We’re still on daylight savings time irl to be fair. Madden obviously doesn’t reflect this because reasons. But that there’s no sort of seasonal lighting change is pretty weak, yes. There’s hella difference between games in September vs games in December/January in terms of daylight and light angles.
The Show captures this very well; it’s phenomenal that there’s a contrast between each month of the season: progressive lighting (getting darker earlier or later depending on month) and lighting angles (September sun angles starkly different from April & May, etc.).
I think it’s just one of those thing where snarky “gameplay first” dudes crap all over the notion with quips like “who cares I wouldn’t even notice” whenever someone brings it up. But I’m with you 100%.