If I stayed "true to my console" I would be getting NFL 2k series since they are the only ones who were "true to my console" in the DC era. Madden certainly wasn't "true to my console" in the 16 bit era. I had both SNES and Genesis, but anyone around at the time knew better than to buy an EA Sports game on SNES. The slowdown was horrible!
That said, I'll stay "true to my console" and buy Madden on XBox just like I have the last two years. Why? It looks a hell of a lot better and I like the controller a hell of a lot better. Online play (FINALLY!) is just icing on the cake.
I don't get people saying that EA is staying "true to their console" when the graphics are worse, it takes a memory card to save, and EA DIDN'T EVEN SUPPORT YOUR PRECIOUS PS1 in year one. Buy the best version, don't "STAY TRUE TO YOUR CONSOLE" cause that's just sad.