EA Sports lowers prices on sports games, including Madden 2005, NHL 2005, Live 2005, and NCAA 2005.

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Gamespot article.

A new salvo was fired in the sports-game price war today as Electronic Arts announced drastic price reductions for almost all of its flagship EA Sports franchises. Effective immediately, all console versions of Madden NFL 2005 and NHL 2005 will retail for just $29.95, which is $20 less than the original prices for both. NBA Live 2005 and NCAA Football 2005 will be discounted by $10, so the games will now sell for $29.95 and $39.95, respectively. All four games are rated "E" for Everyone.

Frank Gibeau, EA?s Senior Vice President of Marketing, naturally had great things to say about the price drop. ?People who buy sports games late in the season tend to be more casual players. Our pricing strategy will be a big draw during the holidays and will attract new players to EA Sports.?

As most industry watchers are aware, EA Sports' price drops are in direct response to ESPN Videogames' aggressive pricing strategy announced earlier this year. Copublished by Take-Two Interactive and Sega, all of the most recent crop of games bearing the ESPN name--ESPN NFL 2K5, ESPN NBA 2K5, ESPN College Hoops 2K5, and ESPN NHL 2K5--only cost $19.99. While the pricing strategy was initially, and publicly, scoffed at by EA executives, subsequent analyst reports and sales information have apparently prompted the company to take a different tack.

Smart move. Good news also for those who waited a month to get Live 2005. I just don't understand why NCAA 2005 will not get as big of a discount, as it's been out long before any of the others.

 

[hdeck]

yeah lower the price AFTER i buy the game

 

[rh71]

I won't be buying any of those anyway, but COMPETITION RULES. Thanks Sega/ESPN Videogames.

 

[warcrow]

Nooooo! Do not tempt me to buy more games this year!!!

 

[Feldenak]

Awesome....I may actually buy a couple new games now (last one I bought was Madden 2004).

 

[warcrow]

wrong forum by mistake? Ive done that too

 

[Weeeman]

OMGWTFBBQ I STRIKE GOLD!

Sold madden to ebgames yesterday for $35

Ok so its five dollars..

 

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Originally posted by: warcrow
wrong forum by mistake? Ive done that too

Actually, I meant this for Off Topic. It's just a quick little news quip about a price drop, so I feel it's Off Topic worthy. Any discussions about games are better suited for Software due to it's slow nature there. Just my opinion.

 

[kreb]

Originally posted by: rh71
I won't be buying any of those anyway, but COMPETITION RULES. Thanks Sega/ESPN Videogames.

Lately, the ESPN games are more fun to play. But that may be because I've grown tired of playing EASports for the past 10 years..

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: blurredvision

Originally posted by: warcrow
wrong forum by mistake? Ive done that too

Actually, I meant this for Off Topic. It's just a quick little news quip about a price drop, so I feel it's Off Topic worthy. Any discussions about games are better suited for Software due to it's slow nature there. Just my opinion.

Oh I know....sometimes the slowness in there makes me a sad panda.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: kreb

Originally posted by: rh71
I won't be buying any of those anyway, but COMPETITION RULES. Thanks Sega/ESPN Videogames.

Lately, the ESPN games are more fun to play. But that may be because I've grown tired of playing EASports for the past 10 years..

Used to be an EASports fan too since NHL'93 on Genesis... then NHL2k3 came out for XBOX. ESPN definitely has better gameplay although graphics sometimes suffer.

 

[faenix]

ESPN games rock.

 

[Yossarian]

hm does best buy match prices after the fact? I bought NHL last week for $50.

 

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Originally posted by: Yossarian
hm does best buy match prices after the fact? I bought NHL last week for $50.

Should. It said prices are effective immediately, and I think you can price comp Best Buy for up to 30 days. When I bought my HDTV earlier this year, I comped it a week later at a lower sale price.

 

[Wheatmaster]

WHAT ABOUT TIGER WOODS???!!!!

 

[dethman]

is nba live 2005 out for pccd yet?

now that i type it, it's a stupid question. i'll just search on the internet.

 

[spacejamz]

NHL2005....gimme a break...

fvck the owners and players who don't give a damn about the fans....

/end of rant....

 

[Maximus96]

i played nba live 2005 and nba 2k5, i like the graphics better in 2k5. the players in live 2005 look the big-head code is on or something.

 

[alexjohnson16]

Originally posted by: Wheatmaster
WHAT ABOUT TIGER WOODS???!!!!

No ESPN Golf game, no need to compete... EA is king of the world in Golf...