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ESPN Sports Titles to Scrap $20 Price Point

Posted by Zonk on from the TINSTAAFL dept.

SansTinfoilHat writes "Gamesindustry.biz reports that 'Take-Two and partner Sega will seek to return pricing to premium levels for the next-generation console versions of [the ESPN series of sports games].' It couldn't last forever." From the article: "Most notably, [the low pricing] has put immense pressure on Electronic Arts' market-leading sports range, with the giant publisher forced to drop prices on several of its key EA Sports titles in order to compete more effectively in the run up to Christmas."

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  1. links to sales data? by mckwant · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'd be really interested in seeing:
    - the sales difference between last year's ESPN titles and this years, and
    - a comparison between NFL 2k5 and Madden, which I suspect was the primary target of this ploy.

    I seem to recall that the ESPN NBA, NCAA Hoops, and possibly the NHL games got better reviews than EA's lineup, anyway.

    I know I jumped on ESPN's NFL game because of the price point, and I can't think I'm the only one.

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  2. Re:No Way! by eamonman · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Madden is king, they can do what they want for the most part, but ESPN is going to find out that they can't hope to stay in the game without some kind of price advantage.
    Right. As far as I see it, I don't like the EA versions $30 more than I do the ESPN versions. But I'd say that I do like EA (especially NBA Live) maybe $10 or even $15 more than ESPN. NBA 2K5 was the first game I literally threw across the room because the controls were so damn annoying. Maybe it was because they kept throwing the fast break passes all the way back to people that weren't in the break.

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  3. Re:No Way! by bigman2003 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I disagree...

    I buy football games ones every 2-3 years. And when I did (in the past) I always bought Madden. Because if I was going to pay $50, I wanted it to be something I knew would be good.

    This year I spent the $20 for NFL2K5- and I found out that I like this game a LOT more than I like Madden.

    So, next time I buy a football game (probably next gen Xbox) I will buy the Sega product- even if it is the same price.

    They have a good product, and they just needed people to try it out. Once I tried it, I found I liked it, and now I consider myself an ESPN fan, rather than a Madden fan.

    (Why do the players 'glide' so much in Madden?)

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