Madden NFL 11 Video: Developer Series - Simpler, Quicker, Deeper

[Steve_OS]

[joejccva71]

I'm having trouble seeing a video here. Is anyone else? I refresh and it's still a blank screen.

[ehh]

Cummings looks thrilled to be there.

[sois]

They seem to really believe that the casual, doesn't-understand-basic-football-strategy type player is their bread and butter audience. It's disturbing to hear this. Are Madden gamers seriously burdened by learning the intricacies of the sport? I don't know if I buy this. It may be true, I don't know.

Are less experienced gamers really the target here? Why create a simulation game if that is your audience? This interview sounds disjointed. I really like the concept of Gameflow but it sounds like they think their core audience is not interested in the nuts and bolts of football and only follow the game superficially.

I want doritos for some reason too.

[Jimixiii]

Ian wasn't having a good day LoL...

But I wonder how much John Madden actually plays Madden...? But the mention of the way the gameplan is going to be used by the CPU in this video might have actually been the 1st piece of info they've talked about that sounds like a positive & would be significant in the game play of Madden 11...still not excited like I'd usually be around this time for Madden though...sad.

[Jimixiii]

Quote: Originally Posted by sois

Are less experienced gamers really the target here?

Yes! They have said multiple times that basically they think they need to reach out to NEW customer, in so many words. It's really dumb, but that's what I've gotten from them since the 1st Video Diary months back.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by sois

They seem to really believe that the casual, doesn't-understand-basic-football-strategy type player is their bread and butter audience. It's disturbing to hear this. Are Madden gamers seriously burdened by learning the intricacies of the sport? I don't know if I buy this. It may be true, I don't know. Are less experienced gamers really the target here? Why create a simulation game if that is your audience? This interview sounds disjointed. I really like the concept of Gameflow but it sounds like they think their core audience is not interested in the nuts and bolts of football and only follow the game superficially. I want doritos for some reason too.

You and I got different point from it, I guess.

All throughout I heard the Sr. Product Mgr say that they need to cater to the fans that got Madden this far. He even said those fans don't want to go to Virtual Trainer.

I agree, in the beginning, they did say they need to reach out to newer people.

[Valdarez]

Quote: Originally Posted by ehh

Cummings looks thrilled to be there.

Yeah, and they didn't ask him any questions or have him provide any info/data. So we have the marketing guy doing most of the talking, and the project manager speaking on the game. Weird. Seems like Ian is the on who would have the most information and best perspective on the game.