I will still boycott madden football for no PC version

[Aranor]

I will still will not buy this crap of a game for not being fair to all systems. It's been too long since a PC version has been on the market, and its sad that the same excuses continue to be used.

[mike sherman]

I agree totally. At least with a PC version we would be able to make modifications to the game. NBA 2k13 PC is the BEST sports game available due to how active the online community has been

[jdub2k4]

I agree. There are a lot of programmers that would be able to make modifications to correct a lot of the mistakes we see in the game. I also think EA would see an increase in sales for the PC market. I do a lot of traveling and it would be way more convenient to have the game on my laptop to play during downtime instead of lugging around the 360. It doesn't make sense to me why they do not want to tap into that market.

[KingV2k3]

Quote: Originally Posted by jdub2k4

It doesn't make sense to me why they do not want to tap into that market.

I would also like a PC option, but I (reluctantly) understand why they don't make one...

Guys are STILL playing the last Madden for PC (2008) and the company's concern is people "standing pat" with a version they already own, as opposed to having them buy a new iteration EVERY year...

[Cre8]

There are a lot of reasons I would say they don't want to develop a title for the PC... I will simply say that EA disappoints me on an annual basis.

[Aranor]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cre8

There are a lot of reasons I would say they don't want to develop a title for the PC... I will simply say that EA disappoints me on an annual basis.

Kudos to that. EA disappoints most all consumers. Stunned me years ago that they took the game off the PC. It's not like they even used to next gen setup. 08 was still run off the ps2 system port. It doesn't cost them much at all to port it o the PC. I think honestly that the developers and programmers don't want to be shown up by consumers that can program and fix the mistakes they can't. Happened in 07 and 08. An example of that could have been in NCAA 12 with the tendency glitch. I bet if it were on PC, it would have been fixed by the public instead of the head team saying "Oh wait till next years and it'll be fixed."

[Trick13]

Quote: Originally Posted by Aranor

Kudos to that. EA disappoints most all consumers. Stunned me years ago that they took the game off the PC. It's not like they even used to next gen setup. 08 was still run off the ps2 system port. It doesn't cost them much at all to port it o the PC. I think honestly that the developers and programmers don't want to be shown up by consumers that can program and fix the mistakes they can't. Happened in 07 and 08. An example of that could have been in NCAA 12 with the tendency glitch. I bet if it were on PC, it would have been fixed by the public instead of the head team saying "Oh wait till next years and it'll be fixed."

The fact that PC gamers can make changes and then make them available to 360 consoles (Skyrim) is, IMO, exactly why they don't make the game for PC anymore.

[CM Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by Aranor

It doesn't cost them much at all to port it o the PC.

This doesn't begin to be true when one considers all possible hardware configurations of a PC, even limiting the operating system to just Windows 8.

It's much easier to develop for two static hardware configurations than a potentially infinite amount. Even if many hardware components these days are architecturally similar, they still aren't identical, and where there's hardware variation the potential for some sort of low-level incompatibility arises.

I was a big fan of the PC version as well - I ran two dynasties on here using Madden 06 PC and Madden 08 PC - but I can begin to understand why EA doesn't make them. I hope their tune changes with next-gen.