[quote name='evanft']So you're saying the majority of console owners in the U.S. buy and enjoy Madden every year? Bollocks.[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately, it's the truth, not necisarrily the majority, but it's the game that sells to those that just don't "get" games like Rez, Katamari Demacy, Final Fantasy MAXINT, etc.
I look at both my brother in laws game collections, and its eerily similar (XX representing the year they got their PS2), Madden XX, Madden XX+1, Madden XX+3, NBA Live XX, NBA Live XX +2, NBA Live XX+3, NHL XX+2, Tiger Woods XX, Tiger Woods XX +2, GTA3 (or Vice City/San Andreas) and a WWII FPS.
Both of them can't seem to fathom why I don't have Madden of any year (I've got '03 but it's on a perma-loan type deal) for a modern console, and why my collection is filled with "crazy games and games I don't understand" -direct quote.
The truth is CAGs don't make up the majority of console owners, nor do those that enjoy great, innovative games. Most console owners want the couple of games that they enjoy, and EA (sports) has that market cornered because of their long-standing brand name.