First off, great site and forums
I have been a non-buyer of any EA Sports game on next-gen. One of my friends has purchased every Madden and NCAA game since '06 and has regretted every purchase, I have tried them all and was very disappointed. I always thought about all the really nice next-gen games out and how these EA games could be put out year in and year out with so many things wrong with them.
I read about all of the glitches, problems, and omissions (CPU Sliders gone....I mean cmon...) in this years games and it further degraded my thought of EA.
I then discovered this site...I read the multiple threads about all of the problems and the
admirable work on both forums by the EA representatives in relaying news, explaining processes, and getting feedback.
I will now say that
IF EA comes through with the patches and the DLC for NCAA 09 and Madden 09, they will have gained back a longtime customer as I would then buy both games. I am still holding out until the patches
AND DLC are released however... forgive me for being skeptical but after the past 3 years on next-gen I have no choice.
I am very encouraged by the recent announcements, especially this one by Phil. I look forward to buying, and enjoying an EA Sports game this year, and hopefully next year the games can be what I know they could have been all along.