Madden NFL 10 Demo to Feature Four - 5 Minute Quarters

[FAM CEO]

Quote: Originally Posted by FAM CEO

What do guys think....online or in store preorder to get the demo the fastest?

Any thoughts? i know EA has done this with Fight Night.

[SeaNNyT]

Maybe someone will put it up on a share site, so we can xport360 transfer it.

[Rebel10]

I hate Gamestop more than I hate the honta virus.

But... I like that they're giving a 20min demo, which is much better than most football games, limited to just a few minutes of play.

Choosing to do the demo release through a pre-order and through gamestop achieves a couple things. One, Gamestop pays EA for this exclusivity, which in turn gaurantees Gamestop a certain amount of business. Two, by pre-releasing a demo to early reservation crowds, those are people who would be more likely to like the game regardless of its flaws. Now, that might not work so much when it comes to us at OS who are more critical of our favorite games, but for the majority of people who pre-order, they're more likely to give a positive review of the game than the general Joe Schmoe who downloads it from XBL on a whim.

It's smart by EA & Gamestop. Gamestop, though, is one of the stores that is on my perma-black-list and I think I'd rather punish myself and wait two weeks than give them $5 for a pre-order or force myself to buy the game there.

[ScoobySnax]

Quote: Originally Posted by GigemAGGIES13

I'll definitely have to cancel my preorder at GameStop after I pick up the demo. Do you have to move your preorder to a different game or can you get your money back?

Nope. I do that all the time. If there's a good demo, I'll preorder and then cancel it a couple days later for a $5 cash refund.

[BSanders]

I just went to GameStop and the codes won't be available till July 15 and he also mentioned if you preorder NCAA you get something that makes the NCAA trade in value $40 towards Madden.

[j2k9]

WILL WE BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE CAMERA VIEW IN THE DEMO?

[dave374]

Thanks a lot for screwing us (the consumers who don't buy at Gamestop) over EA.

I find crap like this intolerable.

There isn't even a Gamestop in my city. I don't even know if there's one in my country (Canada).

They did the same thing with Tiger Woods 10, giving out the Spyglass course code to Gamestop customers.

I buy most of my games at EB. Why not give them the code.

Again, this is so stupid. It's almost as if EA marketing guys are doing everything in their power to tick us off. (I don't blame the developer guys. I know it's out of their hands).

[Mofficial]

Y can't they just bypass all of the bs and just give a full superbowl demo straight to the ps store and 360 live thing? (what do u call the 360 online store?)