{"id":3608,"date":"2011-08-08T07:08:13","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T11:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3608"},"modified":"2011-08-08T07:08:13","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T11:08:13","slug":"did-i-just-do-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/08\/08\/did-i-just-do-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Did I just do that?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did I really just preorder Madden 12 Hall of Fame Edition<\/em> with free guaranteed release day arrival? Yep; amazon must love me.<\/p>\n

I tried to convince myself that I would skip Madden this year. I swore that I could not play NCAA Football<\/em> and Madden<\/em> titles in the same year; time has moved on \u2026 too old for dual football games, not enough hours in the day, and all that jazz.<\/p>\n

I guess I was just fooling myself \u2026<\/p>\n

The nice thing about the pre-order special is that $20 credit, which makes this Hall of Fame Edition<\/em> a $10 MSRP premium over the standard version. Please amazon offered up the following bonus:<\/p>\n

\u2026 receive the Amazon exclusive All Rookies Team and All Sophomores Team.<\/p>\n

[\u2026 coupled with the Hall of Fame bonuses \u2026]<\/p>\n

Madden Ultimate Team \u2013 Receive the most prestigious Platinum Pack yet, featuring a combination of 13 NFL Hall of Famers and former Madden NFL cover athletes. All cards feature ratings from each player\u2019s most productive season in the NFL.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I loved the concept of Ultimate Team in Madden 10<\/em>, but did not touch it in Madden 11<\/em> because I was worried about wasting too much money on virtual packs of cards, and I did not think there was any possible way for me to keep up with all the school age and college kids. To be fair, I did not really check out Madden 11<\/em> Ultimate Team to see if it had any substantial improvements over Madden 11<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It looks like I will be checking out Ultimate Team in Madden 12<\/em>; if nothing else, my day one packs should be on par with all the kids that invest money straight away on special packs and cards, and have time to burn flipping decks.<\/p>\n

EA Sports Season Ticket<\/strong>
\nOf course the next question you may be asking, is this dumb bloke going to do the needful and pony up $24.99 for EA Sports Season Ticket<\/a> service?<\/p>\n

Right now the answer is no. There was once a time and a place<\/a>, where I would have done so, but I think that moment has passed me by.<\/p>\n

Then again, before the days of amazon, I would shell out an extra $9.99 (or whatever) for release day arrival, and as mentioned above, I did pay premium for the Hall of Fame<\/em> version of Madden 12<\/em>. So I have shown signs of hopelessness before.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t normally pay for extra sports DLC, so it would take a lot of spending to make up for that $25, even at a 20% discount rate. In fact, I did not pay for any DLC in Madden 10<\/em> (other than maybe $5-7 on Ultimate Team Packs) or Madden 11<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I think the introduction of EA Sports Season Ticket also implies to me that Sony\u2019s PS+ service will be offering fewer EA Sports DLC discounts. How many monthly services can one subscribe to and receive a modest ROI?<\/p>\n

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