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I wonder what will happen with the game franchise. For a lot of folks his name is synonymous with NFL gaming.

by sfblah 5y ago

FillardMillmore 5y ago
EA will keep his name and they'll continue to make a boatload of money with each yearly release while making the minimum amount of fan-requested changes with the least effort possible.
- blattinum 5y ago
  lol sadly exactly right I'm sure
- theturtletalks 5y ago
  The game is actually regressing. Just bought Madden after 3 years and the initial load time is somehow longer. Game sometimes stutters when running plays. Don't get me started on MUT being pushed everywhere. At this point, I wish they'd give me Madden 07 with better graphics.
  - notyourwork 5y ago
    They are doing the same thing with Fifa, pushing FUT and hoping kids gamble on packs. Gaming isn't about genuine good fun now, it is too focused on milking Mom and Dads wallets. I took a few years off Fifa because it was heading that direction and I knew it was time to retire. Caved in and purchased Fifa 22 last week after a 3 year sabbatical. My wife: "How's the new game?!?" Me: "Feels like 2019, I'm not sure what I bought." I'm officially done with yearly sports releases and I guess that's ok to them because I'm clearly not their target demographic anymore.
    - dylan604 5y ago
      > I'm clearly not their target demographic anymore. Every year a new crop of kids come of age for the parents to be willing to buy them a game. For the rest, it's a status symbol just like the annual purchase of a new phone. Gotta have the latest player rankings! Like purchasing skins/wardrobe/stickers for in-game use. A whole generation of people that will probably be just fine paying Toyota a monthly fee to use their key FOBs.
- justinpage 5y ago
  I feel like this can apply to just about all sports related video games.
boomboomsubban 5y ago
Having retired over a decade ago, I bet a fair number of Madden players already have no idea who John Madden is and may think it's an obscure term like gridiron.
prometheus76 5y ago
They'll probably use his twitter account to shill NFTs sometime in the next year. EDIT: for the downvoters: I was referring to Stan Lee's twitter account now being used to shill NFTs, and saw John Madden as the next logical target of that behavior. Said it tongue in cheek. I'll keep my jokes to myself from now on.
jrootabega 5y ago
Get ready for Tom Clancy's Madden 2023

I wonder what will happen with the game franchise. For a lot of folks his name is synonymous with NFL gaming.

by sfblah 5y ago

I wonder what will happen with the game franchise. For a lot of folks his name is synonymous with NFL gaming.

EA will keep his name and they'll continue to make a boatload of money with each yearly release while making the minimum amount of fan-requested changes with the least effort possible.

blattinum 5y ago
lol sadly exactly right I'm sure
theturtletalks 5y ago
The game is actually regressing. Just bought Madden after 3 years and the initial load time is somehow longer. Game sometimes stutters when running plays. Don't get me started on MUT being pushed everywhere. At this point, I wish they'd give me Madden 07 with better graphics.
- notyourwork 5y ago
  They are doing the same thing with Fifa, pushing FUT and hoping kids gamble on packs. Gaming isn't about genuine good fun now, it is too focused on milking Mom and Dads wallets. I took a few years off Fifa because it was heading that direction and I knew it was time to retire. Caved in and purchased Fifa 22 last week after a 3 year sabbatical. My wife: "How's the new game?!?" Me: "Feels like 2019, I'm not sure what I bought." I'm officially done with yearly sports releases and I guess that's ok to them because I'm clearly not their target demographic anymore.
  - dylan604 5y ago
    > I'm clearly not their target demographic anymore. Every year a new crop of kids come of age for the parents to be willing to buy them a game. For the rest, it's a status symbol just like the annual purchase of a new phone. Gotta have the latest player rankings! Like purchasing skins/wardrobe/stickers for in-game use. A whole generation of people that will probably be just fine paying Toyota a monthly fee to use their key FOBs.
justinpage 5y ago
I feel like this can apply to just about all sports related video games.

boomboomsubban 5y ago

Having retired over a decade ago, I bet a fair number of Madden players already have no idea who John Madden is and may think it's an obscure term like gridiron.

prometheus76 5y ago

They'll probably use his twitter account to shill NFTs sometime in the next year. EDIT: for the downvoters: I was referring to Stan Lee's twitter account now being used to shill NFTs, and saw John Madden as the next logical target of that behavior. Said it tongue in cheek. I'll keep my jokes to myself from now on.

jrootabega 5y ago

Get ready for Tom Clancy's Madden 2023