EA to Reveal New Madden ‘09 Limited Edition Following Favre’s Trade?!

We predicted it would happen!

In a previous blog, we had mentioned that EA’s choice of using Brett Favre for the cover of Madden 09 might backfire. Well now it appears there is another layer to this story.  With only days before the release of Madden ‘09, there is word out that EA Games will be offering a Limited Edition with a new cover, one featuring Brett Favre in his New York Jets uniform. Favre, a future Hall-of-Famer, was traded early this morning to the New York Jets for a 4th round draft pick in 2009 (a 1st rounder if Favre takes 80% of snaps and takes his new team to the Super Bowl). The 20th installment of the Madden franchise has been surrounded with questions of who would grace the cover, or if anybody would even want to?

The Limited Edition is reported to not only include Favre in his Jets uniform, but will also apparently include some other, as of yet unknown, goodies. And, in what I think is a rather comical addition, when you play as the Jets’ Favre at the Green Bay stadium, the fans continuously boo when he enters the field and the commentators drop a few lines on the issue of the trade. I look forward to seeing how well the Special Edition sells, or if Madden gamers will prefer to see Favre in his traditional colors…

What do you think?

Posted by on 08/07 at 02:07 PM