Madden NFL 13 sells 1.65M in first week

When you say "continues to break sales records", it leads me to think they broke some big record besides their own madden sales record. That is like me saying I broke a record in egg eating because I ate 4 eggs today and only ever ate 3 before.

You see, when you delay the release of a game buy 3 weeks, you have pent up demand. I would be surprised if the yearly sales beat 2012 by 5%, but I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Hey EA, can I have my fantasy draft feature back?

not  football. american football. i always wonder why you americans call ours soccer and your football. lol soccer is football 

madden generally sells about 4 million across the ps3/360

it sells but not that amazing..

It appears as though at least 1.65 million sheep were listening to ESPN radio last week.

Most I've heard form Lawrence Taylor and Barry Sanders in YEARS.

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

of course theyll sell that much, its the ONLY football game on the market. dur.

WOW that's moving a lot of product!!!  EA sure knows how to make money don't they? Oh the BEST console release is defiantly on the SUPERIO Xbox 360.

The Xbox 360 is the BEST console EVER made. --John Carmack

I just don't get it.

And next year this game will be re-released as Madden '14 with a different player on the cover, while two dozen copies of Madden '13 sit on Gamestop's shelves at $5.99 each.

bunch of hicks 

That's to be expected when its the only NFL game out there. Lack of competition gives EA no real reason to go all out on improving Madden anymore. However, this one is slightly better than the last two years. Thank goodness for Gamefly.

I have played Madden 13 for one full season now in CC and can say, the new engine and passing game are very different this year. Sure the on field game play uses the same buttons but I can tell how different it is compared to Madden 11. I do not buy Madden every year like some people and so I have played 30 seasons of Madden 11 and without any doubt in my mind, this years on the field play is very different from 11. Everyone says Madden 12 was just like 11 so I am not sure why this web site is saying there is no improvement, for the first time in several years, they did improve the game play on the field. No it is not perfect, but it is a new engine and will be patched soon. But to say it is the same, no way, it is very different.

I will say the do need to patch it so that you can play offline Connected Careers more like you could with the old franchise mode. It is just unacceptable to not be able to play offline with your friends or family on one local console. The fact you can not even use (offline) custom rosters, or even your own playbook, makes me wonder why they even let you create one at all. You can be a coach, but cant use your own playbook even offline, so why include the ability to create one at all if it can only be used in the play now option. Same with custom rosters, want to play as Matt Staford on the 49ers, sorry can only do that in play now. The one thing I enjoyed the most about Madden was creating myself and placing myself on my favorite team that I would control as coach/GM, can not do that now. You can not have a created player and be the coach. As a player you can only control yourself and have no say in the off season, depth chart, draft, free agents, or even if they resign your favorite WR if your a QB. Try to switch to coach in the off season and your guy is forced to retire and is off of your roster forever.

Unless they patch this this year, skip this version of Madden. You will get bored very quickly as a player, and since your very limited on what can even do as a coach for trades and everything, your stuck with your default roster. That may not sound like a big deal, but try playing online in a full league, seems more people want the top 10 teams only now, good luck finding someone willing to play as the Jaguars over the Patriots for example.

I will say if they patch that issue of not being allowed any customization for offline play and add local co op for offline, this would be the greatest Madden of all time. As it is now, it plays great on the field, but without customization, it is kind of boring and your left wanting what you had before (OLD FRANCHISE MODE). If your a back up player, be ready for a snooze fest trying to earn the top roster spot with nothing but practice to try and catch the starter that plays in the games, it may take you until either the starter gets hurt, retires, or gets released. Practice is BORING I want to play in the games! If you create a player they should get to start since you will not allow us to cut anyone and won't even let us do a fantasy draft or something like that.

Patch = recommended as a must buy, maybe best Football game ever made.

NO Patch = avoid unless you want a sports RPG with no customization at all.

Here is a link to the poll asking to patch this game and add back these basic missing features needed for longevity and replayability.

http://www.easports.com/gamechangers/ideas

I wouldn't mind paying for updated rosters - if only they would fix the issues plaguing the PS3/360 versions of Madden since the first next-gen release.  Fix the issues and beef up the franchise mode to what it was back on the PS2.  Then I have no problem paying for roster updates to a GOOD game.  But instead they add ridiculous features (like the passing cones), then remove them the very next year and add more ridiculous garbage - never bothering to fix the IMPORTANT issues or improve the actual gameplay.  I haven't bought Madden in years and won't until it reaches the level of quality found on the PS2 releases.  That shouldn't be too much to ask.  Do that and I'll happily shell out my money for a GOOD game with updated rosters........

I'm enjoying Madden13 a whole lot, although I really hope they have some patches upcoming to fix those crazy bugs with the physics engine. I can't even run into my own player without my running back falling down, or folding over like a lawn chair. I also find it odd that you can't even jump over a fallen teammate . I'm using a power back like Gore, but yet I fall to the ground for a several yd loss when I run over a downed lineman!? You would think he could just step over him, or at least stumble, but not fall completely down. This has happened on numerous occassions . That and all the odd tumbling over each other after the play is over. I commend EA for trying to build a engine from the ground up, I just wish it was refined more. Hopefully DLC updates will fix it.

SMH. 

It's hard for people to make a point when everyone is so undecided.

Some days ago everyone was complaining about EA apologizing about their conduct in this generation and promissing to be better on next gen.

And then this.... NFL13 gets an astonishing number of copies sold.

It's not fair to say that Madden is a rehash every year. Especially if you aren't a devoted Madden player. Tekken feels like the same game to me, but that's only because I don't understand the subtleties that can change the way it's played. That being said, This was the most excited I had been in a long time for Madden(I even preordered it this year). The gameplay and presentation are huge leaps above anything they've released, but they took away customization in Franchise(Connected Careers). No Co-op, created players, edited rosters(not even changing numbers or positions). These are deal breakers and are unacceptable. If anyone else feels the same way go to the EA forums, post and comment and so them how unacceptable this is. I'm returning this crap, and probably won't deal with Madden again if they don't fix it THIS YEAR!!

Its probably because a lot of NFL teams are going to be different this year and so many rookie QBs are joining the NFL and playing well at the same time.

Not a bad game by any means, but honestly I am looking forward more to FIFA and NHL.

Great. Just fraking great...

Sad that the only things that sell these days are sports games and brown shooters.

Wow, people sure pay a lot of money for updated rosters. 

Never underestimate the power of the NFL. There's a reason why the National Football League is a $12 BILLION a year business. 

This is good news to hear.

Thats why EA releases the same game every year, because they know if they put zero effort into it, it will still sell almost 2 million launch week.

What happened to gamers boycotting EA?

thats quite a lot of money people spent on DLC. 

Best Madden in years, and I mean that.

roflmao, and then everybody keeps wondering how EA keeps trolling gaming/gamers without and sort of fear of fan backslash or something...Well, maybe next time you should try to not give them the millions they so badly want, and start supporting other small devs that actually deserve it... :p CDProjektRED, anyone?

Madden NFL Franchise:  This biggest DLC ripoff ever!

this game sells because its like COD now only bought for multiplayer

Madden Fever is here once again! I might hide in my house for a month until this settles... :P

I haven't bought a Madden game since '10. I did buy this one, and it is actually pretty good despite the absence of Franchise Mode. As far as gameplay goes, this is probably the best Madden in a long time. I have always liked Madden ( I did like the 2K series a little better though). I don't buy it every year, but I do enjoy playing it..  

I can't believe people still buy whats almost the exact same game year after year.