Madden 24 will be "make or break" for EA.

This is already a bit stale (from last week), but haven't seen very many folks discussing it: https://gamerant.com/madden-nfl-24-make-or-break-report/

Allegedly, the jobs of middle management at EA might be on the line if they don't have an improved game delivered late this summer.  Doesn't really mean all that much to any of us, but seems the studio is focusing on the single-player and offline experience.  I am confident there's a TON of things that could be implemented fairly easily to improve the overall gameplay experience, especially for new players -- it was overwhelming for me to try and ease back into the game after ~twenty years away from the Madden franchise.

I'm not overly optimistic about their chances, because I fully expect EA to continue to prioritize the gambling aspects more so than trying to deliver a more polished and accessible product.  I've been let down over and over and over with their handling of the entire Star Wars franchise, i see no reason why this would be any different.  Let's discuss!

I think 2K produces a much higher quality game than Madden (as much as they can without it becoming simulation) and Madden has to up their gameplay and quality to keep up/not lose customers.

QB283 said:

I think 2K produces a much higher quality game than Madden (as much as they can without it becoming simulation) and Madden has to up their gameplay and quality to keep up/not lose customers.

I hope 2k making an nfl game that will draw some madden players away will push ea to do better with madden. Also they need to make a really good madden game leading up to college football as well so I think madden 24 should be a game for the ages hopefully

i feel like this has been the worst year of madden ive ever seen bc there have been so many glitches/makerights for them. ive never seen anything this bad. istg the only person keeping their job is gonna be the animation and card art guys. incredible job this year. also i feel like this year due to all the glitches and make rights they have had to put out they have been trying to take coins away from players with terrible pack odds and prices of packs. imo it shouldnt be as hard to make/keep coins as it is by opening packs to chase cards and have fun. noone want to pull an expensive card then sell it for coins, open more packs to do it again, and be left with less coins than you started with. call it an addiction, but it shouldnt be as hard as it is to make back coins on a pack. very surprised another pack strike didnt happen.