Madden 09 Sales Increase From Last Year

by pastapadre
Posted September 9th, 2008 at 4:10 pm

In an interview with Gamasutra EA Sports president Peter Moore stated that the sales for Madden 09 are up 6% over 08 and have accounted for $133.5 million in retail sales. Despite pre-orders being down, both NCAA and Madden produced strong sales numbers besting last year. This is being attributed primarily to the improved quality of the product.

We’ve also seen other elements come into play this year, with which their affect on sales would be arguable. The first is the community interaction that actually affected the final product and gave consumers a voice into how Madden would shape up. Another would be the move to make the game more accessible and allow novices a chance to work their way in (adaptive difficulty, Rewind).

Official NPD sales numbers will released this Thursday and will offer an opportunity to look at them in more detail. For example with NCAA it was interesting to note that the 360 version did not see any increase in sales whereas the PS3 picked up 86,000 and the Wii languished in obscurity.

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Marader

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Keith

I wonder if the sold units are up or if it’s just the dollar sales that are up. It would make sense that the dollar sales are up, considering that more people are buying the next gen games (which cost more), but I’ll be curious to see how the numbers look when the NPD data is released on Thursday. It could just be Peter Moore’s slant…guess we’ll see.
Keith

I wonder if the sold units are up or if it’s just the dollar sales that are up. It would make sense that the dollar sales are up, considering that more people are buying the next gen games (which cost more), but I’ll be curious to see how the numbers look when the NPD data is released on Thursday. It could just be Peter Moore’s slant…guess we’ll see.
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True, if they’re speaking in dollar terms you’d also have to consider the Collector’s Edition which is raking in an extra $30 on each sale.
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True, if they’re speaking in dollar terms you’d also have to consider the Collector’s Edition which is raking in an extra $30 on each sale.
Smitty

Hey Pasta. I’m a big fan of keeping the rosters up to date as are many others. One thing I’ve noticed over the years is that there are always a few players EA chooses not to include each time they update rosters. Like Tim Castille (FB) Arizona or last year it was Sean Conover (DE) Tennessee. Every time there was updated rosters and i wanted to start a new franchise I would have to create these players as well as many others each and every time. My question is this. Is there a way to save a created player once and apply him each time i use him in a new franchise without having to create him all over each time.? Anybodys help would be great.
Smitty

Hey Pasta. I’m a big fan of keeping the rosters up to date as are many others. One thing I’ve noticed over the years is that there are always a few players EA chooses not to include each time they update rosters. Like Tim Castille (FB) Arizona or last year it was Sean Conover (DE) Tennessee. Every time there was updated rosters and i wanted to start a new franchise I would have to create these players as well as many others each and every time. My question is this. Is there a way to save a created player once and apply him each time i use him in a new franchise without having to create him all over each time.? Anybodys help would be great.