Madden NFL 16 Connected Franchise Details Revealed

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Steel4Reel

He has made the same comment numerous times with nothing to support his argument. Its getting old. Its already been disproven several times that that is not a major issue. As someone else stated, why is customization only an issue for EA? Why is user control and customization not a legal issue for countless other games? Answer: Its not....its just another excuse to be lazy and keep control out of the hands of gamers. On top of that, he made it clear in the past that he is personally against customization in the game, so his opinion, while he is obviously entitled to it, is clearly bias. It MAY be the excuse EA uses, but its not a good reason. As someone else stated, EA has continuously removed or omitted customization features over the years, and even today people still dig for excuses to make for them. I dont get it.

I'm not saying his comment is right or wrong. Simply saying there are better ways to argue a point than to be disrespectful and rude which I believe you are capable of doing..

[brandon27]

Sounding good to me!

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by SolidSquid

Other games do it so it's more than likely bc EA knows a significant amount of people wouldn't purchase future maddens if they could keep a cfm going with real life created draft classes. With 32 team control and custom classes you could be playing madden 16 with true to life NFL 2018 rosters.

Other games do it because they are willing to take that risk. EA isnt.

EA just spent 100s of millions of dollars to defend the Obannon and Keller lawsuits that had to do with the use of college students' likenesses.

Even though technically EA would be protected if a lawsuit related to custom draft classes arose, you can understand why EA is gunshy about doing anything that would come close to appearing as if EA is benefitting from college student likenesses.

Especially when this feature is probably used by less than a fourth of the people who play this game. The risk isnt worth the reward imo.

Its something that I tell my clients every day:

"You may be right under the law but it costs lots of money to prove you are right"

Why would EA take even a small risk if their internal polling shows that majority of gamers dont use that function much or at all?

[Steel4Reel]

Quote: Originally Posted by Skyboxer

I'm not saying his comment is right or wrong. Simply saying there are better ways to argue a point than to be disrespectful and rude which I believe you are capable of doing..

Youre right....I shouldve went about it better. Just gets old hearing the same claims made after theyve already been shot down a few times.

[saybur]

Quote: Originally Posted by SolidSquid

But will he look like he's 6'1 295 or will he look like a stick or obese person? Also will he be wearing equipment from 40 years ago? Will he have dreads even if his picture doesn't? Those are the quality control issues I have with Madden and rookies.

I sure hope they addressed those issues too since it looks like we still won't be able to edit players, which is simply ridiculous.

[Steel4Reel]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

Other games do it because they are willing to take that risk. EA isnt. EA just spent 100s of millions of dollars to defend the Obannon and Keller lawsuits that had to do with the use of college students' likenesses.

Not really.

The difference is....one is free, user created content and one was likenesses used in support monetary gain.

Two different things.

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Even though technically EA would be protected if a lawsuit related to custom draft classes arose, you can understand why EA is gunshy about doing anything that would come close to appearing as if EA is benefitting from college student likenesses.

EA has stripped away customization features for years.

Madden was more customizable 10 years ago than it is today.

I really dont buy that their hesitation has to do with that.

I believe it is just another excuse EA uses to take control away from the gamer.

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Especially when this feature is probably used by less than a fourth of the people who play this game. The risk isnt worth the reward imo.

Except the risk is extremely low, and it would be a very easy feature to implement.

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Its something that I tell my clients every day: "You may be right under the law but it costs lots of money to prove you are right" Why would EA take even a small risk if their internal polling shows that majority of gamers dont use that function much or at all?

Where is the supposed poll that shows this?

[jmurphy31]

I think with me is that Madden could be so much more than it currently is. Is it awful and unplayable?...To me, no.

I used to be able season over season with multiple teams. Now I have a hard time getting through a season. For me the fun factor in franchise mode is not only being able to compete vs the CPU on and off the field, but feel like I am truly engaged in an NFL season. For the past bunch of years (too many to count), it is simply not the case.

Franchise mode is just a bunch of play now games with an occasional generic commentary line about last week and a stat banner about your upcoming schedule. Unless you go through the twitter feed or just look at everyone's roster you have no clue who is doing what in your league.

When I see that instead of adding more stat banners or a CFM ticker at the bottom (though its still a possibility) they added goal banners, it is just frustrating. I think even the most casual gamer would rather have stats pop up about their season then XP points/goals. Casual gamers arent playing enough Franchise games to increase their XP over the years.

[howboutdat]

well , ill say this, Kolbe said , that you wouldnt be able to tell where they spent most of their time in CFM in his interview on VSN.... and i have to say, he didnt lie one bit about that. touche