Madden NFL 11 Blog: E3 Feature Announcement and Career Modes Update

[ChampN252]

I haven't really gotten into any Madden lately, because I mainly do SS mode. Hearing that they are going to redo it from the ground up will almost make it a absolute buy for me. I had M10 and couldn't stand the problems it had. I played it maybe two week. If M11 fixes those, I may actually play it.

[at23steelers]

Quote: Originally Posted by G-Men_in_Mass

Did I miss something? Where do they say presentation will be any differnt from last year??

I was referring to the commentary, the added playoff excitement, the songs during the games, and the crowd cheers.

[mm boost]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hova57

This place cracks me up over and over people have said if EA was just straight up with us and said something isn't going to be in the game just say it well they did. also everything that seemed to bother us also has been fixed from 10 so they are saying 12 is going to be what a franchise should be. I can live with that, but that just me

The even MORE ridiculous part of this is, I've seen NUMEROUS people whine and cry that they should make this game every 2 years so that it has more features and everything is fixed...um...so they got their wishes, and yet there is still all the bitching. I am perfectly fine with this game....upgraded audio, commentary, graphics, controls, stats, injuries, presentation...all of the things that makes football...football has been fixed. I think this year's game is gonna rock.

[G-Men_in_Mass]

Quote: Originally Posted by at23steelers

I was referring to the commentary, the added playoff excitement, the songs during the games, and the crowd cheers.

Ok ok sorry, You were talking about in-game..

[mm boost]

Quote: Originally Posted by G-Men_in_Mass

Did I miss something? Where do they say presentation will be any differnt from last year??

that has been their focus all along, where have you been hermit? Upgraded audio, commentary, showing players get off the bus before the game, tail gaters, fans in the stands, etc. That is all presentation!

[rooney8]

I am a huge franchise guy. It's the #1 thing for me and I love what I am hearing. They have been messing about with this horroble code for years and finally they are gonna rebuild it which is what we have all been calling for.
I would much rather a great franchise mode in M12 which can be built upon then the current franchise mode which they can't do anything with.
Great news for franchise guys.

[myownsun]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hova57

This place cracks me up over and over people have said if EA was just straight up with us and said something isn't going to be in the game just say it well they did. also everything that seemed to bother us also has been fixed from 10 so they are saying 12 is going to be what a franchise should be. I can live with that, but that just me

Agreed, but the gameplay had better be sublime if so then i can wait another year for a franchise blowout, hell i haven't (really)played an EA football since madden 05 last gen so m11's chise mode should be enough keep me going.

[TheWatcher]

Well, like I said before and was of course attacked and called a liar for stating this fact (what's new?)... franchise is not one of their top market targets (money-makers) and hasn't been all generation, if not longer. I was told what their top money-makers are by an EA official, and franchise is not one of them. They're not basing their decisions to make franchise upgrades just on some website polls from sites that would attract hardcore franchise players. It doesn't work that way. They have structured systems and procedures in place to collect data from a number of sources offline and on, and they determine what's going to get the top and/or back-of-the-box heavily marketed feature attention, based on that data the same as any other game franchise would.

After 5 years, really, none of this should come as a shock. If anything, online franchise in Madden 10 was more than likely a big reach for them, they looked at the data from that, and probably decided against doing any major moves there either, hence the message they've put out.

Thing is, this is not going to phase them a bit. Madden 11 will outsell Madden 10 and not miss a beat in the sales department, you can bet on that.