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then don’t buy it

people keep buying it, so why wouldn’t they raise the price?

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76 points

Typical moron gamer moment, though: Bitch about price, buy it anyway, leave a bad review at 500 hours played, and repeat next year.

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34 points

They named this pathology The Maddening.

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5 points

Now that FIFA’s gone, EA needs another cash cow.

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24 points

Fifa isn’t gone, only the FIFA in-game branding is gone. It’s just called FC24 instead of FIFA 24.

And most of the world that plays FIFA isn’t going to play an American football game. American football is completely different and not relatable to pretty much anyone except those from USA (or maybe Canada, dunno).

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69 points

The game isn’t for you.

They continue to do very little updates and charge full price because people keep buying it.

They sell like crazy. There was a chart that showed Madden selling more per year than most Nintendo games.

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56 points

It’s a free market. Just don’t buy it

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39 points

Sport games should be sold as game as service rather than yearly releases.

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14 points

I wonder if they’d have a hard time selling a service that doesn’t include the micro-transactions.

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8 points

Relying on only seasonal subscriptions is not enough. They have to sell something else és well to keep up.

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7 points

Why? They’re probably making way more money this way anyways.

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35 points

Let me share a secret with you: Madden (Year) is the same game as Madden (Year-1).

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22 points

Wait, if I rename my Madden1.exe to Madden23.exe will I get the latest game?

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8 points

… You’re gonna need to rename to madden25.exe

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10 points

Thanks. I feel like, I just saved 70$.

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7 points

“SportGame (Year-1) is literally unplayable because my favorite player is no longer in Team X.”

– Every sport sim players

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3 points

PS3 NCAA 14 blows next gen Madden out of the water. It’s not even close.

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1 point

NFL 2K5 is the GOAT NFL game.

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Typically yeah but this year is actually the first time PC is getting the next gen version ps5/xs have had since 21

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