I'd still disagree. I just don't see this huge contingent of 2K fans that refuse to buy Madden. If the people are that bitter, they'd also realize the NFL has it's part in the blame also. Are these fans no longer willing to watch football? Or no longer purchasing NFL products? All because of the exclusivity deal? I'm sure there are a few people out there that are that extreme that they can hold to their principles and not purchase Madden even if it were "perfect", which I have a really hard time believing. Even so if they do exist they are very few and far between.
And where were all these hardcore holdout fans when APF2K8 came out? If that's the case, APF should've been a million-seller - there should've been a lot more people willing to stick it to the NFL and EA and willing to purchase APF just on spite alone. I don't blame 2K one bit for not making another football game and especially for not catering it to the fringe crowd that simply wants them to provide a game template that gives them full freedom to mold the game any which way they can dream up. It's too unrealistic an expectation, and the ultra-hardcore is far too finicky a crowd to cater to. Even in this forum we can't come up with a consensus on what a 2K football game should be; I've heard everything from USFL to Canadian League to completely generic to high school games being thrown about. And there are more; XFL, hybrid college game, etc. And all this while taking into account the requisite draft/contracts/recruiting needs to add depth to the game. There's just no way they'd be able to please everyone
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