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How is that fair, y’all dropped the ball on this one!
Quit being a parrot Barry, we can all read your multiple replies saying the same thing, this is just plain DUMB! So ridiculously dumb to bring a game back after 10 years and not make it available for PC users, just completely ignoring a HUGE revenue stream. Like many others I’m not spending $500 to play a $60 game, whoever made this decision should’ve been fired yesterday.
- xJustBrad2 years agoRising Hotshot
Sales for this game will be successful with/without the PC revenue. The folks saying that they aren't getting it because it's only on consoles is a small minority.
Does not make any sense that in 2024 when Madden is on PC, College Football would not also be on PC. This is a direct slap in the face to the PC community and makes no sense. EA is saying it will be on Modern Consoles as if PCs are not modern enough when typical modern PCs are better than modern consoles.
- xJustBrad2 years agoRising Hotshot
@Shot-by-Mistake wrote:Does not make any sense that in 2024 when Madden is on PC, College Football would not also be on PC. This is a direct slap in the face to the PC community and makes no sense. EA is saying it will be on Modern Consoles as if PCs are not modern enough when typical modern PCs are better than modern consoles.
If you think about it, Madden 24 was also released on old generation consoles (PlayStation 4, Xbox One) which makes sense to keep it in the PC community. I think that some people may be overreacting to the fact that it isn't playable on PC this year. This doesn't mean that College Football 26 and so forth won't be. EA is just now getting back into things with this series and definitely do not want their game to be broken and not prepared. You could see this years release as a "test" for 2026.
- @Braddmxn False assumption there. If sales are only on Nexgen consoles and not PC or non-Nexgen consoles, and EA looks at their sales numbers with the blinkers of a typical unthinking accountant and sees sales figures well below expectations. What do you think these blinkered accountants are going to suggest? If you did not say, "Kill the game to cut costs," then you have not experienced the thirty years of EA marketing and business decisions that some of us have.
- @Braddmxn why are you here? Go away if you are not going to help the cause
- xJustBrad2 years agoRising Hotshot
@Hangren wrote:
@BraddmxnFalse assumption there. If sales are only on Nexgen consoles and not PC or non-Nexgen consoles, and EA looks at their sales numbers with the blinkers of a typical unthinking accountant and sees sales figures well below expectations. What do you think these blinkered accountants are going to suggest? If you did not say, "Kill the game to cut costs," then you have not experienced the thirty years of EA marketing and business decisions that some of us have.Not sure which response you're referencing, but EA (like every company) will not choose to cut this game as long as it brings in money whether that be from game sales, pre orders, or micro-transactions. Which is why I said in my latest response that you could look at this game as a test for next years edition. No one is saying that this game will never come to the PC community, but unfortunately for this year, it more than likely won't be there even after release on current generation consoles.
- EA_Illium2 years ago
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- @Braddmxn, please try to be clear. You are correct that a successful (meaning profitable) launch on consoles only will lead to further console development of the game. Profitability for College Football 25 will be tough when limiting the launch to consoles considering the gaming content market for PC is roughly 12 billion dollars greater than that of consoles and has been since 2020. Consider that Madden NFL 24 placed 9th on the list of the Monthly Active Users (MAU) list in March 2023 (courtesy of newzoo) and it is a seasonal game due to its topical link to professional football (in North America). This creates an uphill battle to profitability for the game from the get-go. We have all seen how much real improvement EA pours in their yearly re-packaging of Madden. It is my belief that revenue from whatever microtransactions and raw sales of the game will have to meet those of Madden just so EA might choose to put out the next repackaged version of College Football 25. Sales would have to exceed Madden, IMHO, to justify the investment in a PC port. EA engendered negative press by discounting the PC market, which, I believe, happens to be a good chunk of the market that played NCAA Football back in the day.
I believe quite strongly that EA's global marketing has made a myopic decision in this case (among many others over their history).
@Braddmxn I hope you are right, but I don't own a console and never have. I am not going to buy one to play a single game. I play Forza on my PC, FIFA on my PC, Sims on my PC and many other games. I am hoping against hope that EA wake up and realize how large a market they have just blown off. If I am wrong, then I would love to have EA explain that to me.
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