EA Still Owns the NFL License Exclusively

[kehlis]

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I've always enjoyed Florio and I wouldn't underestimate him.

He's a weekly staple on the Dan Patrick show which carries a wide variety of listeners and it isn't short on the younger (very relatively speaking) demographic since it airs 9-12 eastern.

[bkrich83]

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I take everything Mike Florio says with a grain of salt. Fact checking and accuracy aren't staples of his writings.

[GiantBlue76]

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Let's not kid ourselves. Had he said madden is an amazing representation of the NFL, our usuals who liked the posts bashing him would suddenly be singing his praises.

[dkp23]

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I got to watching the 3:30 soapbox spiel and I am content to takeaway that he is merely doing this as a publicity stunt for his own personal gain through media attention - to what end it will achieve: I have no idea but I imagine the very Madden Cover Vote tournament he, Mike Florio, lamented over does more for EA's positive publicity than his soapbox spiel does for their negative publicity.

What I will do however to spread the word is share his video link on the EA Twitter pages - what say you EA?

what he said is not too far off from what many of the sim community is saying. The game isn't that good and not a representative of NFL football other than there are players, the teams, the logos and the rules.

PUblicity stunt or not, doesnt matter, just read this website and you will see the same thing people are saying on this forum. The game sucks, no competition resulting in a subpar game with lack of improvements to make a real representation of a football game.

Instead, we have a game that enables zig zagging, warping, stupid defense, canned animation, no gang tackling, and gimmicky features. Yes, these things are whined about by everyone pretty much every year and yet we are still whining about it.

[roadman]

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I don't know much about Florio, so, I started reading the comments about him on that site that was linked.

I formed an opinion based on those comments.

[BezO]

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People that think 2K is better than the current Madden prove just how truly powerful nostalgia really is...

Nostalgia is quite selective as I was a Madden gamer way before I was a 2K gamer.

[FaceMask]

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I was amazed that a Tiburon producer actually could see the light here, and that he realized that Tiburon had gone completely down the drain with their flagship franchise at this time. There are also direct quotes in there from Larry Probst talking about acquiring exclusives for all other football avenues to prevent any threat from take 2 whatsoever. Those of you who believe this was not a calculated move are wrong.

It's hard for a lot of people to believe conspiracies happen. So they look for every reason to not believe it, even when the proof is in writing.

I'm glad people are starting to read this stuff. The media has done a poor job of exposing it.

[dkp23]

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Florio just put it in text this morning on PFT

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/06/20/ea-has-exclusive-license-from-nfl-for-a-couple-more-years/

[FBall Life]

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People that think 2K is better than the current Madden prove just how truly powerful nostalgia really is...

It's not nostalgia when you can boot up 2K5 today and show, side-by-side, clear examples and demonstrations of how much better 2K5 is at the fundamental game of football than the current release of Madden.

[mestevo]

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Instead of making a real and compelling argument, his "selling basically the same game with different players in the software and a different picture on the cover" argument holds no water and would probably get him banned here in short order.

I wonder when he even last played a Madden or just listened to his son complain about it over a weekend.

It's unfortunate this is what you guys have for 'mainstream coverage' - and I like Florio.

It's also too bad he didn't do this earlier and save this thread from even existing since he confirmed with the league the license is exclusive.

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[kjcheezhead]

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Nostalgia is quite selective as I was a Madden gamer way before I was a 2K gamer.

Yep, I still think the old ps2 Maddens are better than current ps3 version at least. Better mini games, a play editor, a vision cone that at least offers a mechanic to change the passing into something more challenging. More intuitive control map, more responsive controls where swat button was always a swat button...


Honestly, what has the new game brought in to change it up at all? Strategy pad? Gameflow? Throw a WR open with more dramatic tethered passing?




As far as Mike Florio goes, I'm glad at least someone in the media is saying something. Usually they are just spitting out clichés about how they don't know how EA continues to make the game even more realistic every year, but then mention the buzz word of the day (true step, protak, etc) and you can tell they have never touched the game in their life.

[SageInfinite]

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In fairness imo, overall Madden on PS4 is better than the PS2 versions finally.

[grants10]

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Instead of making a real and compelling argument, his "selling basically the same game with different players in the software and a different picture on the cover" argument holds no water and would probably get him banned here in short order.

I wonder when he even last played a Madden or just listened to his son complain about it over a weekend.

It's unfortunate this is what you guys have for 'mainstream coverage' - and I like Florio.

It's also too bad he didn't do this earlier and save this thread from even existing since he confirmed with the league the license is exclusive.

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I posted this in another thread:

I think it is important to note he is probably one of those "average" or "casual" gamers people talk about. Thus, this is just one man's opinion but it shows that the "average joe" or "casual" gamer is tired of the game as well.

I state this because I hear some people on OS are only the minority. And as I stated it is only one person but I think the ship is starting to sink.

[GiantBlue76]

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In fairness imo, overall Madden on PS4 is better than the PS2 versions finally.

Agreed, but only on the field and not by a lot. The franchise mode is vastly inferior.

[SageInfinite]

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Agreed, but only on the field and not by a lot. The franchise mode is vastly inferior.

Yeah I definitely was referring to strictly on the field. The interactions, variety in animations, controls, and presentation are all better than PS2. I do believe one of their mistakes was remapping the turbo button to the trigger when they moved to xbox 360. The animations were a lot smoother on PS2 though.

Franchise mode I haven't really touched the connected careers mode. Never really like the idea to begin with, and once I tried it I stumbled through everything. Wasn't really a streamlines experience like they explained it imo. I thoroughly enjoyed the PS2 franchise mode.