What started on DOS (and other computer platforms of the era) is no more. Madden is done on the PC. The gist in non PR terms? It didn’t sell and no one played it on the PC anyway. Peter Moore explains in PR terms:
… the PC presents some very serious business challenges to us in the sports category, particularly because so many of you all are playing your favorite sports games on the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii.
The comments section of that post is loaded with hatred including those who seem to think their small boycott of the console version will make a difference (note to those people: it won’t do anything). It’s admittedly sad to see that on a significant anniversary date that the original platform is shafted, but it’s hard to imagine sales were strong compared to the console versions.
The PC isn’t viewed as a hotbed for sports gamers. It’s forte is largely strategy and shooters. Can anyone blame EA for making this decision in the end? Surely those people complaining know the development cost and sales numbers, right? Right? Unless someone is willing to find this one themselves, it’s over.
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Fri, Apr 4, 2008
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