niky
Well, since Madden will only sell well stateside, and FIFA will only sell well OUTSIDE the US, I don't think overall sales will go down that much...
Well said!
Most of the rest of the world has no interest in American "football", even in a video game where you can make 3 hours of boredom that should technically only take 1 hour in real life, fit into 6 minutes or so. No commercials, no cheerleaders, no endless 30s slowmo loops of O's & X's and curly arrows being drawn on the screen after every 10s of "actual" action!
FIFA on the other hand might appeal to the other 5 & 3/4 billion people on the planet, who know what Football really is.
Although probably only 2 or 3% own a gaming system!
I speak in a minority though, my PS2 only knows that 2 games exist, GT3 & GT4!!!!
For the elder generation of gamers the GT series is ideal, great value for money, and certainly something that you can't go bragging about completing in a day.
For the brats out there that want a game that'll hold their attention for 2 minutes and then be tossed aside 'cos its too hard etc, etc, well, they're in the wrong place with GT, but hey, PD will take their money & the sales figures too! This is a game that requires serious effort and time to become good at, but since most people can operate a steering wheel and pedals, it doesn't put off the people who are normally turned away from videogames, thinking that they'll have to learn endless button combinations for "special" moves! As far as kids go, who didn't want to be a racing driver when they grew up?!!!! This is fun & relatively (except for the lack of damage) realistic practice. You can't get that from a videogame for aspiring Football players, American or otherwise!
Anyway, that's my 2 cents, take it or leave it!!! GT4 will keep on selling well!!!!
And with 97 or so different players! Not 11 - 15 men running themselves ragged for the full duration?
