EA: PGA 11 sales are bad, Wii is a disappointment

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milkyjoe on 14 September 2010

Yeah, if any console demographic is going to react negatively to the Tiger Woods thing, it's probably the Wii demographic.

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TWRoO on 14 September 2010

1. Tiger himself probably hasn't been much of a help.

2. Wii owners don't want to buy the same game twice.

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NiKKoM on 14 September 2010

Yeah... I expected that the Wii crowd would really want a perfect game improved with only the inclusion of the Ryder Cup... millions of people rushing out to the stores for the Ryder cup... >_>

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palancas7 on 14 September 2010

famousringo said:

It was nice of EA to try adding a few key new features in every annual release instead of just updating the roster, but there's really only so much innovation you can bring to a sports game with an annual turnover.

There just aren't enough fans of most sports to support an annual release schedule. How about you build online roster updates into the game and try a 2-3 year dev cycle instead of forcing this year's game to compete with last year's marginally less refined game. A lot of consumers are perfectly happy to buy last year's game at half the price.

Exactly. If you bought PGA10 why would you spend an extra $50 on 11?
It's a golf game. What many changes can there be? lol

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Moren on 14 September 2010

ale666 said:

The real question is ; do we really need to buy the same game every year over and over again? ......................................I didn't think so

and also the same arguemnt every year

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indodude on 14 September 2010

palancas7 said:

famousringo said:

It was nice of EA to try adding a few key new features in every annual release instead of just updating the roster, but there's really only so much innovation you can bring to a sports game with an annual turnover.

There just aren't enough fans of most sports to support an annual release schedule. How about you build online roster updates into the game and try a 2-3 year dev cycle instead of forcing this year's game to compete with last year's marginally less refined game. A lot of consumers are perfectly happy to buy last year's game at half the price.

Exactly. If you bought PGA10 why would you spend an extra $50 on 11?
It's a golf game. What many changes can there be? lol

Haha I agree, In 2007 I was still playing Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004.

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ale666 on 14 September 2010

There is nothing to argue about, the market rejected it. Tiger woods used to be a top seller on wii the first couple years and rightly so because it offered something different from the other versions. The motion plus peripheral version was as good as it can be on wii but of course EA has to make excuses to justify the license or they will take it away from them. Till there is something that significantly changes the gameplay there is no reason for the consumer to upgrade from PGA2010 which is a perfectly fine golf game. To me this makes perfect sense, maybe not to EA but ohh well....