Espn Nfl 2k5 ....$19.99
06-13-04 | 01:24 AM
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Madden won't drop in price. EA knows they could charge $70 for it and the Madden fans will still buy it. The ones that buy it year after year when all they change is rosters.
06-13-04 | 02:35 AM
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Originally posted by nickdawgy
Madden won't drop in price. EA knows they could charge $70 for it and the Madden fans will still buy it. The ones that buy it year after year when all they change is rosters.
Madden won't drop in price. EA knows they could charge $70 for it and the Madden fans will still buy it. The ones that buy it year after year when all they change is rosters.
06-13-04 | 08:49 AM
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I agree as well. Even at a budget price, ESPN won't come close to Madden's sales. And if the budget priced games don't sell well, this may be the last ESPN games we'll see...
I agree as well. Even at a budget price, ESPN won't come close to Madden's sales. And if the budget priced games don't sell well, this may be the last ESPN games we'll see...
06-13-04 | 01:10 PM
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From: Work. Or commuting. Certainly not at home.
One thing I'm wondering... if Madden doesn't drop its price... that this could backfire. Its a psychological thing... in the minds of a lot of people, $20 games are automatically inferior to $50 games (even if the quality of the $20 game is just as good).
I'll probably end up getting both now if ESPN is $20. I've been too used to and addicted to Madden's gameplay to change now.
I'll probably end up getting both now if ESPN is $20. I've been too used to and addicted to Madden's gameplay to change now.
06-13-04 | 04:34 PM
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I don't see how a high-budget title like this can recoup with such a low MSRP. The NFL and NFLPA licence fees alone must be very high. It's a great strategy to introduce new gamers to their line; it might work even better to syphon business away from EA's permiere franchise this year (as it did for me). I assume they did this because with Madden on Live, they probably figured to have a much smaller share of the market than last year, but again, I can't imagine they'll be making any money this way. We shall see, I suppose.
Longtime Madden player here, but for $20 I'll try ESPN.
06-13-04 | 09:43 PM
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I'd buy Madden for PC but console is ESPN all the way. Can't beat Xbox Live, especially with the new league system this year.
Plus it's usually cheaper on PC, and the price drops fairly fast.
Plus it's usually cheaper on PC, and the price drops fairly fast.
06-14-04 | 08:33 AM
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Currently, there is a promotion with Coca-Cola where you collect bottle caps with codes and then enter the codes online. I think with 10 codes you get a $10 certificate to use on ESPN games. So far I only have 1 but if this new price remains it looks like $10 ESPN titles for this summer!
http://www.cokesports.com
http://www.espnvideogames.com
http://www.cokesports.com
http://www.espnvideogames.com
06-14-04 | 08:51 AM
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Originally posted by Xbox69
Currently, there is a promotion with Coca-Cola where you collect bottle caps with codes and then enter the codes online. I think with 10 codes you get a $10 certificate to use on ESPN games. So far I only have 1 but if this new price remains it looks like $10 ESPN titles for this summer!
http://www.cokesports.com
http://www.espnvideogames.com
Currently, there is a promotion with Coca-Cola where you collect bottle caps with codes and then enter the codes online. I think with 10 codes you get a $10 certificate to use on ESPN games. So far I only have 1 but if this new price remains it looks like $10 ESPN titles for this summer!
http://www.cokesports.com
http://www.espnvideogames.com
06-14-04 | 10:55 AM
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Over at the OS forums, it looks like EA may be going to react to the price drop. They posted some sort of survey asking if a person would buy Madden for 29.99, so there's a slight chance that Madden will 29.99. Both NFL games for 50 bucks total. That will be a pretty good deal if it happens.
06-14-04 | 01:04 PM
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Something tells me that ESPN Football won't be eligible at that price. Then again, if all the 2k5 games are $20, maybe they will.
Something tells me that ESPN Football won't be eligible at that price. Then again, if all the 2k5 games are $20, maybe they will.
2005 ESPN NFL Football
You can use your $10 certificate on 2005 ESPN NFL Football beginning 9/9/2004.
But it also says on items $29.95 and more so they contradict themself.
06-14-04 | 01:43 PM
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Originally posted by gr8fuldave
Over at the OS forums, it looks like EA may be going to react to the price drop. They posted some sort of survey asking if a person would buy Madden for 29.99, so there's a slight chance that Madden will 29.99. Both NFL games for 50 bucks total. That will be a pretty good deal if it happens.
Over at the OS forums, it looks like EA may be going to react to the price drop. They posted some sort of survey asking if a person would buy Madden for 29.99, so there's a slight chance that Madden will 29.99. Both NFL games for 50 bucks total. That will be a pretty good deal if it happens.
06-14-04 | 02:41 PM
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Originally posted by BrewCrew
From the website:
2005 ESPN NFL Football
You can use your $10 certificate on 2005 ESPN NFL Football beginning 9/9/2004.
But it also says on items $29.95 and more so they contradict themself.
From the website:
2005 ESPN NFL Football
You can use your $10 certificate on 2005 ESPN NFL Football beginning 9/9/2004.
But it also says on items $29.95 and more so they contradict themself.
06-15-04 | 11:55 PM
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This may be a great strategy. I don't have the numbers exactly but I'm pretty sure Madden is the only EA Sports game that Sega struggles to gain any market share against. If they sell only NFL cheap, they can win over some customers, possibly long term, and recoup some of the losses with full price on the other sports games. Besides, a home that buys your game and the competitions is better than one that buys just the competitions. I am not going to lie about my bias, I have been a VC fan ever since the Dreamcast days. The main reason I bought an Xbox was b/c at that time there was a lot of talk of Sega/VC partnering up with Microsoft. I had been the biggest EA Sports fan until I got my Dreamcast with the sports games. I'm hoping this will lure some people to at least give NFL 2k5 a try.
Personally, I'm hoping what everyone has been predicting for a while comes of this. I've heard that with system prices falling, the pressure would be on the video game producers to cut prices. Hopefully, we'll see an end to the $50 standard.
Personally, I'm hoping what everyone has been predicting for a while comes of this. I've heard that with system prices falling, the pressure would be on the video game producers to cut prices. Hopefully, we'll see an end to the $50 standard.