Madden Videogames - The New Wheaties Box?

Thanks to Slate for their article discussing the Madden football game series' enormous popularity. The article suggests: "To a new generation of football players, landing on the cover of the latest version of the game is a career-defining experience, the way an enormous shoe contract, or the Wheaties box, or the cover of Sports Illustrated once determined which sports stars had hit the big time." It also points out that "In the last two years, only the Grand Theft Auto games sold more copies than Madden", and Wired News are also running a story on the Madden franchise, which debuts its 2004 version this week, and was recently voted into the Pro Football Hall Of Fame.

Comments

Re:John Madden

[Anonymous Coward]

It's sold so many copies past, present and future, that man is set for life...

Then why the fark do I keep hearing about "BOOM! Tough Actin Tinactin!" from the guy? =P

Way to go Wired!

[Call Me Black Cloud]

Wired News are also running a story on the Madden franchise, which debuts its 2004 version this week, and was recently voted into the Pro Football Hall Of Fame.

I can't believe Wired was recently voted into the Pro Football HoF...that's awesome! I wonder why I didn't see it mentioned on espn.com. I'll have to check out Canton next time I'm passing through Ohio.

Re:Better and worse than a Wheaties box

[Decaffeinated Jedi]

Both mean that you've made it. However, with the Wheaties box, you get kids thinking, "One day, I might be as good as Marshall Faulk."

Oh, now I get it! I always thought it was supposed to get me thinking, "One day, I shall devour Marshall Faulk."

DecafJedi