It begins: next Madden demo scrapped, only playable early with EA access

[BillyBong]

Wright said:

BillyBong said:

some people buy consoles solely for the yearly iterations of madden and fifa.. and with football season around the corner.. this isn't going to be pretty for EA if it holds up.. nobody buys a madden game without a feel for it first..

Probably in America. The religion here is purchasing each iteration of Fifa and Pes, every year. Keeping all the games, of course!

 

According to the VGC database, the sales of madden have only gotten worse after 2004. Still sucks for those who want it I guess.

yup.. i buy either FIFA or PES too depending on the new nuances and how it affects me, though my preference has always been PES since the WE days.  As for sales of Madden.. it's only gotten worse because of broken promises of fixes that are yet to be put in place or nothing more than a roster update.  The problem with Madden titles is, many play the same.. so you are basically paying for a roster update.  If not that, some mechanics get better, while others start suffering elsewhere.  it's a delicate balance for the core audience in whether or not those nuances make or break that game for them.. without the demo, nobody will know except those on x1 and subscribes to EA Access.  there will always be those that pick up the game regardless, but EA is literally throwing a big FU to a big chunk of that crowd that aren't under all those stipulations if the no demo thing is true.

imagine how you'd feel if you were buying a fifa/pes game without getting to try it out to see if the new iteration is worth the pickup?  now we will all have to go and buy it blindly in hopes the games won't be a stinker.  same thing with going off someone else's review when each individual plays these games differently.. how they play is not how you play.. thus it's still buying it blindly in hopes the games don't stink.