My opinion: they do release a beta, Madden 06 was the beta for 07, 07 was the beta for 08, 08 was the beta for 09, 09 was the beta for 10, and now 10 is the beta for 11. It will go on forever.
I've said it a million times. EA only has one goal, to make money. I certainly have no problem with a company making money, however if EA were not just money hungry and they actually wanted to put out the best product possible, they would take the time to do so. Maybe skip a year and just release roster updates so they can get the game right, but it will never happen, Why? They don't have to. If millions of people still bought your product year after year no matter what , you would have no reason to take the time needed to get the game right. You would release a sub par game every year, then toss out a couple patches to try and get the game to play as it should out of the box and take in millions in profit and laugh all the way to the bank.
Madden Football a never ending cycle of fixing what is broken.
What year do you think it will be when we buy a Madden game, take it home, play it, and it actually plays like a real game of football right out of the box? I'm betting it won't happen in my lifetime, yeah I'm old.
Out.