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maizegoblue said...
Take this for what it's worth.. from an A&M board
Topic: So I have a close friend in the EA Development Office...
hunter2012 posted 2:01p, 03/08/13
She said not to worry and that as long as we stay within a 3000 of Michigan that they will give it to Swope. For several reasons:
First- EA is looking to pick up decreasing sales in the southwest, particularly in Texas. They tried this with Baylor but no one knows where Baylor is. Second- there is the appeal of A&M as an emerging brand given the SEC move, Heisman, Etc., this in contrast with the perception that other state schools whose brands are falling(tech whose coach left and texas who have been mediocre). Apparently EA has been watching the brand movements closely. Third-there is a noticeable decrease in sales in the northeast every time Michigan has been on the cover, they think this is mainly due to Ohio State. Fourth- there has been a growing sales trend in the South in recent years and the perception is that a team with no established ****** will promote the SEC brand(which is a huge moneymaker) with out the bias of ****** and other areas.
I was actually pretty surprised by how close attention EA pays to the shifta in the college sports world, but they are a in a multibillion dollar industry and want to maintain dominance over college gaming. So it strongly matters who they put on the cover because it affects the bottom line.
So keep posting Ags, and don't mention this on Facebook because we've already seen how much the Mich fans like to b&m. For more details go to the Vore Room
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maizegoblue said...
Take this for what it's worth.. from an A&M board
Topic: So I have a close friend in the EA Development Office...
hunter2012 posted 2:01p, 03/08/13
She said not to worry and that as long as we stay within a 3000 of Michigan that they will give it to Swope. For several reasons:
First- EA is looking to pick up decreasing sales in the southwest, particularly in Texas. They tried this with Baylor but no one knows where Baylor is. Second- there is the appeal of A&M as an emerging brand given the SEC move, Heisman, Etc., this in contrast with the perception that other state schools whose brands are falling(tech whose coach left and texas who have been mediocre). Apparently EA has been watching the brand movements closely. Third-there is a noticeable decrease in sales in the northeast every time Michigan has been on the cover, they think this is mainly due to Ohio State. Fourth- there has been a growing sales trend in the South in recent years and the perception is that a team with no established ****** will promote the SEC brand(which is a huge moneymaker) with out the bias of ****** and other areas.
I was actually pretty surprised by how close attention EA pays to the shifta in the college sports world, but they are a in a multibillion dollar industry and want to maintain dominance over college gaming. So it strongly matters who they put on the cover because it affects the bottom line.
So keep posting Ags, and don't mention this on Facebook because we've already seen how much the Mich fans like to b&m. For more details go to the Vore Room
Three SEC players have been on the cover in the past 4 years, if that didn't increase sells in the south, I really doubt Swope will.This post was edited by Rabid on 3/8/2013 at 4:55 PM
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evan_aggie said...
Actually, the opposite would be true. Have you seen how many fan page votes Denard has? Put down the pipe. Both sides are playing the same games. It'll be interesting to see what happens.
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evan_aggie said...
You have no idea what you are talking about. 3 days ago between 1am-6am, UM jumped 6,000 votes. We know how you did it. Now we are doing the same thing, and no...it isn't cheating.
You do realize that Michigan has a much larger fan base and living alumni base than Texas A&M... right? And that a good number of them could be on the west coast...
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evan_aggie said...
You have no idea what you are talking about. 3 days ago between 1am-6am, UM jumped 6,000 votes. We know how you did it. Now we are doing the same thing, and no...it isn't cheating.
Yes, it is a conspiracy theory. We are using the joint UM-NASA lab on North Campus for evil purposes.
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