gametyme89

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I'm going to assume that the majority of profits involving Madden come from their Ultimate Team mode.. and a majority of the big spenders are card collecting or team building enthusiasts. In that regard, Madden does a damn fine job at providing an experience that can suck you up if you're into team building, card collecting, and auction house shenanigans. Though Madden is supposed to represent an authentic sim style NFL football experience, I'd argue that the target audience is the card collecting hobbyists that I mentioned above... They are the ones who will spend the large amounts of $$$ on the games microtransactions. Below that is the hardcore players who do the pro tournaments. They will find a meta and break the game no matter how well built it is.. because that's just a inevitable flaw in game design period. This group also spends some $$$ to get a team capable of winning the big sanctioned tournaments. And then below that is the franchise mode, casual player who doesn't spend any additional money on the game.. as is most likely the least happy customer of the bunch because the modes they enjoy are the ones that make EA the least amount of $$$ therefore get the least amount of attention and resources from EA. I'd argue that for a good % of the general population, Madden is a 'decent' game to just pick up a controller and play a game or two against the AI or with a friend. They don't necessarily see all the things wrong with the game that the Pro players or 'hardcore' audience sees. At the end of the day, people smarter or richer than us sat in a board room and concluded that the best way to make the most amount of $$$ for everyone involved is to continue to sell an exclusive license to just one developer. It is what it is. Just separate yourself from this hobby if it brings you nothing but pain, frustration, or sadness. You have to make peace with the fact that there are enough people out there that fuel EAs sales of this game to allow the exclusivity to continue and that you probably won't get what you want anytime soon, if ever. And in that case, you'll just have to cut ties with football gaming and move on to a new hobby until something changes, if ever.

I'm going to assume that the majority of profits involving Madden come from their Ultimate Team mode.. and a majority of the big spenders are card collecting or team building enthusiasts. In that regard, Madden does a damn fine job at providing an experience that can suck you up if you're into team building, card collecting, and auction house shenanigans. Though Madden is supposed to represent an authentic sim style NFL football experience, I'd argue that the target audience is the card collecting hobbyists that I mentioned above... They are the ones who will spend the large amounts of $$$ on the games microtransactions. Below that is the hardcore players who do the pro tournaments. They will find a meta and break the game no matter how well built it is.. because that's just a inevitable flaw in game design period. This group also spends some $$$ to get a team capable of winning the big sanctioned tournaments. And then below that is the franchise mode, casual player who doesn't spend any additional money on the game.. as is most likely the least happy customer of the bunch because the modes they enjoy are the ones that make EA the least amount of $$$ therefore get the least amount of attention and resources from EA. I'd argue that for a good % of the general population, Madden is a 'decent' game to just pick up a controller and play a game or two against the AI or with a friend. They don't necessarily see all the things wrong with the game that the Pro players or 'hardcore' audience sees. At the end of the day, people smarter or richer than us sat in a board room and concluded that the best way to make the most amount of $$$ for everyone involved is to continue to sell an exclusive license to just one developer. It is what it is. Just separate yourself from this hobby if it brings you nothing but pain, frustration, or sadness. You have to make peace with the fact that there are enough people out there that fuel EAs sales of this game to allow the exclusivity to continue and that you probably won't get what you want anytime soon, if ever. And in that case, you'll just have to cut ties with football gaming and move on to a new hobby until something changes, if ever.

Long live the king!

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People judge 2k based on what they remember of 2K5 rather than the actual products they put out today with NBA 2K MyTeam and WWE 2K. Not to mention their spin on virtual currency in 'VC'. The grass isn't always greener on the other side... With that being said, word on the street is, the NFL ownership is about to vote this upcoming week on EAs extension of their simulation video game that would give EA exclusive rights for another 5-6 years to carry them all the way through 2026. The only football game 2K would be able to make is a NFL Street type of game... And depending on the extension, it may not even be able to use the NFL license at all. In terms of something resembling what we see on Sundays in the actual NFL... Looks like EA will continue to own that for years to come.

Gameplay has already been awful for years now lol. That's nothing new. The ones who could afford to spend all that money you mentioned before, most likely have enough $$$ to spend another $50 today. The target audience for EA.

Their green light was for an arcade style game like NFL Street. The exclusive license seems to be for NFL simulation style football. Who knows at this point tho.