clearly wasn’t faulting quality, but rather downward industry sales trends which he admitted “present a challenge.” That may be the case, but it doesn’t explain the Wii version’s shockingly low sales, especially for a franchise that’s about as mainstream as they come.
Source — Madden Wii Sells Just 67K Copies [IndustryGamers]
Source — Electronic Arts Says ‘Madden,’ Industry Sales Drop [Bloomberg]
Madden 10 for Wii sold only 67K copies in August, EA calls overall sales ‘discouraging’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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September 9th, 2009 at 08:15pm
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Madden 10 rolls back the decades with the release of the “AFL Legacy Pack” DLC on September 24 for Xbox 360 and PS3. The DLC presents the game as if it were the 1960s, with referees in orange striped uniforms, “retro football card-like user interface” and a film grain broadcast camera look.
The eight original AFL teams will be presented with their original uniforms and the 15 AFL Legacy Game matchups in the regular season can be presented in Legacy mode during the offline Franchise mode, Play Now and Superstar modes. The pack costs 560
($7) on Xbox 360 and $6.99 on PS3.
Madden 10 AFL Legacy Pack takes the field Sept. 24 originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 18th, 2009 at 12:45pm
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Guys, do you ever play anything aside from four games? Major Nelson reports that last week’s Xbox Live activity was very much the same as the week before … and the week before that. Taking top spot was none other than Call of Duty: World at War, followed by usual suspects Halo 3, Call of Duty 4 and Gears of War 2. Madden 10 took last place, which isn’t much of a surprise considering it released on Friday. Come next week, we’re sure you’ll be hearing more about that one.
On the XBLA side, it was all about Trials HD, as the title earned top honors. Turtles in Time Re-Shelled managed to shell shock the competition by taking second and DICE’s Battlefield 1943 continues its sad story of decline, falling to third. Well, okay — maybe it’s not a sad story, per se.
Xbox Live Top 10: Nazi zombies run amok originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 4th, 2009 at 06:45pm
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EA’s 3-on-3 NHL Arcade, a smaller and more focused downloadable hockey title, seems to have been a successful experiment for the publisher. In a recent investor call, EA’s Peter Moore confirmed that a similar title, this time with the Madden franchise as basis, is currently in development. Though little other information was divulged, we’re told to expect title sometime “this holiday.”
EA creating bite-sized Madden arcade title (think ‘3-on-3 NHL Arcade’) originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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July 23rd, 2009 at 12:30pm
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Bro, like, Major Nelson says if you’re an Xbox Live Gold member, then you can totally download the demo for Madden 10, right now! Word? Wooord! Of course, if you pre-ordered from GameStop, then you’ve already got a better demo for the annual franchise, which releases August 14 … brodawg.
Dude, give me a fist bump: Madden 10 demo up now on Xbox Live originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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July 20th, 2009 at 07:15pm
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With EA having already announced that the public demo for Madden NFL 10 — read: not the fancy pre-order demo — would release on July 30 on both the Xbox 360 and PS3, it looks like Microsoft has made other plans. Microsoft has announced that the Madden 10 public demo will be hitting Xbox Live on July 23, a full week ahead of the PSN version. Unsurprisingly, you’ll need to be an Xbox Live Gold member to snag the demo early. Silver members will still be stuck waiting until next week.
Lest you’ve forgotten, the public demo features a snowy night game between the Giants and the Cowboys. If you’re not in line to pick up the spiffy pre-order demo but still want to see what the fuss is all about, be sure to snag the public demo when it drops this Thursday.
Xbox Live gets Madden 10 demo a week early originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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June 17th, 2009 at 01:45pm
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Pre-order either the PS3 or Xbox 360 version of Madden 10 and you’ll get a sneak peak at the upcoming football game. GameStop is issuing an “exclusive” 20-minute demo that lets you relive the Super Bowl yet again with the Cardinals and the Steelers, while, according to Kotaku, everyone else will be able to download a shorter 8-minute demo between the Giants and the Cowboys.
We’re not exactly sure how a free demo is meant to appease those that are already committed to buying the game, but at the very least, it’s a far more compelling offer than, say, a free sample of Madden’s short-lived recording career.
Source – GameStop pre-order announcement
Source – EA demo clarification
Pre-order Madden 10 at GameStop … to get free Madden 10 demo originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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