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re: Madden 20th Anniversary and More!

Sad Customer — Mon, 12 May 2008 04:48:41 GMT

This is a sad day.

I buy Madden for the PC every year at midnight. It was the best of the best in the PC gaming world, and really shined on a 10-foot screen.

Here's hoping some young, hungry company grows to fill this void.

re: Madden 20th Anniversary and More!

Tyrie Goodman — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:35:19 GMT

I think that when you create a player on madden 09 you should be able to put the face of the player that you created on the player screen. EXAMPLE- you know when you go to the player management screen as if your editing the roster.well you see the face of brett favre or donald driver you dont see the created players face on the screen.

re: One on One with Tiger EP Mike Taramykin

Jeremy Bennett — Mon, 12 May 2008 01:57:27 GMT

Very nice blog Peter. I'm very excited for these new features this year. Adding individualized features such as the interaction with Hank Haney, Dynamic Skill, and Club Tuner are going to make for a more realistic feel to the game in my opinion. With as much room as there is to work on a Blu-ray disc, I cannot wait to get some hands-on looks at the amount of individualization within Haney's coaching.

The dynamic skill I'm really going to enjoy, because if you start to slump, so will your ratings. It will be a nice way to implement slumps and streaks that golfers tend to go through during a season. I'm also glad to see Haney's contribution to using the Club Tuner as well in regards to getting the most out of your clubs.

As for online, I'm definitely agreeing with the changes you're making to GamerNet. I like the new scoring system, as well as implementing the challenges to the offline play as well (as long as it doesn't get in the way and subtle when you go about telling someone that they can go for a GamerNet challenge). I thought GamerNet was one of the most innovative features to hit a golf game, or any sports game, in quite sometime. Finally, the simultaneous play online is going to be a good feature when I'm not playing online with my buddies, but will be something I will not use when going online against friends.

Again thanks for the blog post and I'll be looking forward to more information as this game progresses. As it stands now this game comes out on August 26th, which is my birthday. It will be a very happy birthday for me as it stands with 09!

re: Back from Season Opener

Joborule — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:01:21 GMT

Looking forward to this year. It may not be a groundbreaking pinnacle year for some franchise, but it can be a great foundation step so they can make it a groundbreaking year for 2010 or the year after (hopefully not that long).

Back from Season Opener

Peter Moore Blog — Sun, 11 May 2008 17:09:57 GMT

Back home after a big week up in Vancouver. We hosted our first-ever EA SPORTS Season Opener, a showcase

re: Life at EA Redwood Shores

kbracer2002 — Sun, 11 May 2008 04:23:05 GMT

Peter, just an observation of the EA Tiger Woods forums:

Forum/Category Views Messages

Tiger Woods Playstation2 131,811 2,841

Tiger Woods Playstation3 213,409 5,821

Tiger Woods XBOX 360 305,689 7,200

Tiger Woods PC 427,139 10,758

Tiger Woods Wii 125,677 1,252

Tiger Woods Handhelds 8,086 82

It's hard for me to believe there is more interest in the Handhelds than the PC version.

re: Answering YOUR Questions!

Tyler — Sun, 11 May 2008 03:06:31 GMT

Hey Peter!

Not to be pitching any ideas or anything but i think that it would be great if ea made a lacrosse game. Lacrosse if the fastest growing sport in the nation. The more and more people that play lacrosse the more people will want this to game to be made. I think the game would be similar to a hockey style game but on a field and in the air. Another part of the game that could be included could be a shop like place in the game where the player can buy all different types of items. For example, while playing in a game their stick could break and they would have to buy a new one or use a back up stick. Also their could be a career mode where the player tries to get signed by a professional team from a well known lacrosse college. Another idea that came to me was to have a career mode witch could include a full all star fan selected team. Their also could be some mini games which could include a trick competition, one on ones, and shooting drills. If you think my idea would be cool but would never happen i wont take offense to any comments.

re: Life at EA Redwood Shores

MastrxofxPuppetz — Sat, 10 May 2008 20:19:13 GMT

Since you guys arent making a PC version of Madden this year, would it be too hard to release updated rosters for 08? even if you guys wanted to charge a few bucks for the download, im sure everyone that plays on PC would buy it, normally we get 4-5 updates a year on PC, if you guys charged 10 bucks an update you would make your money and not have to produce a new game......just a thought

re: Life at EA Redwood Shores

Joborule — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:46:44 GMT

That place is a like a recreation center.

re: Life at EA Redwood Shores

statum71 — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:59:01 GMT

Peter this is a great (short) article about the little things in sports games over at Operation Sports........

www.operationsports.com/feature.php

Also... this year can we please take out that dumb rocket/explosion sound when we throw a long pass on Madden? Or at least make it optional. Some of us like our games as real as real can get. That noise is annoying and too "arcady."

re: Madden 20th Anniversary and More!

Michael Vineyard — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:09:53 GMT

Why would you burn us PC gamers. I have played Madden for many many years and this is how you treat us? You promised after '08 we would see next gen graphics. I guess no graphics at all are the next gen 'eh? I have played the battlefield series and the medal of honor series as well as all of the sports titles. If madden is not released I will not purchase antoher EA title again. Not for the PC and definitely not for the consoles. You peaple need to pull your freakin heads outta yer butts and WAKE UP!!!! You will be losing millions upon millions of dollars doing this. I can not believe you are doing this to us YOUR cusotmers. INSANE i say INSANE

re: Answering YOUR Questions!

Steve — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:29:47 GMT

There isn't any doubt EA understands the gaming market & what sells & doesn't sell. EA also understands the return for effort on the dollar on what platforms are worth the R & D. The point of contention that if the game was "better" there would be more PC players really doesn't hold water. There are many, many more console players than PC players for all games and that isn't exclusive to EA's perceived lack of focus on the PC platform. It's much more of players lack of commitment to the PC platform and EA realizing that and moving forward accordingly. Many gaming manufactures have now stopped producing games for the PC, this isn't something only done by EA or started by EA. It is done due to console sales & lack of PC game sales. Maybe all gaming manufactures share blame but if the configurations are easier for console and the dollar for dollar return is that much more (and it sure seems like it is or so many gaming manufactures wouldn't have stopped PC game production,) do you really blame the companies for going for the money? Who here would stay at there present job (even after your boss showed you many years of loyality) for another industry you KNOW would make you more money?? Here's to betting very few but when others do it, we feel burned or abused. Nothing said here is going change how people feel, this is a passionate subject with some for sure. But looked at objectively and from a money making/business standpoint (which companies have to, no matter how much it sucks sometimes), it's crystal clear that this is just about bang for their buck as far as the gaming industry is concerned. They improve the games/paltforms that sell, too bad it's consoles but thats what makes them the most money with the least R & D/configuration/game stealing headaches. With the $$$ made on consoles with the piracy figured in, the return is still great enough to not worry about it. With the PC platform guess it isn't. I agree EA had to pick the 20th anniversary to drop the PC platform is no fun for we PC players, but lest we forget the game wasn't started on PC, it started on console (Sega Genesis). Although it truely does suck there is no PC version this year, after 20 years of Madden it's still the consoles that EA is making games for and they haven't strayed that far from their original roots when looked at objectively.

re: Answering YOUR Questions!

Former EA Supporter — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:09:36 GMT

To me, after buying Madden PC for years and not to include us PC Players as part of the Madden 20th Anniversary I felt was personal insult by EA.

In my opinon EA should not place the entire blame(profits) for dropping the Madden PC platform on the PC player. They need to share some of the blame. I feel that over the years they have lessened their focus($$, R/D) on the Madden PC platform and their sales(profits) have shown that. I've seen many posts in the forums suggestiing great ideas for Madden games. I do not know how many of those were taken into consideration but if EA wanted to increase Madden PC sales(profits) then they should have found a way to work more closely with the PC players to find out what the game needs to have so that more people would buy it. More sales more profits on the game which would allow for it to continue to improve.

re: Life at EA Redwood Shores

Henry H — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:58:51 GMT

Too many kids finding their way to this place. Take it easy people.

re: Answering YOUR Questions!

Steve — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:17:17 GMT

The PC game obviously doesn't make enough to justify the research & development is why. They only have to make 1 version for each console as they are not modded with video cards, memory, sound cards, different OS's & etc... So yes, when you take the research & devolopment opposed to the profit margins, the reasoning is pretty clear. The Nintendo DS version due to no fine tuning needed and easy confifurating for all DS units DOES ultimately cost less to produce & make more profit. When is the last time you saw a pirated Nintendo DS version? EA didn't drop the PC version to make people mad. They didn't do it to "screw" the PC crowd. This type of thinking makes no sense. Why are people making this so personal, I understand being unhappy about the platform drop but please explain how "screwing" the PC crowd helps EA. Please explain how dropping (if it was, and it's not) such a profitable platform benefits EA? Does it make sense of the profit was worth the R & D, EA would drop the PC game? This is about profit & loss, nothing more, nothing less.

I am a PC player also, have been for a loooong time but I do understand why EA dropped the platform. It needs to be said again (obviously) it's about the dough, moolah, dinero, dollars, bucks, coin, cash...