So No New QB Ratings...why?

[utahtio]

I am pretty sure that we were told a long time ago that the new QB accuracy ratings, throwing on the run, and play action ratings would be added into the NCAA series to keep up with Madden.

Is there ANY chance at all that even though they arent in the demo, they could be in the retail version? Or am I just dreaming?

[MWillard2]

Yes i was just about to say something about this. I thought their were suppose to be new ratings and thats the first thing i checked and their are no new ratings to be found.

[BamaBruce]

probably dreaming, but who really has any clue, other than those @ EA, etc. lol :P just wait-n-see

[sniperhare]

I didn't even think to check the depth charts to see if these were there. Would really like to know why they wouldn't implement the feature if it's not in the game.

[beastsofboston]

Well it is a nice addition from madden 09 to 10 and I would apreatiate for importing classes to madden, however I can live with out it.

Mabey it will still be added? Who knows, but with all the stuff we have got this year I can wait till next year.

[Madwolf]

The ratings probably didn't really mean anything. After all, Madden still has the accuracy rating for no reason.

[Hooe]

My logical guess is memory concerns.

Assuming that each rating is stored in a byte (which can store a value from 0 to 255):

Five new ratings (QB short acc, QB med acc, QB deep acc, QB scramble, QB PA) = 5 bytes
Five new ratings for every player on one team = 5 bytes x 70 players = 350 bytes
Five new ratings for every player on every team = 5 bytes x 70 players x 120 teams = 42000 bytes = ~41 kilobytes

That's not an inconsequential amount of memory when it comes to stuff that has to be stored and accessed repeatedly, which ratings do in in-game situations. I'm thinking that, given everything else that is going on during the runtime operation of NCAA Football (particularly during gameplay where there's some serious number crunching going on) that there simply isn't space to squeeze into memory the new ratings without making cuts elsewhere.

[Exonerated]

Quote: Originally Posted by Madwolf

The ratings probably didn't really mean anything. After all, Madden still has the accuracy rating for no reason.

??

I don't think people are asking for something that didn't do anything . . .