Madden Demo to Feature 1 MINUTE Quarters

[jags224]

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[Saluki]

and thats the attitude that is keeping gamestop in business and these type of exclusivity deals in place. what happens if GS ponied up the money to make madden exclusive to their store. all of a sudden ur paying 70, 80, even $90 for the game.

honestly fellas real easy way to cheat gamestop and get the demo and not spend any money. Gamstop only requires u to put down $5 bucks to reserve a game, put down your 5 in store, get your demo. then go get your money back if ur not gunna buy it from there, or have them put it on a gift card and give it to some kid in your fam for a gift.

Circumventing the system = ftw

[FlawLeSs]

fail...

but i guess anything is better than nothing?

[Tengo Juego]

We've known this for a long ass time. Not to knock the uproar, its definitely not cool, but everyone should have known.

[Chrispy]

Doesn't matter, already preordered it.

[Virix]

Last years demo was one offensive possession. Shouldnt this be considered an improvement?

[Tengo Juego]

Last years demo was one offensive possession. Shouldnt this be considered an improvement?

your actually right

He's got a point. But in no way is it right.

[JOHNNYTHECLOWN]

EA should say something like

"The Madden 10 Demo has two 2 min halves"


that'd prob make it sound better

[Archer]

Bad news for us people who are forced to get the public demo and cant pre-order from GS like me

Or people who want to pre-order from a different store

[SHOGUN]

So glad I pre-ordered mine....

[Tengo Juego]

Sorta followed the little twitter conversation between Ian and Pasta concerning the demo length:

ian_cummings@pastapadre - You confuse me. Your hatred for segmented demos honestly makes no sense to me (speaking as a consumer here).

pastapadre@ian_cummings anyone who wouldn't buy the game because they were satisfied with the demo was never a potential sale in the first place.

ian_cummings@pastapadre I disagree. I've personally (as a consumer) done that numerous times on demos...deep enough experience, no need for me to buy.
ian_cummings@pastapadre We need demos to be cliffhangers- leave you wanting more. i.e. No reason to build a demo for someone to test sliders out early.

pastapadre@ian_cummings I dont know how to debate this if you really feel a couple minutes of uninterrupted play could mean passing on the full game

ian_cummings@pastapadre I think 30+ minutes can definitely make someone satisfied enough to not purchase. Side note - 09 was only offense and V. Trainer

[Tengo Juego]

How can he even speak as a consumer? No matter how hard he tries, he's completely biased on this subject. Or any subject pertaining to Madden for that matter.

[dave]

One minute demos are a disgrace.

[Tengo Juego]

Pasta actually proved his point. Ian is saying that he wants to maximize purchases by teasing the us; i.e. giving us just enough of the gameplay so that we can't scrutinize the AI.

Think on it: Pasta just said that he tried out enough demos to discern whether a game was worthy of his dollar. That if he got enough exposure to a game he could evaluate whether or not it was worth his dollar; i.e. if he hadn't had such an extensive experience he may have bought the game outright; it was because he was able to scrutinize the game through the demo that he decided not to spend his money.

EA doesn't want us making those decisions. I hate EA's decision but it makes sense.

Absolutely right. It makes sense as a business decision, and as a business decision only.

[Tengo Juego]

Do you think Madden will fall flat on its face? As realistic as I try to be, I just don't see that happening. And you of all people know how I feel about Madden. I feel like theres too many people saying good things.