Madden NFL 09



Sep 30, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Madden NFL 09
Wii - Madden NFL 09  - EA Sports Takes Advantage of Retired NFL Players, Madden Asked to Defend Them Ripten writes:

"You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. Behind the scenes wheeling and dealing can generate tasty bargains, but sometimes those bargains come with a nasty aftertaste.

In this case, it appears that EA and the NFLPA along with Players Inc. struck a deal for retired NFL player rights that was significantly below fair market value. A class action lawsuit was filed by the players in question against Players Inc, but the fun didn't stop there. In a letter crafted by 51 year old former Buffalo Bills safety, Jeff Nixon, Madden was asked to come to the aid of his fellow Hall of Famers.

Jeff's "Dear John" letter to the former Raider's Head Coach is laced with incriminating quotes, the most shocking being that EA's total cost to produce Madden each year is apparently no more than $200,000!!"
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Sep 18, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Madden NFL 09
Wii - Madden NFL 09  - 2008 EA SPORTS Madden Challenge Presented by Best Buy Kicks off a New Season of Intense Competition for Madden Players Worldwide Finalists of the EA SPORTS Madden Challenge presented by Best Buy to Compete at Beaches Turks & Caicos in January.
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Sep 11, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Madden NFL 09
Wii - Madden NFL 09  - EAs Madden takes top three in NPD software for August According to the August NPD data, all three versions of EAs Madden 09 cleaned up in the software sales charts for the month.
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Sep 10, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Madden NFL 09
Wii - Madden NFL 09  - Analysts: Weak Pre-Orders Did Not Stifle Madden Edge writes: "Multiple analysts have reiterated their BUY rating for Electronic Arts stock as the company has announced that total Madden NFL 09 sales have greatly outpaced the game's flailing pre-order rate.

Pre-orders for the year's Madden were down 25% versus last year, but EA has announced that actual sales of the game were up 6%, generating $133.5 million (£75.74m) in retail dollars.

This strong performance was no surprise to analysts, who have predicting for some time that the low pre-order numbers would not accurately reflect final sales. Arvind Bhatia with Sterne Agee & Leach said in a financial note that this performance was "in line with our checks," and attributed the higher retail dollar count to sales of the $89.99 (£51) collector's edition, as well as a higher percentage of total sales being from the higher-priced Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game, compared to last year."
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Sep 10, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Madden NFL 09
Wii - Madden NFL 09  - Madden defeats the movie business TVGB: "EA has just sent us word that Madden 09 has made $133.5 million in retail sales for the month of August. This is a roughly 6 percent increase over last year's game. More importantly it means that Madden made more money than any of the top films for the month of August. Woooo, videogame industry, way to stick it to those dirty movie makers."
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Sep 4, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Madden NFL 09
Wii - Madden NFL 09  - Madden NFL 09 Xbox 360 sales higher than PS3, Wii Sales for EA Inc.'s Madden NFL 09 are higher on Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 than rival hardware according to sales data from Amazon.com.

In the sales figures, the Madden NFL 09 Xbox 360 SKU held 31 percent of all sales, followed by Madden for Sony Corp.'s Playstation 3 at 25 percent and Madden for Nintendo Co.'s Wii at 13 percent.
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Aug 13, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Madden NFL 09
Wii - Madden NFL 09  - GameStop launches female-focused football site US retail giant GameStop has launch of its Girls Night In online Playbook and website in conjunction with the release of EA's Madden NFL '09 All Play for Wii.

According to the chain, the site, dubbed 'Girls Night In' is 'designed to help educate wives, moms and girlfriends about the Madden phenomenon and provide easy tips and solutions to help them stay in the game this football season'.
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Aug 13, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Madden NFL 09
Wii - Madden NFL 09  - Kotaku: Brett Farve? No EA, It's Brett Favre Kotaku writes: "'Brett' is easy to spell. B-r-e-t-t. "Favre", not so easily. But to review: F-a-v-r-e-. Not "Farve". If you're a football fan, you should know that. And if you're EA, you damn well should know that - especially because he's the coverboy! Reader Devon points out that Brett Favre's name is mispelled in the collector's edition menu in Madden 09. That's a pic of it right up there. Well, at least EA didn't put 'Brett Favor.'"
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Aug 12, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Madden NFL 09
Wii - Madden NFL 09  - Analyst: Madden 09 Sales "Better Than Expected" Edge writes: "Initial sales of EA Sports' Madden NFL 09 "appear better than expected," Stern Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia said Tuesday.

Some analysts and investors were concerned over lower pre-order numbers for Madden NFL 09, released this week, but first night retail checks conducted by Stern Agee showed that sell-through for the game is up "low single digits" over last year.

"If this trend holds in the near to medium term, we believe investors will view it as a positive," he said."
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Aug 12, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Madden NFL 09
Wii - Madden NFL 09  - EA's Madden NFL 09 Hits Store Shelves Today, Marking 20th Anniversary Not that EA needed to send out an official press release that Madden NFL 09 is out today, but here it is none the less:

Electronic Arts Inc. announced today that Madden NFL 09 is available in retail stores across North America. Recently named Best Sports Game of E3 in the official "Game Critics Best of Show Awards", Madden NFL 09 celebrates the 20th anniversary of the best-selling franchise and is the First Sports Game That Adapts To You while introducing more than 85 new features and enhancements.
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Aug 12, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Madden NFL 09
Wii - Madden NFL 09  - Sam's Club will print new Madden 09 cover for you Destructoid writes: "If you're a fan of the Madden NFL Football series, there is a slight chance that you already know about the Brett Favre trade this offseason. Aside from making every self-respecting NFL fan cringe at the sight of Favre in a Jets jersey with a roster update, the folks at EA Sports had to do some damage control with their Madden 2009 packaging featuring Favre in his old Packers jersey. Currently, EA Sports has a printable copy of the cover featuring the gunslinger in his new uniform available on their website.

For those with less-than-stellar printers, there is another option available. Sam's Club will print out the optional cover with each purchase of Madden 2009. That means no hassle with PDFs for you, and professional quality printing as well. Sam's Club is also offering the game $55.55, which is a decent discount. I really wish I knew about this last night, because I'm currently having sizing problems with EA's downloadable version of the artwork. Either way, it's good to know that there are some options available for the perfectionists out there."
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Aug 10, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Madden NFL 09
Wii - Madden NFL 09  - This Week's New Videogame Releases (Week of 8/11/08) It's Madden NFL 09 week. Be sure to check out the deals and midnight launch events from various retailers. The Madden NFL 09 PSP Entertainment Pack will be available this week, featuring the Metallic Blue PSP.
Here's the new videogame releases available this week.
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Aug 9, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Madden NFL 09
Wii - Madden NFL 09  - Madden NFL 09 Deals and Launch Events It's a new season, and the 20th Anniversary, of Madden NFL. Retailers have various offers and kickoff events for Madden NFL '09 taking place as early as Monday evening, before the August 12th midnight launch. Here's a breakdown of launch events and deals on Madden NFL 09.
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Aug 9, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Madden NFL 09
Wii - Madden NFL 09  - New Game Releases for the Week: Jets Edition Welcome to New Releases for the Week!

The highlight this week is Madden NFL 09 (Xbox 360, PS3, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP).

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of August 10, 2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!
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Aug 8, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Madden NFL 09
Wii - Madden NFL 09  - Wii Madden Gets Favre With legendary NFL quarterback (and Madden NFL 09 cover boy) Brett Favre making his return to the gridiron game for an 08-09 season, questions have arisen as to how the hall of famer QB would be portrayed in the latest games now that he's back in the big leagues, and kicking things off as starting quarterback for the Jets in just a few short weeks.
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Aug 7, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Madden NFL 09
Wii - Madden NFL 09  - Madden Curse Strikes...EA? News broke Thursday morning that Green Bay Packers mainstay (and now former NFL retiree) Brett Favre would be traded to the New York Jets.

Unfortunately for EA Sports, Madden NFL 09 is launching next week, and the cover is plastered with the image of Favre donning The Green and Gold.
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Aug 7, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Madden NFL 09
Wii - Madden NFL 09  - EA Will Produce Brett Favre 'Madden' Cover Featuring Jets Uniform, Updating Roster On Monday Stephen Totilo reports:

"Quarterback Brett Favre will be available to play as a New York Jet on the day "Madden NFL '09" is released next week. We just got word from EA that the game will still ship with Favre on the cover in his old Green Bay Packers uniform, but the following updates will make him a Jet.

Fast work on EA's part, given that the Favre deal only made the news several hours ago.

Here are the details we got from EA, in the words of a company spokesperson..."
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Aug 7, 2008
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Wii - Madden NFL 09  - Analyst: Madden 09 Pre-orders Improving Edge Online writes: "Pre-orders for EA Sports' Madden NFL 09 have been showing improvement following sluggish recent performance, Stern Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia said in an investor note on Thursday.

Stern Agee's retail checks showed that Madden pre-orders are still down, but by 20 percent, compared to being down 30 percent a month ago.

Bhatia called the improvement "meaningful," adding, '...We believe pre orders in the most recent week were up double-digits year-over-year for the one week period.'"
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Aug 6, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Madden NFL 09
Wii - Madden NFL 09  - Inside look at Madden NFL 09 at EA Tiburon Orlando Sentinel Says: "For Madden fans, August is the most important month of the year. On August 12 the 20th edition of Madden will hit just about every device capable of playing video games - but the real stars of this release are the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. We took a trip to Orlando-area EA Tiburon to chat with Madden NFL 09 Senior Producer Phil Frazier about what to expect from this year's Madden."
"There's no doubt that Madden 08 had issues on the PS3, particularly when it came to the framerate. When asked about Madden 09 performance on the PlayStation 3 in part 2 of our interview, Frazier says that not only do the two play identically at 60 frames per second, but the quality assurance team actually prefers playing on the PS3. He didn't go into detail about that statement, but it looks like PS3 owners have nothing to fear this time around."
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Aug 5, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Madden NFL 09
Wii - Madden NFL 09  - 20 Years Of Madden - Video Interview With John Madden The highly anticipated release of Madden NFL 09 is only one week away! This year's installment of the award winning Madden NFL franchise will be in stores nationwide on August 12, 2008. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the franchise, EA SPORTS sits down with legendary broadcast analyst and former NFL head coach John Madden to discuss the number one selling football video game in history - his namesake - Madden NFL Football.

In this video interview, Madden discusses his involvement with the game and his vision for the franchise.
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Madden NFL 09
Madden NFL 09

Genre: Sports
Release date: Aug 12, 2008
Published by: Electronic Arts
Developed by: EA Tiburon
Franchise: Madden
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