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"When Michael's son used his Christmas money to buy a copy of Madden 09 from Walmart, he thought he was buying a copy of Madden 09, not a blank disc that said "Redneck Sh*t."
Michael writes:
I have been a long time reader of The Consumerist and until now never thought I would send anything your way.
Late on On Saturday night we went to our local Walmart to get an xbox360 game for our Son. He wanted Madden 09 and was spending his own money that he got for Christmas. We purchased the gam..."
It seems EA saw the fight against breast cancer which Nintendo launched earlier last month.
Rather than using a console though they're using a game, Madden NFL 09. It's said to have been one of the best selling games of the year, so they feel it's time to give a little back to the community.
Lacking in originality, the limited edition version was given the name Madden NFL 09 Pink. It's only available from Target stores for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
They're doing this in...
"It may surprise you to know that Electronic Arts is releasing Madden NFL 09 for the PS3 and Xbox 360 in Japan on September 25. They've done this for a couple years, actually, along with their other main sports games, but Japan isn't exactly known for being a football hotbed -- outside of some informal college leagues, there isn't much of a scene at all among native Asians, crazy manga like Eyeshield 21 notwithstanding. So what does Weekly Famitsu, Japan's most respected game magazine, think a..."
By now, almost all of you know that Brett Favre is now a New York Jet. All of the Madden NFL 09 covers that were shipped have Favre in a Packers uniform, so EA has given you a way to obtain the cover with Favre in a Jets jersey: All you have to do is print it out.
If you can't print out the new cover, you can head over to Sam's Club. All you have to do is purchase Madden NFL 09 there for $55.55 and they will print out a copy of the new cover for you.
Along with the new cover comes a ro...
Madden NFL 09 had very low pre-order numbers, which caused some analysts to be concerned about the sales the new game would produce. After Stern Agee checked the retail last night, it showed that the game is up "low single digits" from last year.
Arvind Bhatia, Stern Agee analyst, also said that his firm expects the sales of the Madden series to go down 10 percent with each new game released. He did remain a little optimistic, saying that sales could end up "flattish" if the Madden series ...
PC gamers who like to blow stuff up won't be hard up this week (for our Space Siege preview/semi-review, head over here); for everyone else, it's Madden fever. Oh, but don't forget the deliciously insane Bangai-O Spirits for DS - the "missile action" game features a level editor, the levels from which you create can be encoded in a sound that can be recorded with a computer and shared amongst other players.
"There's a new PSP color coming soon: Metallic Blue. And it'll be available in the upcoming Madden 09 Entertainment Pack, which includes the system, the game, a NFL documentary and a code to download beats off the PS Store. According to amazon.com, the system will be available on August 12th.
Spencer from Siliconera snapped a few shots of the system in action over at San Diego Comic-Con for us (thanks!). Just like every other PSP, it has the uncanny ability to pick up fingerprints. Will you..."
"One of the complaints that gamers have regarding the Madden franchise, whether they're fans of it or not, is that the game "...is just a roster update" and never has any new features. Whether that's true or not is another debate that's largely semantic, but something that we can look at and actually analyze is how successful the features implemented in each year's version of Madden actually are. Do the new features introduced in Madden actually stick around? How often do they get retooled? By..."
"My name is Cedric Carty and I am a designer on Madden 09. I am writing this blog to give you an insight into what went into tuning the game to produce realistic statistics.
I know that one the top issues with the hardcore Madden fans has been the stats that the simulation engine generates. I was tasked to tune the stats engine on this year's product, let me tell you it was no easy task. I looked back at stats from the past 10 NFL seasons to get an idea of what looked good in the NFL. I ..."
It's 2009 which marks the spot for the 20th anniversary of the Madden franchise and the year that Brett Favre is retiring so why not use him as a coverboy? For the past few years, Electronic Arts has used late shows to host the announcement of the who is going to be on the cover of the next Madden game and Favre is expected to be on the Late Show with David Letterman tonight(whereas the official announcement is going to be tomorrow), thus, it would only seem likely that Favre is the one. The ...
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