Play Now Live ---> CFM

[TMJOHNS18]

Am I missing something about this feature? Can I choose any starting point during the season and start a CFM or only if they are listed as the suggested games?

Dont know if it's because of preseason but I only have a couple of live games to choose outside of regular Play Now.



EDIT: Ok, looks like only available for online CFMs. No option under offline CFM. Quite the bummer then.

[tanner75]

So you need either ps plus or Xbox live gold to play play now live cfm ?

[vertman]

Quote: Originally Posted by TMJOHNS18

Am I missing something about this feature? Can I choose any starting point during the season and start a CFM or only if they are listed as the suggested games? Dont know if it's because of preseason but I only have a couple of live games to choose outside of regular Play Now. EDIT: Ok, looks like only available for online CFMs. No option under offline CFM. Quite the bummer then.

I hear you, I could not figure out how to just pick each team and play a custom game between two teams of my choice. I must be missing it but i remember having the same problem in NHL 17 also. Any help?

[NEOPARADIGM]

Quote: Originally Posted by tanner75

So you need either ps plus or Xbox live gold to play play now live cfm ?

correct. ridiculous if you ask me.

[zizoux]

Quote: Originally Posted by NEOPARADIGM

correct. ridiculous if you ask me.

Yep. 2k's ''start today'' option doesn't require ps+ or live gold subscription

[TMJOHNS18]

Right now it's not a big deal, but as the season progresses it will be a huge let down for me.

When Madden included the force win/lose feature I would spend hours setting up a CFM so that it would look as close to say Week 13 as it could. Setting the team records, 32 team control so I could bench injured players, simming a few times to see if stats kinda matched up. I desperately wanted a feature like this.

We get it but online only makes it a moot point for me, since some of the things I like to do on CFM cant be done online (like multi users, replacing fired coaches, etc.).

[Toupal]

So the one actual real addition to CFM costs money?

Why am I not surprised??

[Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by Toupal

So the one actual real addition to CFM costs money? Why am I not surprised??

No, Play Now Live does not directly require payment to EA to play. You get Play Now Live with the game.

Sony and Microsoft both require subscription to their online services to play any game online. Play Now Live is an online mode; it is powered by online Franchise, has dynamic updates to game content from live services, and can spawn a cloud Franchise. As such, to access it you must subscribe to first-party, just like all other online gameplay features in Madden and almost every other console game.

In the future, maybe an altered offline-only version of this feature could be delivered via content updates a la roster updates and commentary updates (which I believe both don't require subscription online services, but I could be wrong), but that's not the route Tiburon chose to go with the feature this year.