Not disputing that at all, but if the decrease in sales on last gen, is more than the 3% increase in sales on the current gen, which it is, then that point has no weight.
Then throw in the fact that the install base of every single platform has increased, and the picture gets bleaker.
You can spin it anyway you want. The fact remains that Madden is not what it was. Just facts. And I am not talking about the game itself, just saying it isn't what it was from a profitable standpoint. Not from a popularity standpoint either. Numbers don't lie.