Madden to Feature Uniform Fashion Critic in its Fake Twitter Feed

[SmashMan]

Quote: Originally Posted by cuttingteeth

True...but then, what has EA done to quell the news with something better? Was it the picture of Andy Reid being photographed from every angle?

Also not news that came from EA. Thinking that EA would release "better" news to offset some people's displeasure with UniWatch saying he'll be in Madden's Twitter feed is odd.

We all know Madden's info release schedule by now, they're not altering it because UniWatch and the Chiefs posted minor news about the game.

[cuttingteeth]

Quote: Originally Posted by SmashMan

Also not news that came from EA. Thinking that EA would release "better" news to offset some people's displeasure with UniWatch saying he'll be in Madden's Twitter feed is odd. We all know Madden's info release schedule by now, they're not altering it because UniWatch and the Chiefs posted minor news about the game.

A marketing department's job is to positively market their product. If some news about their product (no matter where it comes from) does become too big of a negative, they would be within the full liability of their job requirements to quell the news with something else/better/positive. Trust me on this. I see it happen every week. I've made such decisions a few times. In the film industry, it is sometimes as simple as release the "other" stills, maybe the newer teaser/trailer. Other times, it is more complicated in the case of "let's release news of a director's cut/alternate cut/extra footage version and then sell that." So, no, it's not beyond expectation that they can or would release information to keep us more upbeat. I think the more appropriate questioning, now, though, is that if they release absolutely nothing to offset the bad vibes from leaked news thus far, does that mean they don't care...or does it mean they just don't pay attention much after all? Neither one impresses me when, again, I'm someone who sees professional entertainment companies do more concerning projects with far less (independent range) budgets to work with. Guess what that does, though? It kicks it right back into the debate of time/resource usage. Oops.

[bucky60]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

Bucky, I'm one that didn't like much about 13, but I find it difficult to rail on EA for this one because they didn't market or break this story. If they did, I'd be all over this one. It just seems too easy to point fingers at EA, but in reality, they didn't break this story. I highly doubt marketing wanted this story leaked as a front runner to thier upcoming released information regarding Madden 25. Any news, whether it's about fake Twitter feeds, real refs, or helmet to helmet hits will be put out quickly and try to be the first one to break it in media regarding Madden 25.

I'm not flabbergasted by who broke the news, I'm amazed that EA put time into something like this while there are so many other significantly more important things needed in the game. I really don't care where the news comes from.

[mestevo]

Quote: Originally Posted by cuttingteeth

A marketing department's job is to positively market their product. If some news about their product (no matter where it comes from) does become too big of a negative, they would be within the full liability of their job requirements to quell the news with something else/better/positive. Trust me on this. I see it happen every week. I've made such decisions a few times. In the film industry, it is sometimes as simple as release the "other" stills, maybe the newer teaser/trailer. Other times, it is more complicated in the case of "let's release news of a director's cut/alternate cut/extra footage version and then sell that." So, no, it's not beyond expectation that they can or would release information to keep us more upbeat. I think the more appropriate questioning, now, though, is that if they release absolutely nothing to offset the bad vibes from leaked news thus far, does that mean they don't care...or does it mean they just don't pay attention much after all? Neither one impresses me when, again, I'm someone who sees professional entertainment companies do more concerning projects with far less (independent range) budgets to work with. Guess what that does, though? It kicks it right back into the debate of time/resource usage. Oops.

Because in the grand scheme of things this is irrelevant and isn't that big of a deal. It's entirely possible that people have spent more time complaining about this in this thread than it will take to write the tweets, get them proofed and drop them into a tool to manage the feature - all by someone who's probably never committed a line of code in their life.

Offsetting this news would do little if anything to quell those who keep stoking this outrage, because they've been posting the same thing for years.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by cuttingteeth

True...but then, what has EA done to quell the news with something better? Was it the picture of Andy Reid being photographed from every angle?

They will probably stick to their schedule of the last few years of making announcement from draft day forward.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by bucky60

I'm not flabbergasted by who broke the news, I'm amazed that EA put time into something like this while there are so many other significantly more important things needed in the game. I really don't care where the news comes from.

Understood, but this can't be the only announcement from franchise mode.

[bucky60]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

Understood, but this can't be the only announcement from franchise mode.

I'm sure it won't be the only franchise news. But from what I've seen this console gen, I'm not very optimistic. I'll be here to get info, and I'll be open minded, but EA/Tib will have to show me before I believe in them.

[MelR2000]

I wish they would use some resources to have accurate NFL uniforms. Madden has yet to do that. They screw up uniforms so much it has become tradition. Maybe they should have a vote on what NFL teams uniforms they will f up the most.