CFL in Madden

[BoSox59]

http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...adden-game-eh/

"And, while Orridge was coy about nailing down any specific announcement of a deal, he hinted that fans of maple-glazed pigskins could be able to play as the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Edmonton Eskimos, or Montreal Alouettes as soon as Madden NFL 17. “I think you should start asking for your next Christmas gift next year,” Orridge responded when asked whether CFL fans should start planning their franchise now."


Did anything ever come out of all this? I could see it working as a, say, $40 DLC maybe released around June-ish when the CFL season starts up and the NFL starts hibernating post-draft and FA hype.

[SolidSquid]

Not sure why the NFL would partner with the CFL unless the CFL paid them a lot of money. At that point I think it would be smarter for the CFL to just ask their own company to make them a game (visual concepts?)

[BleedGreen710]

I wish they would just focus on the NFL. unless they hire a new team to work on the CFL, I would hate to see them focus resources on that. it would be really cool to play a CFL game someday though.

[ksteward84]

I'm not too familiar with the CFL. Besides the field dimensions, would it take that much extra effort to include them?

Also I do agree that the CFL probably couldn't support whatever money it would take to pay the NFL the rights to use their primary game.

[BoSox59]

Quote: Originally Posted by ksteward84

I'm not too familiar with the CFL. Besides the field dimensions, would it take that much extra effort to include them? Also I do agree that the CFL probably couldn't support whatever money it would take to pay the NFL the rights to use their primary game.

Regarding the differences, there's 12 players/side, unlimited players in motion, 3 downs instead of four, a slightly rounder ball, longer & wider fields, and the rouge (I still don't quite understand how it works). Presumably it would be technically doable within the constraints of the game with not much effort.

The article included quotes from the CFL commissioner himself, and he's been pretty aggressive about increasing the CFL's profile and visibility so the gaming world is an obvious step in that direction. Normally I wouldn't take CFL-in-Madden rumors seriously but coming from the CFL commissioner makes the rumors a little more than online Canadian fever dreams.

How much they'd need to pay to the NFL to get into its signature game would probably depend on how threatened the NFL would feel from CFL competition, and my guess is "probably not much" (though I don't dare get inside the head of Roger Goodell). I'd have to assume the CFL commissioner's thought about this and has some sense of what it would take. Otherwise I have no idea about NFL-CFL relations, except to say that enough money can usually overcome any obstacle.

[dickey1331]

Would CFL even sell enough? I never thought there was much of a demand


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[BoSox59]

Quote: Originally Posted by dickey1331

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It would almost certainly be huge in Canada, and depending on the price point it could pick up a few gamers in the US who are just interested in giving it a shot.

[therealsmallville]

I'd play it, if it was attached to Madden somehow. It would be fun to start up a franchise, and try to get some players invited to an NFL team.

Outside of that, nah.


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