The Benefit If Spectator Mode Was Voted The Big E3 Annoucement For Next Year

[Big FN Deal]

Alright here me out before revoking my "sim" card. No matter what, EA/Tiburon must have something big to promote for E3 and the simpler that feature is, the more resources, including time, that the devs can hypothetically have for other areas of the game. I think AI may very well be the most needed area of attention but I am concerned that if some new AI system is made the E3 feature for M14, that will lead to it being "funned" up to accommodate the masses.

No game to date has mastered Spectator mode and we all know how EA/Tiburon marketing thrives on presenting something done uniquely. With Spectator mode EA/Tiburon could not only promote Madden games to be watched live on the console but from the web as well, permitting access through, computers, smartphones, ipads, etc. The best part is, just like with television, Youtube and other mediums, EA/Tiburon can capitalize on the endless streams of potential advertising revenue. Just imagine at E3 June 2013, all the Madden 14 expo stations, connected to the web through EA servers and all the Madden games played at E3 being available for watching live, through the new M14 spectator mode.

EA/Tiburon gets a feature they can market to the masses that potentially brings in tons of advertising revenue and the devs hopefully have the time to flesh out the more important NFL aspects and User options for the game.

Thoughts?

[DeuceDouglas]

I don't know. I think I'd be more in favor of no monumental features, nothing fancy. Just take core issues and one by one knock out as many as you can. It wouldn't be great for advertising or hype but it would be more valuable than any of that can accomplish.

[Big FN Deal]

Quote: Originally Posted by DeuceDouglas

I don't know. I think I'd be more in favor of no monumental features, nothing fancy. Just take core issues and one by one knock out as many as you can. It wouldn't be great for advertising or hype but it would be more valuable than any of that can accomplish.

Agreed but the point I was trying to make is, that doesn't seem to be an option, lol. If you look back over the years, some marquee E3 feature seems to be a given, so it's a matter of what feature it will be, not if there will be one.

[Broncos86]

So the next big thing to make playing Madden better is to... watch it?

If Spectator Mode was a big reveal, I wouldn't buy that year's Madden. No question about it.

[SageInfinite]

Cool idea, but I wouldn't want EA hyping this up. Just let the game speak for itself.

[DeuceDouglas]

Quote: Originally Posted by Big FN Deal

Agreed but the point I was trying to make is, that doesn't seem to be an option, lol. If you look back over the years, some marquee E3 feature seems to be a given, so it's a matter of what feature it will be, not if there will be one.

Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of it. I think I'd rather see something along the lines of the "Simpler. Quicker. Deeper." stuff from a couple years ago. Not that exact outlook, just a more theme, rather than feature, oriented outlook.

I'd be happy if next year's "big" feature was something like the return of owner mode in CCM just because they're pretty much headed that direction already. It isn't anything huge but if you take something like that and then throw fixing a bunch of the other core problems on top of it, it goes a long way. You're not going to get the same buzz like with the Infinity Engine but I think it would do more for them in the long run.

[unfriendlyghst]

EA MMA had "Spectator mode".

I've said before that it was a blast setting up fight cards and talking *ish during fights that werent yours. Durring the fights you could only talk to your oponent, but the rest of the card was spectating and talkin *ish.

If madden can set this up for CCM so that I could gather with the people in my online CCm and the watch a game between 2 members while drinking a beer and talking Football with my friends? Winning!

[bissoncurtis]

If Spectator Mode was a big reveal, I wouldn't buy that year's Madden. No question about it.