2004 video game
2004 video game
Madden NFL 2005 Developers Publisher EA Sports Series Madden NFL Platforms Release Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PS2, Xbox NA : August 10, 2004[ 2] AU : September 10, 2004(GC, PS2, Xbox) [ 1] EU : September 17, 2004(GC, PS2, Xbox) [ 3] PlayStation Windows NA : September 14, 2004AU : September 15, 2004[ 4] EU : October 15, 2004[ 5] Mobile phone Zodiac Genre Sports Modes Single-player ,multiplayer
Madden NFL 2005 is anAmerican football simulation video game based on theNFL that was developed byEA Tiburon , along withExient Entertainment andBudcat Creations , and published byEA Sports . The 16th installment of theMadden NFL series , it features formerBaltimore Ravens linebackerRay Lewis on the cover.Al Michaels andJohn Madden return as game commentators. Released on August 10, 2004, the game is the firstMadden game to featureXbox Live .
The game had around 13,000 game testers.[ 8]
Madden NFL 2005 ' s soundtrack included the songAmerican Idiot byGreen Day before its release as asingle .[ 9]
Depending on the platform, the game was met with mixed reviews to universal acclaim according to Metacritic, while frequently being compared to its competitorESPN NFL 2K5 . The game has also been heavily criticized for its questionable soundtrack, which was a common recurrence throughout the series.GameRankings andMetacritic gave it a score of 90.33% and 91 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version;[ 51] [ 57] 90% and 90 out of 100 for the GameCube version;[ 49] [ 55] 89.50% and 91 out of 100 for the Xbox version;[ 52] [ 58] 83.73% and 85 out of 100 for the PC version;[ 50] [ 56] 80% and 79 out of 100 for the Game Boy Advance version;[ 48] [ 54] and 69.07% and 68 out of 100 for the DS version.[ 47] [ 53] GameSpot named it the best Xbox and PlayStation 2 game of August 2004.[ 59] IGN called the PS2 version the 98th best PlayStation 2 game due to its AI quality and graphics.[ 60]
Many NFL players voiced their opinions on their in-game representation. BothDavid Bowens andLarry Cheste r thought their characters should be better to be more faithful to reality.[ 8]
During the8th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards , theAcademy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominatedMadden NFL 2005 for "Console Sports Simulation Game of the Year ", which was ultimately awarded toESPN NFL 2K5 .[ 61]
ESPN NFL 2K5 was the first in the2K series priced at $19.99 the day it shipped, much lower than market leaderMadden NFL at $49.99. This greatly reducedMadden sales that year; one EA Sports developer recalled that "[i]t scared the hell out of us".[ 62] EA reducedMadden NFL 2005 ' s price to $29.95. In December 2004 EA Sports acquired an exclusive rights agreement with the NFL andNFLPA to be the sole creator of NFL video games a deal that has since been renewed multiple times and is still active as of the2024 NFL season .[ 63]
The game sold more than 4 million copies.[ 64]
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