Maybe because you always bring it up!
It's your fallback argument, just like you paint everyone who doesn't care for Madden's (or any game's) current gameplay as EA haters who are still bitter about exclusivity.
The bottom line with Madden is the gameplay is stale, bugged (TO issue) and many features (franchise, effective sliders) are broken. NFL2k5 or not.
The fact that EA released a game with a franchise mode so bugged and broken is #1 on my list of what annoys me the most. With the horrible turnover problem a close #2.
You can feel free to say how it doesn't bother you (since you've already pointed out you also bought the PS2 version just to play your Madden 08 franchise) but there are plenty of people it does bother. Some people find the notion of having to buy the same game with the same advertised features on 2 systems to use all the modes a bit ridiculous. And that has nothing to do with being an EA ***** because of exclusivity or how great the 4 year old NFL2k5 was.
Many people here are not EA haters. They just want an improved and/or at least functional football game.
Not because 2k had a franchise mode, but because working franchise/season modes have been around since Tecmo Bowl II.
