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Quote: Originally Posted by Hamburgerpimp97

Heard Madden's Lead Developer confirm that Madden 22 was not going to have ESPN (or any major broadcast network) integrating its broadcast presentation into the game. Really??? It's 2021 and EA is so far behind the 2K's and San Diego studies with presentation, in spite of the fact their budget and development staff probably dwarfs those companies. I was holding out hope when people on the internet shared the ESPN logo on the scoreboard banner that finally we would get broadcast integration including a pre-game show, decent halftime presentation along with post game recap and sideline reporters. EA is way behind considering this has been a staple with the other companies for many years now. Last year's mantra was #fixthefranchise, well I feel the mantra this year already should be #fixthepresentation.

Real life broadcast partners have been disappearing from all EA sports games for a couple of years. NHL and madden both have their own broadcast package. UFC doesn’t have ESPN integration either despite all pay per views and free fights being exclusive to ESPN.

The EA name sells itself. Why spend money on broadcast licenses when it won’t sale any additional copies of the game?