EA may be concerned about 2K Sport's All-Pro Football 2K8 and its effect on their very expensive, but very lucrative (and sometimes broken) Madden franchise -- but the concern looks to be a two way street.
Take Two, this just isn't your day. Or year. Despite having the very best intentions with their All-Pro Football 2K8 game (namely given Madden any, competition), things haven't gone too well. Yeah, it looks like the same old NFL2K game, but without the NFL teams it's fallen a little flat. Like, nobody's buying it. Prompting CEO and President Ben Feder to state during a conference call today that: We're not terribly pleased and not disappointed. We're watching closely and are going to react proactively when Madden comes out. We know we're in competition with them.
Software and hardware sales in the US from VGchartz. Guitar Hero II takes the number one spot for software sales while the Nintendo DS was the best-seller for hardwares. Hardware: Console Weekly Total DS - 140,151 (-4%) 13,730,938 Wii - 95,171 (-3%) 3,974,505 PSP - 59,483 (-9%) 8,864,934 PS2 - 54,701 (-10%) 44,524,847 PS3 - 43,498 (-4%) 1,738,147 X360 - 34,174 (+5%) 6,607,403 GBA - 23,725 (-0%) 40,768,173 GC - 1,656 (-2%) 12,697,057 Xbox - 11 (-58%) 15,933,106 Total 452,570
Microsoft has released two new game demos on Xbox live. 2K Sports' All-Pro Football 2K8 which is taking football to the next level with landmark gameplay innovations demo which is about 681 Mb big. The second demo released on live is Nascar 08 which is roughly about 589 Mb. The demos have been confirmed to be available in the US and Canada. No details as to when it will be available in the other regions.
In case you're on the fence about picking up All Pro Football 2K8 because it doesn't have an NFL license, you now have a demo to play around with and see if you want to drop your cold hard cash on this game. The demo is out on the Xbox Live Marketplace and weighs in at 681.90 MB, so prepare to wait a bit once you start your download.
2K Sports announced today that All-Pro Football 2K8, the highly-anticipated football title from the makers of the celebrated 2K football series, is now available in stores across North America for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. All-Pro Football 2K8 is the result of hard work and ground-breaking design from our Visual Concepts football team, said Greg Thomas, President of Visual Concepts, a 2K Sports studio. We believe we're giving something important to all sports gamers ñ the 2K Sports brand of realistic and innovative football, the first football game to exclusively feature the greatest football players of all time, and most of all, a choice for gamers in the simulation football genre. Iím very excited about the release of All-Pro Football 2K8 for sports gamers everywhere and especially for our long time fans that have faithfully supported us over the years.
America's favorite pastime will come to consoles, later this summer. 1up.com has confirmed that the Xbox 360 versions of Madden NFL 08 (August), All-Pro Football 2K8 (July), and NCAA Football 08 (July) will run at 60 frames per second, whereas the PS3 editions are locked at just 30fps. In the simplest of terms, this means that the 360 versions will run smoother and faster, and you'll have an easier time noticing subtle animations.
GameTrailers sports an image header that has a countdown to the next Game Head that will display 2K Sports' new game exclusively. Game Head is on every Friday, at 1 a.m.
Not to be outdone by the announcement of Vince Young as the current cover boy for Madden 08, 2K Sports has started listing the cover of All Pro Football 2K8 at major retailers...
2K Sports All Pro Football 2K8 has just released a full roster list of NFL legends available in the game via their web site. Due to EA gobbling up the NFL license, this was certainly the next best thing that 2K could offer their loyal fans. It looks as if the boys have been busy as this is quite an extensive list and should provide a a great reference to a players abilities and celebrations (Iggy Shuffle, anyone???). Is EA getting a bit unsettled again? Bought the NFL License Bought the ESPN Licence Bought the NCAA License Bought the AFL License Yet, they still can't keep Greg Thomas and 2K Sports down for long.... Here is the complete list:
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