New Game Mode in Madden 21? The Yard?

[ForUntoOblivionSoar∞]

Quote: Originally Posted by 4thQtrStre5S

Sounds like football like a group of friends would create in their neighborhood. If so, I would hope the players are not in full NFL team uniforms, but maybe something like would be seen on an NFL practice field during no contact drills.

To me it sounds like EA attempting to undercut 2K's forthcoming games. Of course that's rather speculative at this point, but it would not be surprising. If they are not prohibited from doing it, why wouldn't they? They've already prevented competition from making an NFL game (yes, the NFL is complicit in that), so why wouldn't they attempt to undercut a competitor in any way they could?

[4thQtrStre5S]

Quote: Originally Posted by ForUntoOblivionSoar∞

To me it sounds like EA attempting to undercut 2K's forthcoming games. Of course that's rather speculative at this point, but it would not be surprising. If they are not prohibited from doing it, why wouldn't they? They've already prevented competition from making an NFL game (yes, the NFL is complicit in that), so why wouldn't they attempt to undercut a competitor in any way they could?

Oh, I have no doubt that EA wants to undercut 2K. I wouldn't be surprised if EA worked in a way for players to qualify for tournaments through such a mode as The Yard.

[SolidSquid]

Quote: Originally Posted by ForUntoOblivionSoar∞

To me it sounds like EA attempting to undercut 2K's forthcoming games. Of course that's rather speculative at this point, but it would not be surprising. If they are not prohibited from doing it, why wouldn't they? They've already prevented competition from making an NFL game (yes, the NFL is complicit in that), so why wouldn't they attempt to undercut a competitor in any way they could?

we really dk bc "sim" still doesnt have a real definition. is 6 vs 6 with nfl uniforms sim? if not its fair game for 2k

[UFCMPunk]

Oh boy.... just what the Franchise community wanted to hear lol. It's understandable copying 2K's MyPark and all but just like the other poster said, it does make you wonder how the structure at EA is. If Rex said moving people to work on MUT takes away from Franchise, Rex also said Longshot took up resources that could have went to Franchise. Do they not have enough devs? I imagine you could just split the devs up if you have enough where one group works on MUT, one works on KO, another The Yard and one group whose purpose is Franchise Mode.

[jfsolo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pray_iv_m3rcy

When you are paying more for an exclusive license to create a SIM football experience why would you sacrifice resources that could go towards the sim aspect of the game? This just seems like an attempt to compete with 2k.

The main point of exclusivity is so that other companies can't make a sim game.

Quote: Originally Posted by UFCMPunk

Oh boy.... just what the Franchise community wanted to hear lol. It's understandable copying 2K's MyPark and all but just like the other poster said, it does make you wonder how the structure at EA is. If Rex said moving people to work on MUT takes away from Franchise, Rex also said Longshot took up resources that could have went to Franchise. Do they not have enough devs? I imagine you could just split the devs up if you have enough where one group works on MUT, one works on KO, another The Yard and one group whose purpose is Franchise Mode.

My guess is that they don't have enough engineers to give every mode the attention it deserves and the non money making aspects are going to get less of the engineer's time.

[Hooe]

Honestly I think I am more interested in The Yard than I ever was in Superstar KO. I'm generally down with having new ways to play Madden.

Gonna assume it's gonna be rife with monetization options, though, which would drive me away if so. How did Volta end up working out in FIFA 20 in that specific regard?

[canes21]

Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

Honestly I think I am more interested in The Yard than I ever was in Superstar KO. I'm generally down with having new ways to play Madden. Gonna assume it's gonna be rife with monetization options, though, which would drive me away if so. How did Volta end up working out in FIFA 20 in that specific regard?

I know that Volta launched with no microtransactions. If it remained that way I don't know, but I remember the news of it not being a monetized mode when launched.

[SolidSquid]

Quote: Originally Posted by canes21

I know that Volta launched with no microtransactions. If it remained that way I don't know, but I remember the news of it not being a monetized mode when launched.

dont play fifa of volta but i assume it was monetized. its too easy to offer "dont wanna grind? just pay X amount for x amount of skill points"


its literally the same thing in 2k, people will buy the game for my park then drop another 100 bucks to get their stats up instantly