NFL Head Coach 09 will have standalone release
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Just two weeks ago I wrote how the possibility EA Sports would change their decision to make NFL Head Coach 09 exclusive to the Madden 09 Collector’s Edition was still very much alive. Today EA made it official that the game will be out the first week of September to coincide with the opening of the NFL season as a standalone title and will retail for $49.99
This development doesn’t change the value of purchasing Head Coach and Madden together (save $20 plus getting it three weeks early) but it does make it possible for anyone who wants to pick up Head Coach (whether it is because they don’t want Madden or already own it) to do so.
April 22, 2008 at 4:50 pm
You have to be stupid to just pick them up alone and if you just want madden you might as well add $20 and get the collectors edition.
April 22, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Yeah try 30 more though.
April 22, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Already have the collectors edition paid off cant wait till august!!!!!!!
April 22, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Hey Pasta, how about posting Jake Long in a Miami Dolphins uniform now that he’s officially signed? Might as well get the draft pictures going early!
Good decision on EA’s part to release Head Coach 09 separately, although I’m sure most people will buy the combo pack.
April 22, 2008 at 5:33 pm
[quote comment="18494"]Yeah try 30 more though.[/quote]
Hows that ask earl site going?
Its good they are doing this, but I am getting the collectors edition anyways.
April 22, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Well, of course. This is the biggest NON-news I’ve seen. (Outside of Britney in rehab again… but I digress.) I stated earlier when that EA guy said this that he was fulla poopie and that there was no way they would NOT release it alone.
Why they even went through this runaround is puzzling. I can only imagine that it was the new guy and his office mates set him up to look like a dumbass.
April 22, 2008 at 5:38 pm
[quote comment="18503"][quote comment="18494"]Yeah try 30 more though.[/quote]
Hows that ask earl site going?
Its good they are doing this, but I am getting the collectors edition anyways.[/quote]
If you must ask.
http://askearl360.blogspot.com/
April 22, 2008 at 5:44 pm
[quote comment="18502"]Hey Pasta, how about posting Jake Long in a Miami Dolphins uniform now that he’s officially signed? Might as well get the draft pictures going early!
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because the draft pictures are released by EA and are of Madden 09 which Pasta, respectively, would not be able to do
April 22, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Are they having this game alone for the xbox 360 or are they having this on ps2 and xbox? and if you can draft players would it be the 2008 nfl draft and if it is the draft would be over already
April 22, 2008 at 5:54 pm
It is for PS3 and Xbox 360, and I’m sure like they always had it you can re-do the draft with this years class.
April 22, 2008 at 6:15 pm
[quote comment="18506"]because the draft pictures are released by EA and are of Madden 09 which Pasta, respectively, would not be able to do[/quote]
Thanks for the info. Also, in order to have Jake Long in a Dolphins uniform, Pasta would have to import him from NCAA 08. Might be easier to just wait until Saturday, unless EA releases the picture early.
April 22, 2008 at 6:59 pm
There will be no online weather in madden 09 confirmed.
April 22, 2008 at 7:15 pm
[quote comment="18521"]There will be no online weather in madden 09 confirmed.[/quote]
confirmed where? i must have missed it
April 22, 2008 at 7:31 pm
By Phil : )
April 22, 2008 at 10:30 pm
i think people who purchase head coach as a standalone release are going to be seriously disappointed…i have a gut feeling that EA’s choice to release it with the MADDEN collector’s edition had more to do with the game being a better accessory to madden rather than a full game on its own…this game is going to be a shell of what many people think it is going to be…remember this is the first year of the head coach franchise in next gen…and first year franchise games are almost a lock to be a pile of junk and light on features…i think EA knew that…but with so many people clamoring for the game as its own release…EA decided it couldn’t say no to a little extra money…