EA CEO Speaks of an Innovative and New Take on Madden?

[dfos81]

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I'm more impressed that you posted the same thing 4 times within a 30 minute span.

Unlike Some of us, I'm mostest impressed you paid attention lol. This is on the verge of stalking bro, JK.
BTW thats why drinking and typing don't mix. Did I get my point across.

Anyway, it was nice to see the horrorific arcade posts go away.

I know you were itching to join the "oh no, arcade madden 11 is upon us" crowd.

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while it's possible for a mode in madden or version of madden with natal, there's not a chance in hell that they'd scrap the tradtional normal version just like that.

but if that is the case, it's not helping the gameplay any so i hope that's not where time and resources are going.


natal might end up being cool/fun, but that way to game will never replace the controller..no way!

Not only that but Madden is not an xbox exclusive so there is no way they just skip a PS3 version just to try that

[Nza]

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Honestly, Natal for serious gameplay seems really dumb to me. I don't want to pretend I'm playing something like football to that extent - I'd prefer not to look like a complete wanker while playing a football videogame. Like the Wii, it seems like more of a party feature to me.

As for the "innovative" Madden, it's hard to tell but I think it must involve something to do with online play. That's the only thing that would get a CEO excited about changes to Madden IMO while also not being an arcadey refocus (taking Ian for his word there).

"An innovative and new take on Madden" doesn't mean Madden 11. To me it sounds like a new title. Madden Online, MMOFootball, anyone?

[killgod]

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Am I the only one that's a bit nervous that the first Madden 11 annoucement is teh EA CEO is set out to please the shareholders.

Obviously that's par for the course, but I don't recall this being an "announcement" any other year.

So I'd assume they are out to make "as much money as possible" this year. Aka microtransaction mania?

"Please pay 30 XBL Credits to advance to Week 2" *BARF*

[roadman]

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Am I the only one that's a bit nervous that the first Madden 11 annoucement is teh EA CEO is set out to please the shareholders.

Obviously that's par for the course, but I don't recall this being an "announcement" any other year.

So I'd assume they are out to make "as much money as possible" this year. Aka microtransaction mania?

"Please pay 30 XBL Credits to advance to Week 2" *BARF*

Probably not, but I think we need to keep in perspective that the CEO has had that title for less than 2 yrs. So, last year, he was talking about the take-over of another company.

In his short span, it appears that he would prefer to be behind the spotlight, not in it.

[mm boost]

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Natal would be gay and I'd never buy the game if thats what it is for. I am not going to stand in my living room, a grown man, and jump around and talk to a video game. I don't see how the hell that would work through the course of a whole game. how you gonna throw a ball with accuracy deep or short, how you gonna run the ball, how you gonna block, how you gonna tackle? Would I end up spearing my tv? I highly doubt this is what is being referred to as innovative. Cause they are acting like its something we won't expect, and the Natal thing has become very popular lately, so I doubt its that.

I doubt its online play, last year was their big announcement to do the online ****, so i HIGHLY doubt that is what is so ground breaking.

Again, I believe it has something to do with either of the following, if not all....new physics engine, new broadcast presentation, and a new price tag. Just my guesses, but really, what else is there to do to the game to make it "innovative?" The graphics are there, the animations are getting there, and presentation is..meh. Really the only thing left to blow us away with is realistic broadcast (pre-game, half time, post game) and a realistic physics engine for player interaction.

[Rocky]

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It's probably a gimmicky new feature that they throw out every year.

[NFCBeast55]

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Create-a-Fan returns with all new options!!

Seriously though, I would love if it were improved presentations with all the TV channels (CBS, NBC, FOX, ESPN) with authentic music and what not. But that would cost way too much money.

At first, I was nervous with the hiring of the Arcade game guy and this announcement but I'm kind of excited now with Ian saying that it won't take away from the sim aspect.

Of course, what some call sim isn't really sim at all.

[marshallfever]

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Why is it that most of the first posters are thinking this is a bad thing? When I read innovation, I immediately thought of a good thing. Not too sure exactly what they mean by it, but i presumed it was a good thing.

Even though i really enjoyed Madden 10, i really don't know where the franchise would go. Yes, it was going in the more realistic route which is always a plus; but i would love for them to throw us something completely different and new.

I'm gamed for whatever this is

[dfos81]

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"An innovative and new take on Madden" doesn't mean Madden 11.

Yes, it does, according to Ian's Twitter pg.

[Hova57]

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10114352-64.html

www.nvidia.com/object/io_1227078291811.html?_templateId=320

http://www.nvidia.com/object/io_1237287245570.html

based on this like i said in the front page poll, i think they had a development team trying to get it to work right, i believe pro-tack was the first part now with it cooperating with PhysX it would be awesome . check it out

[CreatineKasey]

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10114352-64.html

www.nvidia.com/object/io_1227078291811.html?_templateId=320

http://www.nvidia.com/object/io_1237287245570.html

based on this like i said in the front page poll, i think they had a development team trying to get it to work right, i believe pro-tack was the first part now with it cooperating with PhysX it would be awesome . check it out

Good find. That'd be a great direction for them to take.

[dfos81]

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Wow!
Electronic Arts and Take-Two Interactive Software are adopting Nvidia's PhysX technology

Adhering to the laws of physics
The goal of Nvidia's technology -- based on the laws of physics -- is to make game objects respond in a realistic way to physical events. More conventional technology uses a canned response, in which the same response is repeated over and over. For example, a window breaks, or a person falls the same way every time. In a PhysX-enabled football sports game, however, the angle and velocity of the impact is calculated by the GPU to generate a real-time response that is different every time.
The technology was meant to run on the GPU, according to Jon Peddie, whose firm tracks developments in the graphics chip industry. "It's a GPU thing, and the fact that EA and Take-Two are coming out (with support) gives you a clue why," Peddie said. "This really is a significant event," he said, "enabling the GPU to do physics."

I like it! Now thats what I thought "New and Innovative" meant.
Some real-time animations, now thats going to be "next gen".

[dfos81]

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Physics is better on GPUs
Peddie explained why physics is more suited for the GPU than the CPU. GPUs today typically have hundreds of processors that are good at doing many things in parallel. "If you have threads or processes that can be run simultaneously, (and) if you have processors available to deal with each one of those threads, then you can get your results a lot sooner," he said.
He described a technique called Same Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD). "The same instruction is the physics equation. Things fall toward Earth all the time. And the multiple data will be what the things are. It might be a rock, might be a person, might be the wheel of a car. You have to be able to process this stuff and have it behave in a realistic fashion. To do that, you have to process it very quickly," Peddie said. "The advantage that GPUs bring is that they have this humongous number of processors. Certainly as good as the (Intel) 486 ever was. So they're really good processors, and you've got hundreds of them literally inside the GPU."

The PS3 uses a GPU made by Nvidia called the RSX

[mm boost]

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Exactly, this was my guess...a whole new physics engine. Now just imagine them building on the presentation from Madden 10, coupled with the graphics, depth of franchise, and now a robust physics engine to boot? Innovative would be an understatement. This would blow anything away that we have ever seen before. And if you think about it, it makes sense. They came out with the madden arcade for players that don't prefer sim football, and could be their way of showing that they are moving to an all-new level of sim football. This could be what everyone has been waiting for. And if you think about it, Madden 10 was being developed before this technology was purchased, so it couldn't be included in that installment. However, it has given them a long time to be building Madden 11 off of this engine.

Honestly, now that I think about it, I think they should just change the name from Madden to simply NFL 2011. Seriously, the only presence Madden has on this game is when you have him select your plays (which I have never done in the history of the franchise).