Salem, OR — Well, it’s that time of the year again, the release of a new Madden NFL game. However, this time it’s unlike any other year in the history of Madden. I, the commissioner of the league, have never felt more ashamed to buy a game from a developer that has shown time and time again that it simply does not care about its community.
Yes, I am about to download Madden NFL 21 not because it’s a good game or because I believe EA will magically fix the various issues through a bunch of patches, I’m getting it is because of the league and community I have set up. This league has been around since the introduction of Online Franchise we have a solid core group of about 19 users that look forward to playing one another every new Madden.
Unfortunately, that anticipation of “Can’t wait for the new Madden” is just about dead. This year’s Madden is, without a doubt, the worst this console generation has seen. It currently has a 0.4 user score on Metacritic, and IGN gave it a 6, that’s the lowest score a Madden game has gotten on a console system (not including mobile, handheld systems, and PC).
So, what does it all mean going forward? It means that unless Madden 22 shows tremendous change, this league will no longer be supporting future versions of Madden. EA is giving all users a free upgrade to Madden 21 for the Playstation 5 we will use that promotion to transition to the Playstation 5. How long we stick with Madden 21 on Playstation 5 is up in the air until we know more about Madden 22 next year.
All of us are part of the problem when we buy Madden in the state it is in, that’s a fact. It’s obvious, EA only looks at the financial numbers, with us buying Madden year after year and EA seeing a good profit there is no need for them to change. Until it does, remember to keep demanding EA to #FixMaddenFranchise.
Well said andres! Hopefully they can fix it or else NBA 2k here we come!
Goatbuelo!! Im glad we’re taking a stand against EA.
#fixmaddenfranchise
One thing I should have said. Even though the game leaves a crapload to be desired, I will do my best to make the league a fun experience for all. We all know what to expect from the game, there’s really not much more to say about it. Going the rest of the way we have control of at least giving the league life with our site, so let’s take full advantage of that.
Yeah we need to make a stand n not buy this shit anymore, ain’t nobody wanna play in the yard wtf lol. FIX FRANCHISE , we all bout to start hoopin in 2k real soon
One thing I can say with Madden is they seriously need to do a revamp with the franchise. I don’t think anyone is really forgetting the fixmadden hashtag which is good. I feel the only way to hurt EA is by going to social media. In a sense nobody wants to necessarily “hurt” anyone we all just want a better and improved franchise league. Hopefully when new gen releases we will get a more improved franchise mode. Fingers crossed 🤞
Well said! I support the league in this decision. It’s enough of this B.S. I have said it before and I’ll say it again, if not for this league I would have stopped playing Madden a long time ago. #FixMaddenFranchise
I agree with what all of you have said. John speaks for a lot of us when he said that this league is basically the only reason why we get this game. EA knows they can do better but they choose not to. They have settled.