Contiuing Franchise

[BadAssHskr]

Do you think EA is thinking far enough in advance on this one?

I had read at some point that one of the current games allows you to continue an ongoing franchise from one years game to the next.

Just thinking out loud, but wonder if EAs out in front on this.

The older some of us get the less time we get to play with kids, wives and the such. Thhink it might be beneficial to be able to continue your career from '15 on into '16 and being able to take advantage of all the new features added without having to start completly over.

[scottysivley]

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that's a great idea

[bradhump21]

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MLB 14 TS does this...excellent feature. That would bring a whole new dynamic to CFM for sure

[bcruise]

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Do you think EA is thinking far enough in advance on this one?

I had read at some point that one of the current games allows you to continue an ongoing franchise from one years game to the next.

Just thinking out loud, but wonder if EAs out in front on this.

The older some of us get the less time we get to play with kids, wives and the such. Thhink it might be beneficial to be able to continue your career from '15 on into '16 and being able to take advantage of all the new features added without having to start completly over.

I'd think they would have announced this if it were the case.

Honestly I'm still not sure how "that game" is going to pull this off, while still improving the game. Say a later version introduced different ratings - how would you combine those with the save files and rosters from the older game? Seems like a logistics nightmare.

Obviously they have a plan in mind (and maybe they're happy enough with the rating structure that currently exist and don't plan to change it), but there's still a whole bunch of question marks in my head about exactly how this is going to work.

[BadAssHskr]

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Not expecting it this year, however in next years game, on the near future.

I know making it work would be no picnic, but with online cfm id think it could be doable.

Like posted, the show does his already, so its not like the wheel has to be reinvented.

[bcruise]

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Not expecting it this year, however in next years game, on the near future.

I know making it work would be no picnic, but with online cfm id think it could be doable.

Like posted, the show does his already, so its not like the wheel has to be reinvented.

Technically, they haven't yet. This was the first year they announced they were doing this - it's not really going to come into play until Show 15 drops. All they've done with 14 is laid the groundwork for it (whatever that entails).

That's why I'm unsure of how they're going to make it work.

[JaymeeAwesome]

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I can only see this possible for player CFM. Coach and owner doesn't seem like it would work well.

[Mauer4MVP]

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After a year goes by, I kind of want to start a new franchise. Especially in Madden. In NCAA, I could see since players leave in 4 years.

[thinkjoey]

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i do not think that adjusted ratings would matter at all

It would be like continuing a save...the transfer file would have all the necessary stats and ratings. You would only be transferring it to a new system

Kinda like how they did with madden share for ps4 when you wanted to move over the draft classes. Of course it is not impossible...but likely not enough people have brought it to their attention to do it.

The Show and Madden are not the same publishers/designers
^^ total guess....

[reyes the roof]

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It wouldn't interest me, but it can't hurt to give us the option. When I pick up Madden, I want to start with the current year's roster, not a bunch of fictitious draft picks from the year before. Baseball is different to me because it takes so much more time to complete a season, and it takes so much longer to see a prospect develop. Madden on the other hand, I could realistically complete 5 years of a franchise on one year's version of the game, and that's about as far as I'm looking to go

[SmashMan]

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Technically, they haven't yet. This was the first year they announced they were doing this - it's not really going to come into play until Show 15 drops. All they've done with 14 is laid the groundwork for it (whatever that entails).

That's why I'm unsure of how they're going to make it work.

Came to say this. The Show introduced it this year, but we haven't seen it fully come to fruition and find out what glitches pop up as a result. Obviously there will be some (to varying degrees).

[VdoubleB]

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There are more pressing needs to worry about. I'm going to assume that the majority of Madden players, or even CFM players in general wouldn't care about this feature.

This feature would also probably set back potentially new features, so meh.

[raiderphantom]

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I personally would hate this idea. I play multiple seasons anyway and start over the next game but the problem I see is how would they carry it over without keeping a major portion of the game the same? That means less improvements. Now maybe I'm wrong but that's just what I feel would happen.

[Legionnaire]

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Since The Show announced the feature, I was kind of surprised everybody else hasn't quickly followed suit.

After thinking about it, I suspect the other sports games are going to wait it out (at least until The Show 15, when the thing is implemented and people can see how it goes) before making a move.

It might turn out that it's a horribly executed thing, in which case none of the other companies will feel like they need to bother. Or it might turn out to be so uncommon for gamers to use the feature (with only a tiny fraction of gamers opting not to start a new franchise with each new release), that the other games decide there's too little upside to be worth the headache.