It
was a SIM...All those titles on the PS2/Xbox were definitely made w/ the SIM gamer in mind...It's now that we've crossed over into the "next-gen" that Madden has just became a cash cow....w/ little improvement in the game given a better/more powerful operating system, and it has taken steps/jumps/leaps/miles backwards in comparison to the improvements it was making prior to the next-gen crossover.