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First Victim of EA Early Access: MADDEN NFL 15.

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http://www.polygon.com/2014/8/11/5991063/madden-nfl-15-no-demo-ea-access

You'll only be able to play Madden NFL 15 before its Aug. 26 launch if you own an Xbox One and subscribe to EA Access. There will be no publicly available demo, a representative for publisher Electronic Arts confirmed to Polygon today.

That bucks a trend nearly a decade long. EA has released a downloadable demo on consoles for every Madden title since Madden NFL 06 in 2005, although that game's trial came out shortly after the title itself launched alongside the Xbox 360. A playable Madden demo is traditionally available approximately two weeks prior to release.

Asked to provide details on why there won't be a Madden 15 demo, the EA spokesperson declined to clarify. But it's worth noting that last month, EA announced an Xbox One-exclusive subscription service called EA Access. The program, which costs $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year, includes up to five days of pre-release access to upcoming EA titles.
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This never would've happened with NFL2K!
 
I sincerely doubt this will affect anyone planning on buying Madden 15...who have all bought the previous 14 versions as well...
 
They will have to do everything they can to justify the subscription. I am good with it, $2.50 a month is not a bad deal.
 
That sucks. And to those saying to just play the previous version, you're missing the point.
Superjay779 said:
I thought they took away one of the vault games. Destiny made you preorder to play the beta. I don't see what the big deal is.
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There's a huge difference between a beta and an actual demo
 
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fuck you pay me
 
I've always wondered this and I don't know if this is the appropriate place to ask but you mentioned nfl2k so I'm just gonna ask: why does it matter that EA has the rights to use real players? Can't someone else just make a sports game and just use made up characters, even parody like characters, like say someone who acts and plays like Lebron James but doesn't look like him? Genuinely curious
 
So no PS4 demo?

I am assuming it will be the same deal with Fifa
 
Pretty lame, but in my experience with EA Sports demos they are barely worth downloading anyway. Huge file size, short quarters. And 15 looks almost exactly the same as 25 this year anyway.
 
Cudder said:
If there is no public demo for NHL 15 on PS4 because Sony didn't want their service I'll flip my shit.
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If this is the way EA plans to move forward it doesn't sound like there will be a demo on Xbox either unless your giving EA money for the privilege

This is only the start of this slippery slope, just wait.
 
Nephtes said:
I sincerely doubt this will affect anyone planning on buying Madden 15...who have all bought the previous 14 versions as well...
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Not me. I generally only buy Madden every 2-3 years. I play the demo first to see if they've made enough improvements to justify my purchase.
 
Hero Prinny said:
I've always wondered this and I don't know if this is the appropriate place to ask but you mentioned nfl2k so I'm just gonna ask: why does it matter that EA has the rights to use real players? Can't someone else just make a sports game and just use made up characters, even parody like characters, like say someone who acts and plays like Lebron James but doesn't look like him? Genuinely curious
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They've tried this in the past and it bombed.

People care about the players. People care about their teams. I want to play MY Minnesota Vikings, not the Minnesota Welshmen.
 
First step in the wrong direction. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt as demos are minor compared to being able to play games. But not a good start ea. If you want to convince sony to bring it to ps4 this isn't the way.
 
Nobody mentions that the free 5 day early access has been there for a few years with whatever EA sub there was before.

The only change here is literally, that Madden 15 has no demo.
 
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