Madden NFL 11 Blog: GameFlow and The Strategy Pad

[Phil_Frazier]

Quote: Originally Posted by rooney8

Thanks for the post Phil and the blog Ian. It seems like nearly every improvment to the game is based off data from online consoles. So only online gamers are shaping Madden?

Saw this comment and have seen similar comments before. More than 80% of Madden gamers have a console that's connected to Xbox Live based on our numbers. Our telemetry comes from any game that is played on an internet connected console. Not just from 'online games'. We get lots of useful data.

Phil

[St. Chaos]

It sounds like what they actually needed to do besides this bizarre and overthought way of solving things was either require two presses of A to make defensive adjustments (sort of an initiate - confirm kind of deal), making B the way to exit the pre-snap menu, or both...

Then again, a great many problems would be solved by allowing custom controller configurations.

[iliteracy3]

I'm actually happy that EA responded and now is giving in option to make every1 happy, i applaud u!

[PantherBeast_OS]

Glad to hear that the old controls will be put back in as a option. Thanks alot Phil and Ian.

[2krunk4u]

Quote: Originally Posted by ryan36

This shows 2 encouraging things....1) They're listening 2)they really DO know how people are using the game

I agree with this statement. I've been one of the pretty upset ones about this whole Strategy Pad thing. It's good to see that they took into account what their consumers had to say about their product.

Good Job, EA. Props for this one.

[wrightnreyes]

question...what will the default online settings be? strategy pad or no strategy pad? or can you choose?

same for online franchise.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by 2krunk4u

I agree with this statement. I've been one of the pretty upset ones about this whole Strategy Pad thing. It's good to see that they took into account what their consumers had to say about their product. Good Job, EA. Props for this one.

I agree, but no one should be questioning the stats they receive. Not saying you are, but just saying the stats are hard to ignore.

Also, I admit I was wrong about the reason why they implemented it. I'm not afraid to admit that against their stats.

[SteelerSpartan]

Ahh, I can enjoy some new video game NFL football now


Good job on squashing this