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Gooberstank
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cool never seen a PES advertising before. However EA have been advertising FIFA 2005 on the adboards of football matches for around a month now.
Atleast it is a step in the right direction though.
Atleast it is a step in the right direction though.
:boohoo: 
Paco de Lucia
Youth Team
The beef we've all had with Konami in the past was that their entire marketing thrust (at least outside of Japan) sucked -- and this included advertising, promotions, sales distribution, multiple product scheduling, etc., etc.
I think we all agree, however, that things are turning around.
Konami's getting more aggressive on all fronts -- from licensing to advertising to online play.
That doesn't mean EA's going away anytime soon. Was watching Mexican footy on TV over the weekend, and there's a FIFA 2005 ad announcing that the game features the Mexican league.
We ain't gonna steal EA's market share overnight, but things should get interesting over the next couple of years in the footy space.
Everyone benefits, especially EA fans. Once they start loosing more and more customers to WE, EA gonna get better, real fast.
I think we all agree, however, that things are turning around.
Konami's getting more aggressive on all fronts -- from licensing to advertising to online play.
That doesn't mean EA's going away anytime soon. Was watching Mexican footy on TV over the weekend, and there's a FIFA 2005 ad announcing that the game features the Mexican league.
We ain't gonna steal EA's market share overnight, but things should get interesting over the next couple of years in the footy space.
Everyone benefits, especially EA fans. Once they start loosing more and more customers to WE, EA gonna get better, real fast.
Paco de Lucia
Youth Team
Actually, you may have a point. Nonetheless, FIFA is a top sports franchise for EA and moves a lot of product [I'd guess much more than hockey].
If FIFA market share began really suffering, changes would be made.
A long time away for that -- critical acclaim clearly goes to WE but FIFA's still making tons of money.
The ESPN/EA battle is interesting in its own right...
ea probably has a much bigger edge on konami than it does on espn..
i don't have any figures to back up my opinion, but it seems that the FIFA fanbase is much bigger than that of NHL and NBA.. I'm sure over in Japan it's all WE and PES, but everywhere else EA probably still rules supreme, although I think konami is doing better now..
btw, EA's biggest selling game is the madden series, and it's in a pretty tight battle with ESPN..
this year ESPN did a big move on EA by slashing the prices on it's games. the ESPN games this year cost almost half the amount of the EA, which is a pretty big attempt at grabbing a chunk of the EA fanbase.. we'll see what happens..
i don't have any figures to back up my opinion, but it seems that the FIFA fanbase is much bigger than that of NHL and NBA.. I'm sure over in Japan it's all WE and PES, but everywhere else EA probably still rules supreme, although I think konami is doing better now..
btw, EA's biggest selling game is the madden series, and it's in a pretty tight battle with ESPN..
this year ESPN did a big move on EA by slashing the prices on it's games. the ESPN games this year cost almost half the amount of the EA, which is a pretty big attempt at grabbing a chunk of the EA fanbase.. we'll see what happens..
Paco de Lucia
Youth Team
(sound off us veering way off topic)...
actually all ESPN titles are $19.99 compared to $49.99 for Madden and 39.99 for EA's NBA title. Now that's truly taking EA to battle and I hope ESPN wins -- for us gamers sake. Man is it nice to pick up the newest, quality releases such as ESPN NFL and ESPN NHL for $20.
It was a good move for ESPN. However, Madden had a record first couple of weeks nonetheless. I don't think their Madden market share suffered a bit -- ESPN may have expanded the overall market for football.
Should Konami pull a ESPN -- WE8:I or WE9:I at the $19.99 level to build sales in the U.S.? Let's not hold our breath.
