Madden NFL 10 Blog: 2nd Title Update Preliminary Details

[GTheorenHobbes]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

Benicio - it's not greed, it's about moving forward - would you rather them continue patching Madden 10 all year and just forget about doing Madden 11?

You would think that, for a game that generates roughly $300 million every year ($60 x 5 million), they would have enough people on staff to do both (work on Madden 11 and the Madden 10 patch). This isn't some guys working on the game in their basement that we're talking about here, and I just don't know where the "if they're working on one thing, then they can't be working on the other" mentality comes from.

[markprior22]

Quote: Originally Posted by TeamBuilder

All I'm gonna say is that it's November 17th, football season is over halfway done, and we are still waiting on a patch to "fix" the game.

BINGO...say what you want but this is the bottom line

[bgdave39]

I just asked Ian for clarification on whether it is in MS/Sony hands or still with EA and being worked on. He usually always gets back to me, so I'll let you guys know if he responds.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigjake62505

I am not talking about arcade games. AFL Legacy pack, All the add ons that were already on the game at launch. I did not see any long extended time for these features to be added in the madden store. Are these features any less likey to "crash hardware"

I thought the AFL Legacy Patch came out with the first patch. Am I wrong?

[baseballsim]

Quote: Originally Posted by bgdave39

I just asked Ian for clarification on whether it is in MS/Sony hands or still with EA and being worked on. He usually always gets back to me, so I'll let you guys know if he responds.

I thought they already informed the public that it's currently in Sony/MS hands?

[ballymenasteve]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

I thought the AFL Legacy Patch came out with the first patch. Am I wrong?

Thank you for proving my point. EA released the AFL pack, along with an unfinished patch (messed up uni's and overlay banners, easy kick returns)

Now were into week 10 of the season, and still waiting for fixes for faults that wouldnt be in the game if it had been thoroughly tested before release.

Perhaps if the patch had been prioritised, and the faults fixed, and then released the AFL pack, we might be in a better place at the minute. But I suppose delaying the AFL pack would have meant less of them sold, and a smaller dividend for the EA shareholder.

Don't get me wrong, I think Ian and his team have done a good job this year, and I really think Madden 10 could be a great game, and no game is perfect, but we shouldn't still be waiting 3 months after the game was released.

[spankdatazz22]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

And yet if EA released it quickly and didn't address everything everyone wants you guys would be yelling "why not take your time and fix all of these issues???" can't win for losing, EA..

Well, the longer it takes the more will be expected of it. From what I saw on the patch list it really wasn't addressing a lot of the game's problems, just a handful of specific ones. Maybe they are trying to fix "all" of the issues, maybe not. I was going into the 2nd patch with pretty low expectations to be honest. But the longer it takes the more I think needs to deliver.

[rspencer86]

Ian just tweeted that it is now OFFICIALLY in final 3rd party approvals.

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