i got the first head coach when it came out and it wasnt all that bad. very addicting. and that new madden video that came out looks pretty good too. im pumped and im marking my calender for august 12th.

Lets see $90 bucks for two games and $110 for 1 game the wait till september for something I could have bought together with the 2. Way to go EA I dont want 2 spend 20 extra bucks and wait like 3 weeks for a game that I could have gotten 3 weeks earlyer and Cheaper

Way to high-ball us EA. Unless the game has a substantial amount of content, it's only worth $40.

I would have been a little more pleased to see a $40 price, but I'll take that as a nudge to hopefully robust content

I hear you on the MADDEN TIP!!! They going to have a SE or something of some sort i bet

Already pre-ordered NCAA 09 for the Xbox360!

Hm. Matt Ryan eh? Hes gonna end up in Baltimore or something what a waste of his talent.

Nice to see EA reacting to input from their customers. I guess if we make enough noise, even the evil corporate overlords have to pay attention.

Wooo Matt Ryan!

weird, I NEED MORE MADDEN INFORMATION!

Make that 60 whoopers my friend.

EA is worthless. They rehash the same crappy game every year and expect people to dish out 50.00 bucks.

nobody gives a crap who covers, for all i care it could just be a cover saying NCAA FOOTBALL 09 with no pic of anyone.

i just want a good college football game, which EA sadly cannot make without putting a bunch of bugs and unfinished gameplay into it.


MAKE A GOOD FREAKING FOOTBALL GAME. PLEASE!

good to see the ps3 and 360 to have differnt cover althetes

I will be buying Madden NFL 09's collector's edition even tho im not sure head coach will be any good I will give it a try.

I think Darren McFadden is the better cover athlete.

I'm still waiting for a game where you can play as an NHL linesman, Video goal judge or NFL ref, chain gang maybe an NBA ref with betting mini games

I'll buy the better deal, Madden 09 and Head Coach 09 for just $90.

At least EA is starting to listen to the players more. You guys remember how they changed the unlock system for BF: Bad Company due to complaints?

Maybe they're changing for the better? Who knows. I sure hope so!

hey specialed,

the combo price was 90, the normal madden price, 60, so i subtracted and came up with 30. in the article it says 49.99, 50 - 30 =20. so its 20 more as a stand alone.

iam so smart

Good call for EA to offer it seperately, but i don't really know many people who are gonna buy just Head Coach and not Madden. Does make the collector's edition sound a bit better though.

Congrats to Matty Ice for the cover. I don't know about anybody but he's been on the cover of my NCAA for the past 2 years. I'll be making another custom cover for my 360 version with Matt Ryan on it.

ccputgat2m, really? I didnt know the price was already determined for the Head coach game.

Where did you get this classified info from?

packaged, the game was 30 bucks, separately its 50?

I never knew the box, instructions, and disc cost $20

@miniscruff

no point in doing what? buying the game for both systems or....owning both systems?

Zabransky was a great cover choice. Boise State thrilled the nation the entire year and played the greates football game in history.

As for this 5 cover athlete thing... eh. Who cares? It's not like other games that offer different thing that make you want to buy multiple copies. I'm getting the game 360 for achievements and because it will run the best. I own the other systems but there is no point in doing this.

I have seen the first gameplay video of NCAA 09 and it looks amazing. They have fixed (hopefully) most of the issues that bogged last year's down.

@FallenOneX

Just so you've seen someone that does, I've been wanting a new version of Head Coach for a little while now. It was actually a fun game, but had some major issues.

This game doesn't sound like my kind of thing and its an EA game so if I was to buy it, I would expect a rushed game with more than likely poor gameplay quality.

I'm going to call BS on this one. While I don't know everyone that every played the game, no one I know wanted a sequel. In fact they petitioned EA to CHANGE the packin "extra" for something else. That's a great way to build up hype for something no one was willing to pay for in the first place. And what's the deal with 2 cover athletes? Trying to see if a version sells better because of the person on front? How many readers here know someone stupid enough to think that with two different covers, that they are going to get two different games when they buy both copies?

I'm going to get Head Coach with the Madden collector's edition. But it is good to offer it separately now.

Lol,that sounds like it could be an obsessive game,especially if you are into football and know all the players.I think I'll buy it.It'll definitely do good on both the 360 and the PS3.I hope it has good online play because I like all the games I buy to be able to work well with Xbox Live.Same with PS Online.Looks like an interesting game.

At least we know these two are getting drafted. Still can't figure out who's bright idea Zabransky was.

Where's the love for Jake Long? He has official gone number 1!

Good to hear that fans came out and said something about that potential screw job. I kinda suspected that Matt Ryan was going to be on one of the covers. He's probably been more talked about as the best overall player in this draft more than McFadden has.

good choice for the ps3.