"Moore wants people to be connected to gaming 24 hours a day, whether its through their console, PC, tablet, or smartphone."
- Peter Moore, EA
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Fair enough, Mr. Moore. As a business owner I can respect your reasoning. However, as a consumer, I can't help but wonder if the online push your company is making is somewhat "punishing" those of us who choose to play your game offline.
I am not thrilled to lose Franchise mode, but I don't want to make this thread about that. I appreciate the initiative EA took with this years game, but I feel very shackled when I venture into the connected careers coach mode. Right off the bat the inability to load your sliders in is a let down, but other features that were in past games are now gone in favor of the online related bias C.C. presents.
I understand that while connected to the servers your company can offer some dynamic upgrades and that is something as an offline gamer I can live without, but after reading your quote I truly feel I and others like me are getting the short end of the stick with the new franchise-like mode.
I paid the same $60 for my game as everyone else, and even did something I never thought I would do - Purchased the season ticket.
I did this not because some marketing gimmick suckered me in or because the benefits were that great, but rather because I experienced the demo and was impressed enough with the gameplay improvements that I truly wanted Madden early. I had no problem paying my money for something that I felt had earned it.
See, that is how you "Make a buck." When the product quality is making nice strides and consumers see time and effort are put forth, people will pay for the extras because they want to. With your company heavily pushing the online modes onto those of us who can't or don't want to play online you are only upsetting people, and not creating opportunity for more money.
I am not bitter nor sitting here with my head in the sand. Online gaming is more than likely going to continue to grow bigger and bigger and that's awesome. But I feel like C.C.'s was aimed heavily at the online crowd and by removing franchise really put us offline players in a bad spot.
Otherwise Madden 13 is a big step in the right direction and something I don't regret purchasing. I can only hope this post (and others) will reach the right people and reassure us offline players that we will not be forgotten about.
"We like to think that if you're connected to us 24 hours a day then the opportunity to make a buck is greater"
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Fair enough, Mr. Moore. As a business owner I can respect your reasoning. However, as a consumer, I can't help but wonder if the online push your company is making is somewhat "punishing" those of us who choose to play your game offline.
I am not thrilled to lose Franchise mode, but I don't want to make this thread about that. I appreciate the initiative EA took with this years game, but I feel very shackled when I venture into the connected careers coach mode. Right off the bat the inability to load your sliders in is a let down, but other features that were in past games are now gone in favor of the online related bias C.C. presents.
I understand that while connected to the servers your company can offer some dynamic upgrades and that is something as an offline gamer I can live without, but after reading your quote I truly feel I and others like me are getting the short end of the stick with the new franchise-like mode.
I paid the same $60 for my game as everyone else, and even did something I never thought I would do - Purchased the season ticket.
I did this not because some marketing gimmick suckered me in or because the benefits were that great, but rather because I experienced the demo and was impressed enough with the gameplay improvements that I truly wanted Madden early. I had no problem paying my money for something that I felt had earned it.
See, that is how you "Make a buck." When the product quality is making nice strides and consumers see time and effort are put forth, people will pay for the extras because they want to. With your company heavily pushing the online modes onto those of us who can't or don't want to play online you are only upsetting people, and not creating opportunity for more money.
I am not bitter nor sitting here with my head in the sand. Online gaming is more than likely going to continue to grow bigger and bigger and that's awesome. But I feel like C.C.'s was aimed heavily at the online crowd and by removing franchise really put us offline players in a bad spot.
Otherwise Madden 13 is a big step in the right direction and something I don't regret purchasing. I can only hope this post (and others) will reach the right people and reassure us offline players that we will not be forgotten about.
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