Madden 15 Demo? (EA confirms no demo for Madden 15)

[Steel Mamba]

and it begins. People thinking this is a bad move...I doubt it. Until there is a competitor or the NFL no longer rules, there is no need to put out a demo and possibly hurt any potential sales.

Yes, no need to strive to be a good company.

 

[BigBucs]

Its a legit explanation though.

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:lol2: kay: I wont even bother, we both know its pointless.

I'm just gonna wait on this flawless version of Madden that has taken great leaps forward in game play. Most all of the issues we have been having for a decade plus will surely be fixed.

 

[Point Blank]

Seen that coming. The early access has a lot to do with that decision obviously.

 

[ThunderHorse]

If you can wait a week or two I strongly suggest to buy this game used.

You don't have to give up your football fix but you don't have to directly support EA either.

 

[buckeye]

Seen that coming. The early access has a lot to do with that decision obviously.

That's pretty much what I assume as well. But there stance works as well I guess. 3 months shorter cycle, the amount of streams they have done and doesn't exactly make sense to pull 4-5 guys off development to work on a demo for a few months.

Most nextgen games didn't put one out. I doubt madden does anytime soon.

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[buckeye]

If you can wait a week or two I strongly suggest to buy this game used.

You don't have to give up your football fix but you don't have to directly support EA either.

Or just watch streams and decide if you want to buy or not.

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[ThomasTomasz]

and it begins. People thinking this is a bad move...I doubt it. Until there is a competitor or the NFL no longer rules, there is no need to put out a demo and possibly hurt any potential sales.

No competitor.....check. Pay for access for early release, even if it's only on one console.....check.

You can definitely say that the early access is a grab for money, and I would tend to agree. However, Call of Duty never has a demo or open beta anymore, and there are many more competitors in the FPS genre than the football genre, so I would also expect criticism of them for that if people want to say EA isn't doing right by not putting out a demo. At the very least, you have the chance to get the game early, pay $5 to figure out if you want to buy it or not, unlike COD and many other games out there.

 

[Steel Mamba]

If you can wait a week or two I strongly suggest to buy this game used.

You don't have to give up your football fix but you don't have to directly support EA either.

You're still supporting them even if you buy used. The number of unique players the game gets, whether used or new, is important for whatever advertisers they get on Madden. I haven't played the game in a long time, but I know 2k Sports has worked with KIA and Gatoraide among others. I assume Madden has similar deals. Being able to show those advertisers total players (not necessarily sales) and frequency (how often people are playing and seeing their sponsorship) means a lot and adds value to the deal. So even buying used puts money in EA's pocket. Not as much, but still, only option is to not buy at all imo.

That's pretty much what I assume as well. But there stance works as well I guess. 3 months shorter cycle, the amount of streams they have done and doesn't exactly make sense to pull 4-5 guys off development to work on a demo for a few months.

Most nextgen games didn't put one out. I doubt madden does anytime soon.

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Where did you find that it takes 4-5 people to make a demo?

 

[buckeye]

You're still supporting them even if you buy used. The number of unique players the game gets, whether used or new, is important for whatever advertisers they get on Madden. I haven't played the game in a long time, but I know 2k Sports has worked with KIA and Gatoraide among others. I assume Madden has similar deals. Being able to show those advertisers total players (not necessarily sales) and frequency (how often people are playing and seeing their sponsorship) means a lot and adds value to the deal. So even buying used puts money in EA's pocket. Not as much, but still, only option is to not buy at all imo.



Where did you find that it takes 4-5 people to make a demo?

It takes several people to pull a version, spend weeks debugging and QA. The locking out content and doing a second QA. The process takes several weeks (about a month last I know of) and if there is a mistake the process starts over again. Most demos are from builds 2-3 months prior to launch (that's the same for pretty much all developers).

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[Steel Mamba]

It takes several people to pull a version, spend weeks debugging and QA. The locking out content and doing a second QA. The process takes several weeks (about a month last I know of) and if there is a mistake the process starts over again. Most demos are from builds 2-3 months prior to launch (that's the same for pretty much all developers).

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I find it hard to believe that it takes a month to take a build that's already complete and gone through Q&A to make into a demo. How much coding is their dev team doing a month out anyway that they can't afford to take 4 people away? The game is already gold and completed or close to it at that point. I think their reasoning is complete BS, but I can't argue against it either so let's see where this 5% in extra development resources gets them.

 

[buckeye]

I find it hard to believe that it takes a month to take a build that's already complete and gone through Q&A to make into a demo. How much coding is their dev team doing a month out anyway that they can't afford to take 4 people away? The game is already gold and completed or close to it at that point. I think their reasoning is complete BS, but I can't argue against it either so let's see where this 5% in extra development resources gets them.

The game goes Gold in mid July. The work on the demo starts around E3 which is a month to month and a half sooner.

Gold means nothing can be touched. The work done after Gold is for release title update. And you would be surprised how much is being worked on up until it goes gold.

They didnt put out a demo for NG M25 either. I would assume it will continue here on out. Both consoles would have EA Access but Sony declined.

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[Cutler23]

I will be buying madden 15 on the ps4 and was not going to do early release but with out the demo I'm going with early release. I just can't watch anymore preseason games without playing a football game lol. And I cleared my whole weekend just to check it out. Anyway you spin its a cash grab with no demo, but I'm throwing my money at them like I'm at a gentleman's club.:wink:

 

[dave]

I would assume it will continue here on out. Both consoles would have EA Access but Sony declined.

Which really sucks.

As a PS4 owner, let me decide if that offer is worth my money. I don't need Sony to tell me how to spend my money. I would have been happy to pay that fee to play Madden and other EA games a week early.

 

[buckeye]

Which really sucks.

As a PS4 owner, let me decide if that offer is worth my month. I don't need Sony to tell me how to spend my money. I would have been happy to pay that fee to play Madden and other EA games a week early.

I would have as well. Something tells me there was money involved from MS for more of that "exclusive" content they desire. I assume both companies had a shot but Sony declined.

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