From a Maximum football article in Feb. Madden is done for at least a couple years from what I’ve seen. Everything is custom & shareable so you can import rosters anyway
Licenses don’t only come with advantages, though. Some time ago, EA Sports had to tone down the tackle animations and collisions on Madden, because the NFL did not like how violent they looked. “There are lots of cool things that a licensed sports game just can’t do because of licensing restrictions,” Brown agrees. “We don't have those constraints – we can make the hits as hard as they are in real life.”
The devs used motion capture recordings as a base for their animations.
For this, the team recorded “thousands of hours of authentic animations from professional football players“ and combined them with “a variety of systems to create ultra-realistic gameplay.” Brown explains that “during blocking engagements, we take the momentum from both players involved and use it to help determine which player gets leverage during the block.”
This leads to wonderful moments where athletes are flung through the air, as players feel the visceral impact of the tackle.
While I agree with a lot of what you said, at the end of the day your theory that Madden is done just isn’t true. Madden is a juggernaut. For every dreverse & Ryan moody there are literally 100,000 people that absolutely love madden and will never not buy it. Maximum football has the potential to be a fun distraction. But aside from a few years of Tecmo and 2K, Madden has been the king of football games for over 30 years.
Look at this board. A hundred people that hate this game but play it daily, spend money on it, and post about it. I will be playing Madden until I’m 80 years old and when that day hits I’ll probably still be hearing about how maximum football is going to change the game when it comes out in a few years.
7k people completed the comp pass the last week of April. Almost 9 months after the release date of the game. Bundles are still selling 9 months in. They are doing fine.
Yes but think about it 🤔. 7 thousand when the NFL draft is popping are terrible numbers and yet nobody really than those 7 thousand are even playing heck let’s say there’s 25 thousand that to is terrible considering how many people have consoles and watch NFL football. We’re talking MILLIONS!!!!
Their game is so bad that they can’t even lure casual fans to stay on because it’s so terrible that if they don’t run the meta or buy some packs they have no chance. The game is just that bad .
So where the trade block would be a way to help would be for those people ( beginners, or casual players ) maybe to go into squads let them learn and figure out the game also in game chat interacting with some people online could be fun and then maybe you can give them a card or two to help them out etc etc .
I used to love Joe Montana sports talk on sega genesis & you couldn’t have told me madden would out last that at the time 🤷♂️
I go years in between maddens nowadays & they only get worse..
In fact the only one I come back out of genuine enjoyment is on an emulator 2002 w/Culpepper on the cover. When friends come over, that’s the go-to game.
Btw, Maximum football is going to be free, even on consoles..
Joe Montana Football 94 was ahead of it’s time and was an amazing game. But fact remains that while you go years between maddens you still always come back to madden. Just like everybody else.
Not to mention the NFL is out to make money. Some small developer isn’t going to wrestle the license away from EA. And if some small developer has something amazing that could potentially lure the NFL away? EA would just buy that company.
That’s bc there is no other option. If I wanted to play a fps I wouldn’t want to come back to cod unless it was the only fps and it’d be short lived bc I hate cod haha!
I understand what you’re saying & it’s a good argument. I just don’t personally see madden being around forever, especially since John Madden has passed away. I can see a gap coming sooner than later, at best, like pga & fight night
Then again, they might be having a different attitude bc the dollar is expected to default by July anyway. Who’ll really care about customers being happy if their money is worthless?
Only time will tell. Will say I’m glad you enjoyed Joe Montana sports talk football too, haha!! 🙂
And I almost forgot about mvp baseball & nba live. I think it’s been about 20 years since a licensed baseball game? How they genuinely screwed up a baseball game or nba live is mind boggling. The dribble stick in live was slick, and I wouldn’t have thought to see that franchise lose to 2k
Not to go on a rant, just got me thinking about the good ole days of ea haha!! 😌💭🗓🎮⛹️♂️⚾️🥊
From a Maximum football article in Feb. Madden is done for at least a couple years from what I’ve seen. Everything is custom & shareable so you can import rosters anyway
Licenses don’t only come with advantages, though. Some time ago, EA Sports had to tone down the tackle animations and collisions on Madden, because the NFL did not like how violent they looked. “There are lots of cool things that a licensed sports game just can’t do because of licensing restrictions,” Brown agrees. “We don't have those constraints – we can make the hits as hard as they are in real life.”
The devs used motion capture recordings as a base for their animations.
For this, the team recorded “thousands of hours of authentic animations from professional football players“ and combined them with “a variety of systems to create ultra-realistic gameplay.” Brown explains that “during blocking engagements, we take the momentum from both players involved and use it to help determine which player gets leverage during the block.”
This leads to wonderful moments where athletes are flung through the air, as players feel the visceral impact of the tackle.
While I agree with a lot of what you said, at the end of the day your theory that Madden is done just isn’t true. Madden is a juggernaut. For every dreverse & Ryan moody there are literally 100,000 people that absolutely love madden and will never not buy it. Maximum football has the potential to be a fun distraction. But aside from a few years of Tecmo and 2K, Madden has been the king of football games for over 30 years.
Look at this board. A hundred people that hate this game but play it daily, spend money on it, and post about it. I will be playing Madden until I’m 80 years old and when that day hits I’ll probably still be hearing about how maximum football is going to change the game when it comes out in a few years.
7,000 people completed the last comp reward player. I mean, think about that, that is horrible.
I think that is sign that trouble could be heading EAs way. Nothing lasts forever, they may be squeezing these modes dry.
7k people completed the comp pass the last week of April. Almost 9 months after the release date of the game. Bundles are still selling 9 months in. They are doing fine.
Yes but think about it 🤔. 7 thousand when the NFL draft is popping are terrible numbers and yet nobody really than those 7 thousand are even playing heck let’s say there’s 25 thousand that to is terrible considering how many people have consoles and watch NFL football. We’re talking MILLIONS!!!!
Their game is so bad that they can’t even lure casual fans to stay on because it’s so terrible that if they don’t run the meta or buy some packs they have no chance. The game is just that bad .
So where the trade block would be a way to help would be for those people ( beginners, or casual players ) maybe to go into squads let them learn and figure out the game also in game chat interacting with some people online could be fun and then maybe you can give them a card or two to help them out etc etc .
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I used to love Joe Montana sports talk on sega genesis & you couldn’t have told me madden would out last that at the time 🤷♂️
I go years in between maddens nowadays & they only get worse..
In fact the only one I come back out of genuine enjoyment is on an emulator 2002 w/Culpepper on the cover. When friends come over, that’s the go-to game.
Btw, Maximum football is going to be free, even on consoles..
Joe Montana Football 94 was ahead of it’s time and was an amazing game. But fact remains that while you go years between maddens you still always come back to madden. Just like everybody else.
Not to mention the NFL is out to make money. Some small developer isn’t going to wrestle the license away from EA. And if some small developer has something amazing that could potentially lure the NFL away? EA would just buy that company.
That’s bc there is no other option. If I wanted to play a fps I wouldn’t want to come back to cod unless it was the only fps and it’d be short lived bc I hate cod haha!
I understand what you’re saying & it’s a good argument. I just don’t personally see madden being around forever, especially since John Madden has passed away. I can see a gap coming sooner than later, at best, like pga & fight night
Then again, they might be having a different attitude bc the dollar is expected to default by July anyway. Who’ll really care about customers being happy if their money is worthless?
Only time will tell. Will say I’m glad you enjoyed Joe Montana sports talk football too, haha!! 🙂
And I almost forgot about mvp baseball & nba live. I think it’s been about 20 years since a licensed baseball game? How they genuinely screwed up a baseball game or nba live is mind boggling. The dribble stick in live was slick, and I wouldn’t have thought to see that franchise lose to 2k
Not to go on a rant, just got me thinking about the good ole days of ea haha!! 😌💭🗓🎮⛹️♂️⚾️🥊
Roger Goodell ruined NFL Street because of the NFL license.