Seriously EA??? WTH?
When I saw the new features in Madden 10 I was pumped and, as I do every year, I went out and pre-ordered it. I’ve been a Madden player since 1994 and I love this franchise. I’m absolutely willing to spend $50-$60 a year to keep playing as that investment gets me about 200 hours or more of fun filled play time. Then I see this video:
At 1:00 in the video you see Elite mode pop up. It appears that you have to have Elite mode to play the game on All-Madden difficulty, which I’ve been doing since 1995. It appears that I paid $60 for a game, then I have to pay more to enable the difficulty I want to play it at? Is this serious? Also I have to pay more to get the most out of my superstar in my career? WTF did I spend $60 on then since you’ve only given me 4/5 of the game? THIS IS ABSURD.
Honestly I’m not sure what to do now. I’m a huge fan of football and the Pittsburgh Steelers and I look forward every year to playing this. At this point I’m considering 2010 being my last Madden game ever and I’ll just play franchise over and over like I did with 2001 on the PS1 when I had a ton of free time. All I can really say is EA, you got me. This is my favorite game and now I have to pay you $60 plus $$$ for unlocks to the features I want. I’ve been screwed. I know most people say, “Well just don’t buy it.” Well it’s not that simple for me, this is my absolute favorite game. Guess I need to find another football game….
I was on Yahoo and found your blog. Read a few of your other posts. Good work. I am looking forward to reading more from you in the future.
Tom Stanley
Yes, I know there are no other NFL games worth noting since EA has the deal with the NFL. It was said in a kind of hopelessness for playing NFL games.
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