Kotaku writes: "Patching and fixing games are not new concepts, nor are they exclusive to sports games. But sports gamers are increasingly calling for a do-over, and studios are responding.
Three huge developments over the past two weeks, all coming in football titles, show that sports communities have pull far beyond suggesting some player's ratings get a bump or an AI get tuned up or down."
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Luke looks at the most influential features of Madden on the PS3 and Xbox 360.
Now I'm no rocket scientist but it seems to me that were these games not cranked out as frequently as babies are squirted out by the chick on 19 kids and counting, alot of these issues could be addressed ahead of time.
Would it kill them to release one every 2 years with a roster update in the off year? This is what happens when you have an assembly line, crank out that product mentality.
After 11 NFL clones under there belt, got to wonder why they have to patch a game thats perty much the same as the last four,
Well hasn't EA lost their NFL exclusivity after this year or something, so maybe they'll step up their game with competition.
1. release madden 2011.
2. patch and fix bugs and issues.
3. start developing madden 2013.
4. release roster update for madden 2011 in 2012...and charge for it. include exclusive demo for 2013.
5. fix any bugs and issues with roster update release.
6. release madden 2013 the following summer in 2013.
7. repeat.
you dont make as much moeny that way, however.