Whenever I review one of these games, I find myself disappointed that Franchise in Madden or MyGM in NBA 2K doesn’t have anything to recommend it, other than a polishing. I feel like sports video games have gone past the tipping point where an iterative release can provide its major modes of play with anything more than a good streamlining. The 60s it’s dragging on Metacritic - for the same reasons Madden 21 is getting torched - are unprecedented, but it won’t surprise me to see the NPD Group, which tracks sales of games in the U.S., listing NBA 2K 21 first for September. And we don’t have the sales numbers for NBA 2K21 yet, but that, too, is taking a critical and community beating. UFC 4’s reviews, although better than Madden’s, also call it an iterative release, more refined than remade over its predecessor, which launched in 2018. ![]() ![]() It was the second-bestselling game of August. EA Sports UFC 4 launched in the same month. You don’t reach that point year after year simply because you’re the only marketplace option.ĬOVID-19 pandemic turns console gamers to digital sales in record numbers But I can’t see it as being the whole story when Madden, every year, is thrashed by the conventional wisdom, and when Madden, every August for the past 21 years, has been the bestselling game of its month. Oh, sure, COVID-related buying might play a role - multiple publishers have reported big sales tailwinds that they attribute, with good reason, to the quarantine lifestyle. Rather than this being the case of some trend overcoming another anomaly, or vice versa, I think the truth is a story that both combine to tell: Madden NFL 21 is a piecemeal update lacking a centerpiece mode, and it sells like gangbusters because it pleases its fans. YAIuXzKrye- Mat Piscatella September 14, 2020 ![]() Madden NFL 21 debuts as the #6 best-selling game year-to-date. US NPD SW - Madden NFL 21 was the best-selling title of August, with double-digit percentage dollar sales growth when compared to the release month of Madden NFL 20.
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