Rex Dickson talks about the future of Madden NFL Football

[SimFBallCritic]

[dave]

A gushing online interview. I'm glad the online guy got his 7 minutes with an EA guy. That doesn't change the fact that the NFL is the poorest game of all the major sports represented on videogame consoles. Even this year's neutered NHL game on next-gen is a better representation of the sport than Madden is of the NFL.

[buckeye]

Good video Sim.

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[buckeye]

A gushing online interview. I'm glad the online guy got his 7 minutes with an EA guy. That doesn't change the fact that the NFL is the poorest game of all the major sports represented on videogame consoles. Even this year's neutered NHL game on next-gen is a better representation of the sport than Madden is of the NFL.

You realize Sim is an "offline" first player don't you?!?

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[MrBill]

I'm always impressed by Rex and his strong desire to make Madden a better game.

Dave, Sim and the other Game Changers can interact with Rex and others on the Madden team directly most anytime so it wasn't about any indirect fame. You are biased towards hockey and believe NHL to be a better game than Madden. You aren't on an island but that isn't a consensus opinion in the community either

[HardHittnOzone]

My hats off to Sim, Shop, and all the other game changers that are carrying the flag for CFM. The truth of the matter is that the game itself translates very well if you try to apply real life x's and o's to it. It really is about playing chess not checkers. I have been playing Madden for a very long time and I can see tangible results with the game changer program. That is a testament not only to the guys involved but also to EA willing to work within the community.

My biggest concern is how backwards we went this year within the CFM mode with the addition of the confidence modifier and the player progression and regression system. What is disappointing is that for as broken as it is, EA has done nothing to rectify that problem via a patch. Meanwhile the pay to play mode (Ultimate team) is getting all the goodies and attention.

[dave]

I'm always impressed by Rex and his strong desire to make Madden a better game.

Dave, Sim and the other Game Changers can interact with Rex and others on the Madden team directly most anytime so it wasn't about any indirect fame. You are biased towards hockey and believe NHL to be a better game than Madden. You aren't on an island but that isn't a consensus opinion in the community either

My big issue is no matter how much our online community leaders gush, Madden remains a distant 4th or 5th where major pro sports is concerned. 1. FIFA or NBA2k 2. FIFA or NBA2k 3. MLB the Show 4. NHL (even the neutered next-gen game) 5. Madden.

That simply shouldn't be the case. With the resources afforded it, Madden should be #1 or at least as realistic as NBA2k or Fifa.

Madden - sideline awareness, non-existent; CPU awareness of game situations, non-existent; announcers awareness of game situations, non existent. This simply shouldn't be the case. Hell, Madden doesn't even bother to show 2014 stats live ... simply settling for last year's stats.

I'm sorry, I get that you website guys have to play nice with the devs to get your exclusive moments, but Madden should not be the 4th or 5th best next-gen sports game. And there is absolutely no argument it is even in the same league as the top three (though I get the anger over NBA2k online issues).

And for your info Bill, I play Madden way more than I play NHL15. I find videogame football more interesting to play.

[SimFBallCritic]

Thanks @HardHittn0zone! Appreciate it. Yeah man, CFM didn't do much at all in M15, very disappointing. I told those guys face to face how the CFM community feels like they don't care anymore and that it's unacceptable. Shop goes in on them, most of the time I'm there when he does.

[MrBill]

Thanks @HardHittn0zone! Appreciate it. Yeah man, CFM didn't do much at all in M15, very disappointing. I told those guys face to face how the CFM community feels like they don't care anymore and that it's unacceptable. Shop goes in on them, most of the time I'm there when he does.

I am hopeful that CFM sees the love for Madden 16. You kind of knew MUT was going to be in the front position after it blew out its revenue goals in Madden 25. I hope to be invited to the CFM community day and see what the devs have been working on after we sent in our wish lists late last year.

[buckeye]

Mut money goes to MUT tho as far as I understand. It's a self sustaining mode. I don't think it is part of the Madden budget anymore.

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