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Quote: Originally Posted by evad

Man, I don't know. Ian sometimes talks in circles when it comes to what the goals for improvements are. Telemetry stated that a huge group of people like to control their team through the franchise mode... However, a couple of months ago, telemetry also stated that no one is playing franchise / superstar mode so there is no reason to improve these modes. I feel like I'm following a politician.

If you actually read the interviews, you would know that your second statement (the highlighted part) is false.

First quote:

Quote: Originally Posted by Ian Cummings

In simple terms, what we have learned by listening to our community is that people are getting bored. The data backs this up in the fact that less than 10% of our Franchise gamers even make it past year 2, and less than 3% of our Superstar users make it past year 2. [...] We have already built one of the deepest console career modes in history with NFL Head Coach 09, and we learned a lot of lessons from that product, so moving forward I am really excited with what we can accomplish once we get a solid foundation and better architecture in place.

Second quote:

Quote: Originally Posted by Phil Frasier

In the meantime, we’d like to address some areas of the game that we know are hot on many of your radars, specifically the Franchise and SuperStar modes. [...] To re-write Franchise mode to take full advantage of the PS3 and Xbox 360 would take well over a year to do, which is why we’ve taken the approach we have up until now. [...] [We] are ready to refocus on building Franchise and SuperStar from the ground up. We have already assembled a team fully dedicated on setting the vision for what Franchise and SuperStar modes can and should be in the future.

Now, if people don't want to believe in Tiburon that's one thing, but to say that they are contradicting themselves and that they've said that are no reasons to improve these modes are just plain wrong, when it takes you 10 seconds on Google to find the actual interviews/blogs.

On that topic I also find it strange that so many people are asking for improvements to franchise mode, when they've been told time and time again that they are getting a new franchise mode.

Community: "We want a new franchise mode!!"
Tiburon: "You are getting one, what are your ideas?"
Community: "We want a new franchise mode!!"
Tiburon: "We know! You are getting one for M12."
Community: "We want a new franchise mode!!"
Tiburon: (sigh)