March Madness 08 gets $10 price reduction
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A little over a week ago I posted news on how NFL Tour had seen a lowering of its price from $60 to $50. After citing the comments of CEO John Riccitiello I pondered whether we were seeing the start of a trend for EA. However with it being the first instance it was too early to say for sure. Tour is a brand new game looking to gain traction and potentially build into a new franchise. It was something to keep an eye on though with future EA Sports releases.
The positive news continues as it appears that March Madness 08 will join NFL Tour with the reduced price. Gamestop/EB now lists the PS3/360 versions with a “price drop” of $10 to $49.99 and Amazon has it at the lower price as well (among other retailers who have followed). Also of note is the price of the PS2 version has been dropped to $29.99.
This move makes sense in that March Madness is going to hit the market weeks after College Hoops 2K8 and would look to position itself for a strong week or two heading into Christmas. The lower price makes it more enticing to those who will have already picked up 2K8 or are making a decision between the two during that period. It is a crowded marketplace with a ton of great game releases this holiday season so the price adjustment will help in that regard making it a little easier to justify the purchase.
November 11, 2007 at 5:09 pm
best move ea has made yet with March Madness. For one the game comes out in the middle of the season and 2 the game is not good enough to be worth 60 bucks.
November 11, 2007 at 6:25 pm
Seriously have the small uniform numbers not be addressed by EA?!?!
What gives
November 12, 2007 at 8:00 am
the numbers are so tiny
November 12, 2007 at 8:12 am
Jeez, cool it with the numbers. Yes, they do seem small, but they are not that important. Gameplay is the key to this game if it is to be successful. Not the size of numbers!
November 12, 2007 at 8:13 am
The number issue isn’t nearly as bad as College Hoops 2k not having updated uniforms for the 2nd year in a row…
November 12, 2007 at 9:16 am
College basketball games will always be horrible, buy NBA titles and put college b-ball games to the grave!
November 12, 2007 at 10:54 am
I’m pretty much done with EA titles. I remember how good their games used to be back in the Sega Genesis days, but anymore they are average at best. As the company has grown, it’s lost it’s innovative edge. They seem to want to spend more money on their commercials and cover athletes, than they do with making good sports games. Plus they force you to play on their servers, and their servers are horrible. The $10 price reduction is nice, but I would rather see a quality game at $60 than an average game at $50.
November 12, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Ea games back in the day were good only because Visual Concepts..makers of the 2k series was under EA until 98 then they left.
Ea knows their games are flawed, and they get the same suckers every year, with terrible glitches, bad gameplay, bad physics, removing features and what not. EA just doesnt care.
MM doesnt even compare to CH, heck you cant even import to Live, they dont care period. 2k cares about your input, just look on OS. You cant even get a reply from Ea on its own website. Look at their forums… zippo.
When forums write letters, you games get avg to low reviews, something is wrong. and consumers of Ea brand loses.
November 13, 2007 at 7:18 am
Sean, none of the EA titles are good enough for $60. they should run $30 because mainly thats the value of the company that makes these glitched up useless games.
November 13, 2007 at 7:26 am
And exactly after Madden 08, EA told me they did not intend on fixing the uniforms and junk? EA does not see one single dime from me ever again. I don’t care if it’s the orange box, medal of honor. Not one, the sad thing is that sheep will be back again next year and fall for the same thing.Makes you think.
November 13, 2007 at 5:18 pm
I remember when games didn’t have real uniforms. All I read is how numbers are too small and uniforms aren’t accurate.
If you don’t like a specific game or company, you design the games…Oh, wait…You probably don’t know how.