EA Sports & NFL - Tracking Player Movement, Looking to Revolutionize Madden Ratings

[LionsFanNJ]

Hype train starting up early this year. Damn.

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[TreyIM2]

You're overlooking the fact that it will cost them more from a production standpoint for next gen which will possibly also mean a bigger dev team and more paychecks being cut. This is going to be a point of contention for ALL game developers, not just EA. Stakes will be higher for every gaming house especially with the downtrend of sales this gen. It's gunna be harder to turn coin. I believe most will have to go hard or go out of business. Next gen could possibly usher in the next gaming industry crash.

[TreyIM2]

Quote: Originally Posted by TreyIM2

You're overlooking the fact that it will cost them more from a production standpoint for next gen which will possibly also mean a bigger dev team and more paychecks being cut. This is going to be a point of contention for ALL game developers, not just EA. Stakes will be higher for every gaming house especially with the downtrend of sales this gen. It's gunna be harder to turn coin. I believe most will have to go hard or go out of business. Next gen could possibly usher in the next gaming industry crash.

That was in response to TreFacTor

[N51_rob]

Madden in it current iteration has what 50 ratings yet only a handful of them even matter. This all sounds great, but until there is a way to make individual player play like individuals none of this stuff will matter. Not only that but no one knows how all these ratings interact with each other.

Which is better a CB with 99 man coverage and 30 awareness or 30 man coverage and 99 awareness? No one knows and EA won't say.

[JerseySuave4]

Sounds like another pointless thing EA can hype as innovative and ground breaking. What good are accurate ratings if the gameplay is no good? The players don't move like real athletes. Why don't they work on that before coming up with another thing they can hype up that does nothing in the long run.

[Jakeness23]

I wish they could get the Euphoria engine or something like it. To me, I feel like I'm just playing a slightly updated game every year. Something like euphoria could really inject the series with some much needed life. Again, just my opinion.

[cmehustle]

Madden could do themselves a great favor when it comes to ratings by hiring scouts and people who watch film, i.e. people that grade players for a living and get them guys involved with the ratings. Im thinking Greg Cosell, who is one of the most knowlegable people I have ever heard. Go to his twitter and listen to his weekely podcast, and tell me he EA doesnt need someone like that.

[BSmith78]

Wasn't easy, but I passed on Madden for the first time since 1998 this year, and I won't be back. EA have gone out of their way to ignore the mission statement that spawned the franchise.