Madden 09 Roster & Patch Update

[Starbase503]

Quote: Originally Posted by Titus001

Well i just bought the ps3 version. Went online and the new roster was out. They added Farve to the jets and made troy smith the starter for the ravens and improved his ratings. Thats all I noticed so far.

Where did you get the PS3 rosters? From within the game or from your PC? I just got the game yesterday and went online from within Madden (my first time to play this game since Madden 2002 on the PS2) and couldn't find any rosters. If from your PC, what site?

[coogrfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Simonnova

I TOTALLY agree! C'mon EA FIX THESE ISSUES NOW! NO EXCUSE for a released and flawed game. Pauses and crashes tells us BUYERS that you guys over at EA DO NOT work hard enough to produce a quality game (Madden 09), and thats a SHAME!

Has anyone else noticed that there seems to be a direct correlation between the use of all-caps and the number of posts of said user?

Further study is warranted.

[callmetaternuts]

So im assuming that no patch is out yet. Not being a Microsoft know-it-all, when do they typically release patches or stuff to the servers?

[mikejones76]

Quote: Originally Posted by ofdman

Thats true. I understand about the whole approval process and all but you get my point. And I'm not THAT worked up. But tell me this, why then did the folks over at 2K get it done a lot better than EA in a lot less time? Explain that. That logic just doesn't compute. And yes I know he was being nice to the EA guy but this whole "keeping us informed" is goofy to begin with. IMO, there shouldn't be a need to after 20 years of development. Again, 2K's developers did a hell of a job on their first football game. As I understand it there were some developers from the EA team that worked on it? Still, same logic applies right? You're doing the same thing so many other people do and thats make excuses for EA. You may be what they call an enabler. You are lying to yourself if you believe that a lot of what EA does with Madden isn't done on purpose. I mean, it's their business plan. If one of the developers came in one day and said "EUREKA! I HAVE DISCOVERED THE PERFECT CODE FOR THE PERFECT GAME OF FOOTBALL!!" do you think the suits at EA would implement it? No friggin' way! LOL! They would slowly add parts of it over the coarse of a lifetime and at the same time purposefully break other parts of the game (that were fine to begin with) just so they can claim "We listen to our customers and are working hard to blah blah blah..." They do this EVERY YEAR! One year we have a realistic amount of penalties, the next year WE DON'T! One year we have pretty good presentation, the next year WE DON'T ( and don't give me the "NEXT GEN" excuse) this is so obviously done to make us sheep (and I am indeed a part of the herd) believe that they are trying their damnedest to bring us a realistic game of football when in fact, it's "all...part of the plaaaan". No big deal. I am actually laughing so don't get all worked up. And we still have NFL HC which I like. And hopefully the Wii version is indeed a better game realitically speaking than its next gen version and i'll be content. And with EA, that is the whole goal with them. Make them content juuuuust enough to bring them back for more the next year. Ain't that right EA?! I am just as much a part of the problem as everyone else that buys into their hype machine so it's not like i'm bashing anyone other than EA. And it's America dammit! I am allowed to gripe about them!

Wow! you really are getting mad. Hey why don't you call a girl you haven't talked to in a while and go out on the town and have some fun."I'm really getting worked up now",LOL.

[Simonnova]

I TOTALLY AGREE with Ofdman!

"they have No obligation to send us a patch."????

are you serious!

then make it right the 1st time! DONT HYPE IT UP THEN GIVE US A 1/2-*** GAME

This thread or others like it should have never been made and they wouldnt be made...IF EA RESOVLED THESE ISSUES BEFORE RELEASE!

C'MON GUYS....quit being lazy and do the job better! FIRE EVERYONE in the quality control dept (if they have one) and hire new ppl.

The game is almost there. graphically superior among other things....but bugs and glitches and CRASHES!?.....no excuse

[qaldyar]

Thank you for the info. =)

[ofdman]

Quote: Originally Posted by mikejones76

Question, Have any of you ever bought a game that was perfect? I do agree that there are issues,but this game is still worth my $60. I remember a time when we didn't have roster updates and patches,but this is a very good game. I do agree that if there was competition these things would not be an issue,but have you played some of the horrible non Madden football games. 2k was the only real comp. I have been reading the boards and though some of the complaints are valid a lot of us just need to find a hobby and take madden for what is is,"a video game".They must be doing something right,every year these same people are driving 2 or 3 hours just to get it 2 days early....sigh!

Yep, Tetris.

And besides, I never said anything about wanting the game to be PERFECT! Just a whole lot better. There is a difference.

Come on man, if you're indeed a football freak like me and also love playing video games then you should understand where all the complaints come. It's not like we are all just saying crap for the hell of it. NFL 2K wasn't a perfect game at all but IMO it was a whole lot better than EA's game. A lot of people agree with this.

Don't you want a realistic experience when you fire up Madden? Wouldn't it be cool if we had a half time show of some sorts with highlights from the game and around the league? What about the penalty issue. Does this not bother you? Or players that really responded like they do in real life during a play? (or at least a lot closer)

What about the cpu time management issue? Does this not bother you either? To watch them make stupid calls over and over again.

There is a ton of problems with Madden that should have been corrected YEARS ago.

As long as there are people like us (yes US) that keep paying them every year and as long as they have ZERO competition it will ALWAYS be like this. We will TRAGICALLY never, ever, ever get a realistic game of football.

I sure wish 2K would keep on with their APF series but I understand it just isn't feasible for them. What a MAJOR drag this whole NFL license deal was for us video gamers. Un-American and sad.

BTW, did you all just see on CNN where Toyota is going to be the only car manufacturer starting in 2012? Yep, from 2012 on we will ALL have to drive Toyotas. AND, they are only going to make one color.

Bummer.

[beardofspock]

Quote: Originally Posted by ofdman

Yep, Tetris. And besides, I never said anything about wanting the game to be PERFECT! Just a whole lot better. There is a difference. Come on man, if you're indeed a football freak like me and also love playing video games then you should understand where all the complaints come. It's not like we are all just saying crap for the hell of it. NFL 2K wasn't a perfect game at all but IMO it was a whole lot better than EA's game. A lot of people agree with this. Don't you want a realistic experience when you fire up Madden? Wouldn't it be cool if we had a half time show of some sorts with highlights from the game and around the league? What about the penalty issue. Does this not bother you? Or players that really responded like they do in real life during a play? (or at least a lot closer) What about the cpu time management issue? Does this not bother you either? To watch them make stupid calls over and over again. There is a ton of problems with Madden that should have been corrected YEARS ago. As long as there are people like us (yes US) that keep paying them every year and as long as they have ZERO competition it will ALWAYS be like this. We will TRAGICALLY never, ever, ever get a realistic game of football. I sure wish 2K would keep on with their APF series but I understand it just isn't feasible for them. What a MAJOR drag this whole NFL license deal was for us video gamers. Un-American and sad. BTW, did you all just see on CNN where Toyota is going to be the only car manufacturer starting in 2012? Yep, from 2012 on we will ALL have to drive Toyotas. AND, they are only going to make one color. Bummer.

If you think 2k5 is better than Madden 09, well, I laugh in your face, seriously.