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[ZehDon]

I wondered who was going to be the first to pull back on this. With EA doing it, I suspect Activision will be doing it too. And that means Bethesda is likely - given how many versions of Skyrim they've hocked. I'll be curious if Sony is backing this themselves, or if it's just an option that publishers can chose to take advantage of if they want.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

Agreed.

Its basically the whole cross buy program you see on Playstation. Its why I never got the fuss over folks worrying about Cyberpunk 2077 on PS5 when the publisher doesn't need "smart delivery" to give the customer a free version of their damn game if they want to THAT BADLY. Smart delivery is a method to do that easily, it is not the only way to do that for anyone to even remotely be considered over.

Free update on PS5 if you have it on PS4.
Make it cross buy on PS5 etc they have methods to do this already.

So if EA REALLY wanted to do cross play shit, they had options already that they ignored lol So I see this no different then how I saw cross buy. Some will support it, some won't.

You already bought the game on the xbox ecosystem, the new consoles are supposedly backward compatible--so they should play the disc you have anyway, just like the PRO/X run games for their respective base consoles + enhancements if the publisher so choose... JUST NOT THE NEXT GEN VERSION, or the version labelled as such.

So all EA is doing it building a "next-gen" version of the game that won't run on the existing consoles from the same disc, which is something MS said was "up to the publishers" (hopefully it offers more than higher quality texture + faster loading time... but I would not cross my fingers)

 

[Arkam]

Are we really complaining that we are only getting a limited amount of free stuff.... from EA? Seriously, I am stoked that they are doing this at all. Current Gen madden will likely be the preferred version of 21, so getting a free version of next gen to check out is all gravy.

 

[EDMIX]

You already bought the game on the xbox ecosystem, the new consoles are supposedly backward compatible--so they should play the disc you have anyway, just like the PRO/X run games for their respective base consoles + enhancements if the publisher so choose... JUST NOT THE NEXT GEN VERSION, or the version labelled as such.

So all EA is doing it building a "next-gen" version of the game that won't run on the existing consoles from the same disc, which is something MS said was "up to the publishers" (hopefully it offers more than higher quality texture + faster loading time... but I would not cross my fingers)

Pretty much.

I don't see a reason for a publisher to give a next gen version for free as they don't work for free. I'm fine if they do as you got no debate from me when it comes to getting free stuff lol, but if they want to charge, I'm 100% in support of that as I knew that would be the case if you consider BF4 on PS3 was clearly not the same game that was on PS4 and XONE

 

[RayHell]

So many complains about EA and still people buy their games. I stopped buying EA games for years now, they can do their dirty business all they want, thats no longer my problem.

 

[Kagey K]

The problem is that they are given the option to do this.

Do we know if the xbox one (base or x) will run as is when you pop the disc in a series x? or MS is at it again with fake backward compatibility?

What?

 

[Aidah]

I don't buy any of EA's garbage anyway.

However, in regards to next-gen upgrades in general, I don't think It should be one way or the other.

 

[xrnzaaas]

The sad thing about it is that NFL is still going to get the next installment less than a year later. It's not like they refuse to offer a permanent upgrade to a game that's going to continue to sell well for years to come.

 

[Kagey K]

Are these games going to sell if the leagues aren’t playing? This Covid stuff stands to hurt EA the worst.

They might have to get creative in order to sell their annual roster update games this year.

 

[D.Final]

Are these games going to sell if the leagues aren’t playing? This Covid stuff stands to hurt EA the worst.

They might have to get creative in order to sell their annual roster update games this year.

Definitely
I suppose

 

[Blond]

Not to disapointing when you consider that sports games are a yearly thing. If your buying the game after March 31'st 2021 the game is probably in bargain bins and you can get it for half price, and within half a year Madden 22 will be coming out.

Not to mention sports games in general aren't the powerhouse sellers they use to be outside of soccer. In a couple months retailers start knocking the prices down to like half price because after the initial rush no ones buying these things long term, they don't have legs.

 

[cryptoadam]

Not to mention sports games in general aren't the powerhouse sellers they use to be outside of soccer. In a couple months retailers start knocking the prices down to like half price because after the initial rush no ones buying these things long term, they don't have legs.

For EA sports games are just a vehicle to sell Ultimate team. They have gone downhill this generation. I remember when NHL was my most anticipated game, now I haven't played one in 3 years.

 

[Ten_Fold]

Activision will probably do the same thing with the new COD, damn these companies don’t have any heart.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Are these games going to sell if the leagues aren’t playing? This Covid stuff stands to hurt EA the worst.

They might have to get creative in order to sell their annual roster update games this year.

I mean.. could sell extra because people are sports starved?

Hard to say.

 

[iorek21]

When some companies begin to surpass EA in shittyness, they manage to get back in the game and recover the 1st place

 

[Elder Legend]

Next Gen hasn't even started and EA is already winning the retard award. Keep going.

 

[Endless Fluff]

Simply play the Xbox One/PS4 version on the next gen consoles then. Since this is just a sports game, you prolly won't see much of a difference between the two anyways... especially not when the game has an X enhanced mode which runs 4K/60 anyways. There is pretty much nothing for them to upgrade.

It will be more of an issue if Madden 21 on next gen will have a completely new engine and will look significantly better, but as it stands it's pretty much a nothingburger.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I wish.

Then they could shut down the EA brand and restore a bunch of long-lost studios.

MS has a bunch of their own long lost IPs they have yet to restore themselves.

 

[NeonDelta]

I don’t see the issue with this.

 

[dorkimoe]

Well so Is not a simple resolution patch...

Yeah but they already have a fanbase who rebuys the same game every year, so they know they dont need to offer it

 

[StormCell]

MS has a bunch of their own long lost IPs they have yet to restore themselves.

Also a crime worthy of taking them to task over. It's never a good look for an industry when there is ample demand for something but it's somehow more profitable for them to not make the product.

 

[Potato Chip PRO]

They have no problem with Free2Play games using Smart Delivery but it's a big No-No on their paid mediocre games.

 

[Blond]

For EA sports games are just a vehicle to sell Ultimate team. They have gone downhill this generation. I remember when NHL was my most anticipated game, now I haven't played one in 3 years.

I use to look forward to college football games and then at some point they stopped releasing them and I didn't notice till I went to look for a new title in 2018 lol

 

[cryptoadam]

I use to look forward to college football games and then at some point they stopped releasing them and I didn't notice till I went to look for a new title in 2018 lol

NCAA basketball for the SNES was my jam back in the day

 

[Filip JDM]

The way they say you can upgrade your game sounds like once you upgrade, you wont be able to play the XB1 version anymore. Hope they wouldnt do something that dumb

 

[The_Mike]

Well so Is not a simple resolution patch...

It's greed.

 

[D.Final]

Welp
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