Madden NFL 10 Blog: 2nd Title Update Preliminary Details

[johnkorean]

I still can't figure out why you guys don't rent before you buy if you have expectations that it won't be playable. Either $60 means something to you or it doesn't. Pick one.

And if you got the game as a gift and are still complaining... go away.

[dfos81]

Quote: Originally Posted by speels

Can you even imagine if they were to do that. People get mad when the games don't drop before the pre-season, could you imagine what people would do if the game didn't drop until week 6!!!!

Well they would play the old football games, right? Its not like we have a choice to buy another NFL licensed game before Madden comes out.

[elmerlee]

Check out EA financial Results I'm Glad enue - Quarterly Results (in Millions)
	FY (03/10)	FY (03/09)	FY (03/08)
1st Qtr	644.0	804.0	395.0
2nd Qtr	NA	894.0	640.0
3rd Qtr	NA	1,654.0	1,503.0
4th Qtr	NA	860.0	1,127.0
Total	644.0	4,212.0	3,665.0

Earnings Per Share - Quarterly Results
	FY (03/10)	FY (03/09)	FY (03/08)
1st Qtr	-$0.72	-$0.30	-$0.42
2nd Qtr	NA	-$0.97	-$0.62
3rd Qtr	NA	-$2.00	-$0.10
4th Qtr	NA	-$0.13	-$0.30
Total	-$0.72	-$3.40	-$1.44

Qtr. over Qtr. EPS Growth Rate
	FY (03/10)	FY (03/09)	FY (03/08)
1st Qtr	-454%	0%	---
2nd Qtr	NA	-223%	-48%
3rd Qtr	NA	-106%	84%
4th Qtr	NA	94%	-200%

Yr. over Yr. EPS Growth Rate
	FY (03/10)	FY (03/09)
1st Qtr	-140%	29%
2nd Qtr	NA	-56%
3rd Qtr	NA	-1,900%
4th Qtr	NA	57%

[Duece]

Can somebody answer this please....despite the flaws I am having reasonable fun with my franchise, Will I have to restart it once the new patch drops?

[SoxFan01605]

Quote: Originally Posted by Duece

Can somebody answer this please....despite the flaws I am having reasonable fun with my franchise, Will I have to restart it once the new patch drops?

It's impossible to say without a specific list of franchise fixes, etc. Normally, no, you don't have to, but it has happened in the past.

[sportskid84]

I think I'm going to wait to start my new Raiders franchise after the patch

[Kramer5150]

Quote: Originally Posted by mavfan21

Remember Madden's past when we'd get one patch, MAYBE? We're getting big issues fixed in October/November...that's something we haven't seen before. Remember when David Ortiz ran the Madden team????

We're STILL getting these patches mid/late in the football season,so what's your point? By the time the 2nd patch comes out,I'm sure most will have moved on already...alot of guys are waiting to start a franchise when it drops....already mid-way through the season!....and this is acceptable to you?

Quote: Originally Posted by mavfan21

What would you guys that are being overly critical prefer, that they just never bothered to fix anything? I can't believe people are being critical of them for trying to fix issues. EVERY game ships with bugs/glitches. Not every game gets them fixed. Do you want to ENCOURAGE or DISCOURAGE the current development teams attempts to fix the games bugs? Geez.

See,the thing is....what their "attempting" to fix,should not be broken in the first place. This is football,the game has remained the same for how many years now?? with the exception of rule changes,the "x's" and "o's" are common place.
I agree...games DO ship with bugs and glitches....BUT....the big difference is longevity. I'm sure MOST people would like to play their franchise at/or around the start of the season....NOT mid-way through the season.

[gr18]

You'll have to wait to start a franchise if you want stat glitch fixes.