Madden 10: Did EA Press Reset? (Joystiq)

[Brnto4life]

Joystiq has posted another Madden NFL 10 article, this one titled Madden 10: Did EA press reset?

Quote:

"Frazier, Cummings and the rest of the staff are frustrated by the repetitive criticisms lobbed at Madden. Frazier vehemently defended the integrity of this team, if not the integrity of EA Sports' exclusive right to use NFL licenses. "We found out about it the same day everyone else did," Frazier said of the deal. "I get that concern." But Frazier was quick to point out that EA has invested more money in Madden this year than any previous year, suggesting that at no level in the company is there a push to ease back on development initiative in the wake of diminished competition. "EA isn't trying to get lazy with this franchise," Frazier insisted. EA isn't trying to get overly ambitious either."

[Bgamer90]

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/28/ma...a-press-reset/

Quote:

Despite its massive following, Joystiq has largely treated the series as uninteresting. Year in, year out, the process has grown mechanical: the annual announcement, followed by details of game enhancements, and then, of course, a look at those supposedly cursed cover athletes. Then, silence. The game's released. A few months later, news of its sales dominance. Rinse. Repeat. Reset.

Told you guys they were never really that interested in the game...

[Smoke316]

Nice article by joystiq in my opinion. Its an article from the outsider looking into the Madden franchise. Sure you can argue that every yr is just a roster update with a few improvements here and there. There is nothing wrong with "constructive skepticism" on the part of joystiq and those alike. However i think this year , with the renewed focus of the dev team , things will be different going forward. Im also looking forward to after the game is released to see how the dev team continues to interact with us as a community.

[Derrville]

Hmmm

[Derrville]

too late

[Bgamer90]

Seems like someone beat me to the punch in posting this.

Mods can lock this if they want...

[N@X_WiZaRD]

This guy's major beef is that the EA dev crew isn't working on a team-play feature called Madden Online?

WTF?

This guy is ********. 99.9% of Madden fans are PRIMARILY interested in the presentation and gameplay upgrades - the very upgrades that he so non-chalantly trivialized as "non-intuitive" branches for development.

[kwas676]

The whole article was like a kid crying but you don't know what there crying about.