Madden NFL 11 News Post

To EA and Madden Consumers, Madden Is a Success

01:30 PM - February 7, 2011 by RaychelSnr

I gave myself the unenviable task of defending this generation of Madden and making a case that it has been a success.

Yeah, I am THAT crazy at this point.

But before I explain why I think Madden has been a success, I think it's best to define success. In other words, whose success are we looking at in this case?

If you look at it from EA's point of view, your definition of success would be entirely different from a fan's idea of success. The point of view I will be using changes the tone of my defense, so let me phrase this as best and as clearly as I can in the next paragraph.

The success of the Madden series is based on more people playing Madden year over year because, at that point, both EA and the consumers must be happy -- otherwise the sales would be decreasing.

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# 61 f3niks @ 02/19/11 12:59 AM

This reads like a press release. Nice try.

# 62 WhosAuthority @ 02/19/11 06:57 AM

Why?

Why?

Why???

# 63 nzldp4 @ 03/03/11 11:41 AM

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# 64 roadman @ 03/08/11 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by LiquorLogic


	I hope the "YT generation" actually gets to be on the podcast, and while we're on the subject of Madden 12 podcasts, or Madden 12 info in general, when are we going to hear something ? It's been a month or so since the Super bowl information was released. Shouldn't we have got a blog, podcast, article, or something by now ?

I guess you didn't listen to the last podcast during ht of the SB.

Ian mentioned a month or so and we will hear something new.

# 65 hyacinth1 @ 03/08/11 05:19 PM

This is a healthy discussion and I hope the Madden team reading this takes this as constructive criticism by fans rather than a bash fest.

I think we all see the way they market the game now is for the casual and online crowd. Look at the menu on Madden 11, the Game Modes selection to get to the Franchise mode is 2nd to last on the list! I'm not too sure but I recall reading that most of the money coming in for Madden 11 has been thru the Ultimate team purchases plus Madden store. If that is true, and is making them $$, nothing much is going to change.

Head to Head Online I don't even play because of the bad experience I have with it. I can never find a fair player who never cheeses online. But that's me. I do realize most online gamers have no problem going for it on 4th and 30 instead of punting, I guess that translates into fun for them. And if EA gets feedback that many gamers do that, they won't add a 'fair play' option to the game like they had in the previous generation.

It's March and we all say we're not going to buy the next version coming out in the late summer, but we all know when August rolls around and training camps are in full bloom, we're ALL going to be buying the next Madden game. That's where they've got us. It's like a habitual cyclical addiction that EA has marketed perfectly.

# 66 showtyme510 @ 03/22/11 12:31 PM

My madden is at game stop and has been for the last 3months. nuff said. We keep buying it hoping just hoping it plays some half *** decent football. I swear when 12 comes out and I see QTRS defense stopping the run I am done with madden.

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