Let's face it, EA Tiburon ain't doing anything unless it makes them money, so complain as we might, I doubt they open up User customization in Madden, unless we open our wallets to them. People reference a lot around here how OS and other "sim" gamers are a small percentage of Madden's consumer base, the 1% if you will, so it seems logical that our collective money could make room for us.
Here is the basic premise of my suggestion. Not all of us are actually into or would individually utilize a vast array of User customization options but collectively we could and likely would. So I propose two fee based DLCs, one to unlock advanced User Interfaces to otherwise unavailable options and the other a community share. Neither of these suggestions is at all new or innovative to sports gaming or EA Tiburon, as even NCAA Football currently offers a share locker and custom music but all that continues to allude Madden, imo due to wanting to ensure gamers buy the next edition. I am not intending to debate EA Tiburon's business practices concerning Madden in this thread, just pointing out what seem to be the realities of the situation and what ways the community at large might deal with them.
Considering that most gamers interested in a community share project such as this, would likely go for the fee based community share DLC opposed to the one for User customization, I would propose that the latter be of higher cost. For example, provided the User customization DLC included extensive options, such as full player editing including the unlimited use of GameFace, custom stadium sounds/music, global ratings editor, manual tuner set ability, unique sliders like locomotion, playbook/play editor/creator, universal GameFlow/GamePlan access, universal team management AI logic access and anything else that Users could reasonably access, then that could be at a cost of $20 or more. Then the cost of the community share could be set lower at $10, with those that actually utilize the User customization tools, taking donations from those in the community that choose to download their work, to offset their cost.
Now as a caveat to "Caesar" aka EA Tiburon, if possible, they can even put an expiration date on these DLCs so that we are forced to either renew or obtain a new DLC to coincide with the release of the next edition of Madden. Again I suggest this because I believe the reason we don't have these capabilities currently in Madden at no cost and that Madden is no longer available on PC where it would undoubtedly be modded, is due to EA Tiburon's concern of gamers not getting the newest version.
I know some will come at me sideways as if I am crazy or must be some EA Tiburon affiliate floating an idea like this but if it takes $75-$85 total, $65 for the game + $10-$20 DLC, to get a NFL game I can enjoy the whole year, so be it. I am just trying to give a general idea of what I am suggesting and I hope people reading this get the gist. It has become evident to me that for whatever reason EA Tiburon will not be making Madden into the type of NFL football game I can enjoy for an extended period of time so I would like the community at large to have the chance to.
I would like to hear what others think about this and hopefully I don't get placed on too many ignore lists for starting this thread. If you can't beat 'em, bribe 'em.
Here is the basic premise of my suggestion. Not all of us are actually into or would individually utilize a vast array of User customization options but collectively we could and likely would. So I propose two fee based DLCs, one to unlock advanced User Interfaces to otherwise unavailable options and the other a community share. Neither of these suggestions is at all new or innovative to sports gaming or EA Tiburon, as even NCAA Football currently offers a share locker and custom music but all that continues to allude Madden, imo due to wanting to ensure gamers buy the next edition. I am not intending to debate EA Tiburon's business practices concerning Madden in this thread, just pointing out what seem to be the realities of the situation and what ways the community at large might deal with them.
Considering that most gamers interested in a community share project such as this, would likely go for the fee based community share DLC opposed to the one for User customization, I would propose that the latter be of higher cost. For example, provided the User customization DLC included extensive options, such as full player editing including the unlimited use of GameFace, custom stadium sounds/music, global ratings editor, manual tuner set ability, unique sliders like locomotion, playbook/play editor/creator, universal GameFlow/GamePlan access, universal team management AI logic access and anything else that Users could reasonably access, then that could be at a cost of $20 or more. Then the cost of the community share could be set lower at $10, with those that actually utilize the User customization tools, taking donations from those in the community that choose to download their work, to offset their cost.
Now as a caveat to "Caesar" aka EA Tiburon, if possible, they can even put an expiration date on these DLCs so that we are forced to either renew or obtain a new DLC to coincide with the release of the next edition of Madden. Again I suggest this because I believe the reason we don't have these capabilities currently in Madden at no cost and that Madden is no longer available on PC where it would undoubtedly be modded, is due to EA Tiburon's concern of gamers not getting the newest version.
I know some will come at me sideways as if I am crazy or must be some EA Tiburon affiliate floating an idea like this but if it takes $75-$85 total, $65 for the game + $10-$20 DLC, to get a NFL game I can enjoy the whole year, so be it. I am just trying to give a general idea of what I am suggesting and I hope people reading this get the gist. It has become evident to me that for whatever reason EA Tiburon will not be making Madden into the type of NFL football game I can enjoy for an extended period of time so I would like the community at large to have the chance to.
I would like to hear what others think about this and hopefully I don't get placed on too many ignore lists for starting this thread. If you can't beat 'em, bribe 'em.
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