Blade206 from Games on Smash criticizes the Madden franchise.
"Every year EA gives us Madden and every year it's the same old game, except they give us one or two new moves. When are the fans of Madden going to rise up and say "I'm not going to take it anymore?"
The United States Supreme Court has delivered their opinion in American Needle v. NFL, the antitrust case surrounding the Madden NFL series of games. The Seventh Circuit had previously ruled that the NFL, if it wishes to promote its brand (in this case, football), it must do so as a "joint venture" rather than in a competitive environment, allowing them to limit sales of NFL products to only a single outlet: something that could affect sales of Madden games. The Supreme Court, however, firmly rejected this idea, thus preserving the Madden series for sale at outlets other than NFL.com. The court highlighted the danger faced by the Seventh Circuit's ruling, had they not overturned it: "There would be nothing to prevent each of the teams from making its own market decisions relating to purchases of apparel and headwear, to the sale of such items, and to the granting of licenses to use its trademarks,” Justice Stevens said.
Avault writes: "It's Sunday. It's halftime and the Bears are down by 24. Cutler has already thrown three interceptions, but you still have hope for a strong second half. Your phone rings. It's your fiancé. She wants you to pick her up at the airport. You have to leave in 15 minutes, but you need to know how the game is going to end. You think to yourself, "I need a simulation. I'll play Madden and see what happens." You don't have time for a full game of Madden so you decide to play Madden NFL Arcade instead. You win by a landslide, and your hopes for a Bears comeback soar. Unfortunately, in real life you can't turn your opponent into a block of ice or make your receivers fast as lightning. You get home from the airport and find the Bears have lost by 40."
EA SPORTS has today announced that Madden Ultimate Team is now available for download as a free update to Madden NFL 10 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Europe. Just throw in your Madden NFL 10 game disc (with an Internet connection) and you'll receive the latest title update.
The same goes for madden.I still have my copy of 08 and i see no reason to buy another until 2K start making football again and force EA to do some work.
Madden has new characters too, those who are drafted. Granted they could do that with DLC.
well hardcore football fans love buying it every year and besides people have no choice since its the only NFL game....
I believe most people that buy madden every year bought their system of choice JUST for madden. These people are hardcore football/madden fans and don't mind buying it every year since they don't spend much money on other games. I don't really know about the rest though.
Everyone is well aware of the BS EA pulls with madden and everyone is indeed sick of it
The problem here lies in that exclusivity bid EA has with the NFL. If you want an "official" football game, then you have no choice but to buy EA's Madden. No other company can make official football games due to EA's contract. So it's not people falling for their crap. It's just that there is nothing else out there