Calvin Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Kinda like the HF2 vs DOOM 3 poll. I'm making this an XBox only poll,since most LCVGers it seems play mostly on the monolithic machine. Personally, I think ESPN will sell more because of its $20 price point. But being able to play Madden on XBL will make the race closer than you would think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary P Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 $20 or not, some people will refuse to give ESPN a shot. For that fact alone I think Madden will sell more. But I could be wrong. I think overall sales across all platforms Madden will be the defintie winner. It's defintiely possible that the numbers will be alot closer when narrowed down to XBox-only sales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 I voted for Madden. Low price, competitive product, early release: all these things are helpful, but for ESPN to actually out-sell Madden would be a huge shock to me. I'd be happy with a increase in user base that is material enough for there to be an ESPN NFL 2K6. -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foogledricks Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 This is sort of a nobrainer poll. I think a more relevant poll would be what percentage in sales increase will NFL2K5 get this year over last year. That is something I am extremely interested in. As for Madden, well, Madden is one of the best selling videogames every year, forget about sports and forget about football. It isn't even a contest. I wish it was though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 These numbers are from a Chris Morris column: Last year Madden sold over 5 million copies -- ESPN NFL2K4 sold only 360,000 copies. I think it would be fair to say that for ESPN football to outsell Madden would be a huge and perhaps unlikely upset. -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Failsafe Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Echoing what others have said: ESPN may be a great game at a low price...but it'll have a really hard time beating good 'ol name recognition. The Madden series is so well-known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daisy Posted July 30, 2004 Report Share Posted July 30, 2004 While I think that Madden will sell more copies, I think Sega is just trying to let people "know" that ESPN is out there as a great game at a great price point and that will help them in the future. I can't wait to hear what the sales numbers for the PS2 and Xbox version turn out to be. Glen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bryan Posted July 30, 2004 Report Share Posted July 30, 2004 Madden will probably sell 5 - 10x more copies than ESPN. NCAA Football had an outrageous boost over last year on Xbox because of Live integration. Those who buy ESPN may also get Madden because they have so much money left over (raises hand). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cane corso Posted July 30, 2004 Report Share Posted July 30, 2004 Those who buy ESPN may also get Madden because they have so much money left over (raises hand). Same here. Usually I only buy ESPN, but I figure I will try Madden this year. It's been awhile and I would like to see the differences between the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky G Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Bah, screw Madden. I'm behind the underdog, and one football game is all I need. Madden will sell (5 times - 1) as many copies as ESPN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foogledricks Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 I can't wait to hear what the sales numbers for the PS2 and Xbox version turn out to be. I second that. What would be a success for Visual Concepts? 1 million? 1.5 million? 2 million? Would 800K be a total failure? What's riding on this? Will Visual Concepts be canned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Ill probably pick up madden. I have NCAA but the game itself has some problems. So i may trade it in for $30 towards madden. capt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsappel Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 The typical Madden gamer has blinders on. It's Madden or nothing. I've heard people say that ESPN must be crap since it's a budget title. That's one consequence of the lower price I had never envisioned. Madden will crush ESPN in sales as usual, but the ratio will probably improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky G Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 Has anyone seen any figures on this one? I'm not aware of any resources for this kind of info, so I propose the question to the rest of you guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daisy Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Much closer than most people would have thought. EA touts sales of Madden If you don't feel like clicking the link, here's the gist. 1.3 million copies of Madden in the first week. 800k copies of ESPN NFL in the first month. Good numbers for Madden. Very good numbers for ESPN NFL , in my humble opinion. Glen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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