With the new Madden 08 it looks like EA decided to make all of the Xbox 360 achievements in the game related to on field stats like yardage of runs, passes, returns, etc. They have done away with the achievements associated with playing online and also with any achievements attributed to a season mode. Typically there is an achievement for completing X number of games or winning the super bowl, but it seems this year they are also missing.
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I remember buying FFIX on PSN because I was looking for swan song PS1 titles to enjoy on PS3
10 Years Ago This Month: Sony's sales pitch as the powerful system took a hit when EA had to explain why Madden 08 on PS3 was noticeably worse than the Xbox 360 version.
The cpu was hard to work for 3rd party, butt the cell was really powerfull and fast. It wasnt just pr or secret sauce. Uc2 and killzone 2 were amazing. But 3rd party want money. They also problems with the ram. Only first party was able to make huge jumps from first gen games to second gen. It was an expensive console but the tech was much more powefull at launch then this gen.
Wasn't this already established in 2006? Online Sony's first party studios took advantage of the cell.
" was PS3 hard to Develop for?"
Here we go again , they been saying this since mid 2006-2007ish . of course the CPU was hard to work with but the Cell was fast and powerful .
Next year Article : " was PS4 to Easy Develop for ?" slow day in office ?
P.S . over last few years N4G been Repeating same subject matter with Slightly different title, same old subject .
I would hate to be a writer busting my brain to come up with a New lie to draw readers interest end up repeating 2006 article again .
I would not say "hard" to develope... but it went against the norm and it also threatened a well established pc archetype of which many in the pc business was against. Not with ill intent, but to try and change the way digital hardware works... it is huge mountain to climb against a well established pc design.
A lot of third party studios kind of just did not try because they did not want to support the change.
It went beyond just gaming with the backlash of sonys cell design.
Sony has always tried to push innovation and sometimes they miss or go to far against the norm and fail. Like betamax vs VHS. Betamax was the superior hardware but they lost that battle as well.
It is why Microsoft created the competition. They were getting beat in so many ways and their monopoly was getting threatened by everyone. Apple, Google, etc etc. Microsoft had to fight back to try save their dwindling sales. Lose the hardware, you lose the os.
Luke looks at the most influential features of Madden on the PS3 and Xbox 360.
Achievments is some gay gimmick that the online frag machine poped up with. I remember I always played Madden on my PS2. And then at the end of the game it wanted to give me certain awards. Like, completes so many percent of the passes, beat the CPU by 28 points, got 100 yards with 1 player, blah, blah, blah. I couldn't get out fast enough to play the next game.
But now there's a new breed of gamer, the online frag gamer who cares so much about all his stats and bullsh*t.
Who made you the voice of the people...
You talk as if you know everyones gonna agree with you....
....But I belive people are entitled to thier own opinions
and for me to tell you this is hypocracy in my part...
but then again, I really don't care
so...
Sir, Your opinion is worth less than the **** that comes out your ass, you stupid waste of frog semen, take your
diseased point of view and spread it with your own kind...
They arn't wanted here...
obviously, your just venting on this because of the
Issues it has on your system...
don't let your f@ggetronics ruin our fun....
you make me sick....
inbreed...
I had no idea even the achievements system had haters.
Achievement scan add a different aspects to games, give som extra things to achieve and add to replay value. Agree that some people take it to extremes and only play games for the points, you wont catch me playing Open Season just for points, that is just dumb.
Also i dont agree with pepople using the SuperSIm option to get easy points, that is dumb also.
There's some tough ones, which is good, but it's better than having the 30 years of franchise one. Now, you have to be good at the game to get all the points.
I think the performance based achievements that Madden 08 implemented is great. As much as i may love a certain game, that doesn't mean i want to play 100 games online just to get 30 Gamerpoints. I simply do not have the time. It is also a benefit for those who do not have Xbox Live.
I am a 2K Sports fan and I Love the new Madden...They finally got it right.