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EA Fixing The Newly Released Madden 08

EA released word this afternoon that it is already planning a patch for the newly released Madden '08 on the Wii. The news came from their official website.

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God of Gaming6852d ago

I often wonder what we did before online... I know games have always had glitches but my word... seems EVERY game needs to be patched now post release...

bym051d6852d ago

Seems to me that built-in storage is a double-edged sword. Devs no longer have the pressure to get it right on release. They can throw something out, get the sales, and then fix the problems later.

rbanke6852d ago

There may be some truth to that. It seems with the high cost of most games and the pressure to get them released on time, some of the Q/A aspect of games seems to be less of a priority to the executives than $$$ is.

Although the bright side of this. Where back in the day if a game was released buggy, it was most likley going to be a failure and anyone who bought it would be stuck with a crap game. Now at least they have a chance to fix problems.

BrotherNick6852d ago

I wonder if the Nintendo Seal has any meaning anymore. They should know that we have a lack of space for a patch...all our virtual console games and stuff take it all up...I'm disappointed in EA and Nintendo, and they prolly did make a lot of money on this game, so at least they're making a patch.

game-over6852d ago

When I am playing online I have noticed when you hike the ball it automatically throws it right away, It is very hard to get it not to do this. Hopefully the lag fix will help fix this. Has anyone else experienced this? I got to where I just had to stop throwing the ball? They should release a patch so you can hike with a different motion/button or something. It is very annoying and I have lost games because of it. Hopefully this fixes it but I am not to hopeful.

kn6852d ago

You have to be careful that when you hike the ball that the controller does not move forward at all or you will "lob" pass the ball to the default primary receiver.

Bottom line is this game sucks the sweat off a a gnat's sack. Hopefully the patch fixes the other dozen or so bugs in the game.

game-over6852d ago

If someone does the hurry up offense they automatically get a false start penalty and being that the sprint button is the same as selecting hurry up offense after the play is over combined with the lag people will often unintentionally choose hurry up offense and then automatically get a false start for doing so. Thats like a double glitch.

jro2116852d ago

they need to do some damn tweakin with the PS3 version.

BrotherNick6852d ago

They need to quit making crappy reiterations of franchises, or do it right before the less nerdy and nitpicky customers notice, and don't buy it.

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Top 10 Last Games

Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "When it comes to video game lineups none get as much as attention as the launch lineup that accompany a new piece of hardware. But what about the last games? That's the topic for this week's Top 10 as we'll be looking at the very last games to grace their respective consoles. "

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PhoenixUp2765d ago

I remember buying FFIX on PSN because I was looking for swan song PS1 titles to enjoy on PS3

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Was PlayStation 3 Hard to Develop For?

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.

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corroios3214d ago

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.

TheEnigma3133213d ago

Wasn't this already established in 2006? Online Sony's first party studios took advantage of the cell.

Retroman3213d ago

" 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 .

Rude-ro3213d ago

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.

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The Most Influential Features in Madden History: Part 4 of 4

Luke looks at the most influential features of Madden on the PS3 and Xbox 360.

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