01:23 AM - December 10, 2010 by Steve_OS
John Madden offers his insights on Madden NFL's future. Check out the 3 things listed. If you were John Madden, what 3 things would you recommend?
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"When EA approached Madden in 1986 about a computer game, he expected the result to be a teaching program. He insisted on having 11 players per team on screen. "I didn't want to be a part of it unless it was going to be real, you know, real football, where people would really get something out of it," he says. "That was really our mission statement and really how we have gone forward."
He's indirectly taught generations of fans, NFL players and coaches about the game. "Every player plays it," Moore says. "There is a crop of coaches, the Sean Paytons of the world, who will say, 'Yeah, I learned to love football through Madden.' "
The game has been profitable for Madden, too. EA would not comment on his compensation, but Pachter estimates that EA pays Madden $2 million to $2.5 million annually, nowhere near his estimated $9.5 million a year Sunday Night Football package but much more than his pay as an NFL coach.
As time runs out on the meeting, game designers note some ideas they will explore as they try to transform Madden's insights into game features:- Better integration of screen plays.
- Replays that more clearly show how the defense reacted in the previous play.
- An option that would let players feel more like Manning by calling two consecutive plays in the huddle or at the line of scrimmage.
"If there's three or four nuggets and gems that are integrated into next year's game that come out of (the meeting), then John is paying for himself 10 times over," Moore says." |
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Spend a day with the team crafting 'Madden NFL' (USA Today)
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