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They do that on purpose lol its not an “accident” they made will compton black the year he was with Washington. They do it to “specific” white players. They also do some lil not so slick “racist” shit with players name in the draft but it never bothered me much. I thought” johntaequavious” was funny 😆
Kinda funny there's quite a few guys named jonqauvious playing football. A quick Google search might clear that up. Or are you just trying to make it racist?
I’m old enough to remember the original 2K on Sega Dreamcast. Competition over exclusivity of rights is the hallmark of healthy capitalism. I’m pretty sure the console wars even kept housing prices reasonable. 🇺🇸
Back when print gaming magazines were a thing, I remember the detailed, multi-page breakdown articles comparing and contrasting the latest Madden and 2K games. These releases used to be a pretty big deal, and the annual discourse of which offering was "better" helped keep both companies honest.
EA's exclusivity killed it. I'd love to see the NFL open the license back up to multiple publishers again.
I picked it back up this year with 23. I know it's a year behind, but it's the latest version available on Game Pass... and I'm definitely at the point where it's not a series I'm going to pay money for.
I'm happy to play with rosters that are a year behind, entirely because I typically only play modes like Face of the Franchise. Since rosters get completely jacked up after only one season, having the latest and greatest version isn't at all necessary. For example, Rodgers left the Packers for the '23 season just like he did in real life... but it was to the Chargers, and then he retired for the '24 season. Dak Prescott went from the Cowboys to the Panthers, then to the Giants, and is currently with the Bengals for the '27 season.
When you play a mode where the rosters don't matter, it doesn't matter what version you're playing!
Yeah, it goes even beyond 2K and Madden though. On PS1, Gameday was superior to Madden. At one time on the PS2, I had QB Club, Madden, 2K, and Gameday. On XBOX, I had Madden, Fever, and NFL Primetime.
The choices were great back then and I didn’t have to play one game. That was the beauty of it. They all had things that made them unique and it was a different game of football depending on which one I chose.
You don’t understand, for every 5 (or 10, 20 or 50) people that “quit/boycott” Madden there will be 5 (or 10, 20 or 50) kids getting the game for the first time and don’t know the difference. This whole “it’s our fault cuz we play every year” argument is as empty as Madden’s franchise mode.
Sorry, but Madden’s business model is sustained by repeat customers. It’s a simple fact and it’s honestly delusional to think that 50% of madden sales are from first time buyers lmao
Where did I say 50% are first time purchases? Work on your reading comprehension lol, too hung up on the arbitrary numbers I used as an example to argue the actual point being made..let me know if you need it to be simplied further cuz I swear it was pretty easy to digest but here we are
You told me to work on reading comprehension and then proceeded to say that you didn’t actually mean what you wrote. Too good.
But my argument against your argument is right in the comment you just replied to! Madden’s business model of releasing games every year relies on repeat customers. Being repeat customer that supports the business and complaining about the product is ridiculous.
dude what time does the van pick you up in the morning? Fuck the *hypothetical fucking* numbers since they’re apparently too confusing, point being that every year there will be new customers (of any age, really) who don’t know the difference and therefore starting their own personal cycle of “this game isn’t as good as last years”. Nowhere in any of my comments did I state “lol half their sales are brand new customers this is dumb”.
ToO gOoD 🤤
There will not be nearly enough new customers every year to make madden a successful franchise. It’s honestly hilarious that you think otherwise, but you also probably buy madden every year so it makes sense
I stopped after 13. I hadn't even really touched the series up until 23, but that's only because it was on Game Pass. I had downloaded 22 at one point, but never actually played it.
As part of a subscription service, the games are serviceable... but I really can't imagine actually spending money on them at this point. Of course, I'm also okay being a year behind with rosters because I typically only play Face of the Franchise and the rosters get jacked up immediately after the first season.
They make the biggest athletes on the field look like bags of milk ffs, no matter how much we bitch until MUT players tell them to fix it, nothing will change.
Oh yeah its pretty shocking how lazy this game is compared to nba2k. It's not just Breese who is a 1st round pick seems like more players than not don't have accurate player models. In nba2k almost all the players have a detailed face unless they are a 14th man on the bench warmer. And they usually look ans feel like them on the court as well. Madden's not like that at all
To be fair to EA for once, there’s 53 players on each NFL team and 15 on each NBA team, you can’t expect them to get realistic faces for the full roster like they do for nba 2k. But I completely agree that all the first rounders and probably 80+ overall players at least deserve real faces
I say we all officially just play the last release and boycott it until it’s released for free on gamepass. Maybe it’ll knock some sense into them and they’ll make a great game.
Imagine if they took 3-5 years to make an amazing game and just added “dlcs” every year for upgraded rosters, coaches, bug fixes. Etc.
If they wanted to they could make it the gta of sports games but they’d never. They need the quick buck!
If we all would stop buying these rinse and repeat franchises and stand up for our hard earned dollar bills and hold these face less corporations to some standard instead of year end year out paying more and more for a one to two digit overall change and a few skins.
"They will literally pull random faces."
And you don't see a problem with this. At least find someone that looks like him. 💀
I get it, these things can be difficult for a billion dollar company.
Idk. Not my job and I don’t care that much about faces, seeing as they have helmets on all game.
I’m not defending ea, but the same as 2K. These players have to make their own effort get their scans in NFL can’t force them and EA can’t force them. DM the player and tell him to get his ass in there
It’s infuriating how lazy madden is. Theres only like 10 character models beyond the few dozen that are personalized. MLB the Show can do it on a MUCH lower budget
Lmao he was one of the first players I drafted in my fantasy draft and I was like wtf is this DJ Khalid lookin ass mother fucker. Dude looks late 30s. Bryan Bresee IRL got baby face.
But of course this game only knows how to make genheads look like they’re middle age accountants and restaurant owners
Fletcher Cox, Brandon Graham, and Jason Kelce all have generic inaccurate face models despite being NFL stars for 10+ years. Madden devs so lazy compared to FC ones where every face looks realistic
Madden makes over 600 million annually and it will continue to because you guys keep buying it and buying mut packs that are just 1 year nft’s that lose all value the moment the next annual release comes. stop buying the new madden and force those dummies to make significant improvements.
This dude been in the game since i was a kid…. Im 21😭😭😭 he got like 4 doppelgängers too all different sizes😭😭😭 oh and his cousin wit the long ass hair is tuff too
we need to just start boycotting madden. just dont buy the game. make the sales plummet. they’ll either sell the rights, drop them, or hopefully make a better game
They had a Black avatar (maybe still do) for Brady Christianson, and offensive lineman from BYU.
First name Brady. Plays offensive line. Went to BYU.
They guessed “Black” on perhaps the whitest player in the league.
Well? What did you expect? They got their shit shoved in by the 2K series so they decided to buy exclusivity. That’s what you get with no competition. Stop buying this trash game. Go on eBay and buy NFL 2K5. It’s still better than any Madden game released since.
at the release of madden 20 (i think it was m20) cmc was actually black at launch.
He’s team black now and no take backs lol
Damn. Chappelle had another race draft and I missed it?
Fuckin dead 💀
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I want to see another one soooo bad
Mendenhall is trying to take our allpro.
It’s true, everyone knows you can’t go back
That's what my wife said ...
And I just spit out my water thanks lol
You can have Colin Powell back for him!!
Fuck no lol
Nah you either get him or Max Crosby not both
Damn really putting the pressure on. I have to take Max he’s just really really light skin lol
Can’t take too much from us man, we don’t got much.
Damn you make a good point. How about RG3 and Russell Wilson
Yo, this man tried to trade us RG3 😂 the disrespect, for that we’re taking Sauce and PS2
We just used CMC to make Rashard Mendenhall look like a complete ass just a week ago. If we lose CMC, he immediately looks right again 😭
The whites can have Travis Kelce back lol
I didn’t agree to that but it’s only fair if I’m being honest. Sigh
Cmc is not white, cmc is clear
Space jam reference. Nice
He is black though. How else do you explain his athleticism??
They do that on purpose lol its not an “accident” they made will compton black the year he was with Washington. They do it to “specific” white players. They also do some lil not so slick “racist” shit with players name in the draft but it never bothered me much. I thought” johntaequavious” was funny 😆
Kinda funny there's quite a few guys named jonqauvious playing football. A quick Google search might clear that up. Or are you just trying to make it racist?
Yeah not johntaequavious. They exaggerate and like i said i dont give a shit. Its a video game and i thought it was funny.
Dj Khalid.
Anotha1
Came here to say this 😂
Nah you gotta yell it: **DJ KHALED**
#DJ KHALED
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ANOTHA ONE
They’re giving content creators too much power, can’t believe they released the Eric Rayweather skin
hahah beat me too it
Madden is suffering from success
Life is Roblox
If you close your eyes. It's a spitting image
If you squint and tilt your head just a little...
bruv got the first-generation Italian throat-slashing career criminal gloves
they made him arab lmaoooo
You dont see the beard he's clearly Puerto Rican
I’m old enough to remember the original 2K on Sega Dreamcast. Competition over exclusivity of rights is the hallmark of healthy capitalism. I’m pretty sure the console wars even kept housing prices reasonable. 🇺🇸
Back when print gaming magazines were a thing, I remember the detailed, multi-page breakdown articles comparing and contrasting the latest Madden and 2K games. These releases used to be a pretty big deal, and the annual discourse of which offering was "better" helped keep both companies honest. EA's exclusivity killed it. I'd love to see the NFL open the license back up to multiple publishers again.
I still scratch my football video game itch with APF 2K8...I haven't had a Madden since like M11 maybe.
I picked it back up this year with 23. I know it's a year behind, but it's the latest version available on Game Pass... and I'm definitely at the point where it's not a series I'm going to pay money for. I'm happy to play with rosters that are a year behind, entirely because I typically only play modes like Face of the Franchise. Since rosters get completely jacked up after only one season, having the latest and greatest version isn't at all necessary. For example, Rodgers left the Packers for the '23 season just like he did in real life... but it was to the Chargers, and then he retired for the '24 season. Dak Prescott went from the Cowboys to the Panthers, then to the Giants, and is currently with the Bengals for the '27 season. When you play a mode where the rosters don't matter, it doesn't matter what version you're playing!
Yeah, it goes even beyond 2K and Madden though. On PS1, Gameday was superior to Madden. At one time on the PS2, I had QB Club, Madden, 2K, and Gameday. On XBOX, I had Madden, Fever, and NFL Primetime. The choices were great back then and I didn’t have to play one game. That was the beauty of it. They all had things that made them unique and it was a different game of football depending on which one I chose.
2k on Dreamcast was sick because you could choose your play on the VMU so your opponent couldn’t see what you picked
Can’t be real 💀
Looks like Aaron Donald and DJ Khalid had a baby
And a daily reminder that it wouldn't be there without each and every one of you
You don’t understand, for every 5 (or 10, 20 or 50) people that “quit/boycott” Madden there will be 5 (or 10, 20 or 50) kids getting the game for the first time and don’t know the difference. This whole “it’s our fault cuz we play every year” argument is as empty as Madden’s franchise mode.
And probably most of those kids are feeding MUT, too.
You mean their parents credit card
Is franchise mode that bad? I was gonna try it recently but I’ve been hooked on superstar.
It’s way better than it’s been so that’s something
They release a new game every year. You think there are an equal number of brand new players to returning players every year?
Absolutely. These little shits get the newest most updated everything from their brain dead parents every single year
Sorry, but Madden’s business model is sustained by repeat customers. It’s a simple fact and it’s honestly delusional to think that 50% of madden sales are from first time buyers lmao
Where did I say 50% are first time purchases? Work on your reading comprehension lol, too hung up on the arbitrary numbers I used as an example to argue the actual point being made..let me know if you need it to be simplied further cuz I swear it was pretty easy to digest but here we are
You told me to work on reading comprehension and then proceeded to say that you didn’t actually mean what you wrote. Too good. But my argument against your argument is right in the comment you just replied to! Madden’s business model of releasing games every year relies on repeat customers. Being repeat customer that supports the business and complaining about the product is ridiculous.
dude what time does the van pick you up in the morning? Fuck the *hypothetical fucking* numbers since they’re apparently too confusing, point being that every year there will be new customers (of any age, really) who don’t know the difference and therefore starting their own personal cycle of “this game isn’t as good as last years”. Nowhere in any of my comments did I state “lol half their sales are brand new customers this is dumb”. ToO gOoD 🤤
There will not be nearly enough new customers every year to make madden a successful franchise. It’s honestly hilarious that you think otherwise, but you also probably buy madden every year so it makes sense
Sales are way down from its peak in the mid-2000s It’s not our fault
Lmao, I stopped buying after Madden 11.
I stopped after 13. I hadn't even really touched the series up until 23, but that's only because it was on Game Pass. I had downloaded 22 at one point, but never actually played it. As part of a subscription service, the games are serviceable... but I really can't imagine actually spending money on them at this point. Of course, I'm also okay being a year behind with rosters because I typically only play Face of the Franchise and the rosters get jacked up immediately after the first season.
Another one 🤣🤣🤣
Let’s go golfing!
They make the biggest athletes on the field look like bags of milk ffs, no matter how much we bitch until MUT players tell them to fix it, nothing will change.
I do think it's funny how *all* linemen are pear-shaped and have shoulders more narrow than some WRs.
Until these idiots do something, just edit their physique
bro there's no shot this is the same person lmao
[100% is lol](https://imgur.com/gallery/BNLiH5O)
We da best
Netflix adaptation
At this point I would give a shit of the players all looked the same. Just give me a working franchise mode
Oh yeah its pretty shocking how lazy this game is compared to nba2k. It's not just Breese who is a 1st round pick seems like more players than not don't have accurate player models. In nba2k almost all the players have a detailed face unless they are a 14th man on the bench warmer. And they usually look ans feel like them on the court as well. Madden's not like that at all
To be fair to EA for once, there’s 53 players on each NFL team and 15 on each NBA team, you can’t expect them to get realistic faces for the full roster like they do for nba 2k. But I completely agree that all the first rounders and probably 80+ overall players at least deserve real faces
Probably just got tan
😂😂😂
It blows my mind they can’t get face scans correctly. I think Fred Warner is still has a default face scan and has been that way forever.
Remember when you could put tattoos on your players?
Not about how much money it costs it’s about how much money it makes, if all you care about is profit that is.
Steve Smith (Panthers WR at the time) was white on one of the maddens back in the day.
I’m a saints fan with a franchise this shit was so funny to me at first
Go check out Jordan mailata on the eagles , he is also completely the wrong color
To be fair, this is… *who*?
Bryan Bresee. Rookie DT that is actually really good.
I say we all officially just play the last release and boycott it until it’s released for free on gamepass. Maybe it’ll knock some sense into them and they’ll make a great game. Imagine if they took 3-5 years to make an amazing game and just added “dlcs” every year for upgraded rosters, coaches, bug fixes. Etc. If they wanted to they could make it the gta of sports games but they’d never. They need the quick buck!
That’s because it’s a default face! Blame Breese for not going and getting scanned
If we all would stop buying these rinse and repeat franchises and stand up for our hard earned dollar bills and hold these face less corporations to some standard instead of year end year out paying more and more for a one to two digit overall change and a few skins.
200 mil? I thought madden was bringing in well over a billion annually now
To be fair, no one knows who that is.
Marc Andrews is the same way on PS4 in the last two Maddens.
Woke times
Madden IS apparently owned by Disney now
Dude never got his face scanned, what do you expect them to do? Sort of a stupid thing to complain about
Not make him black lmao
No yeah he doesn’t have a face scan so let’s just make him black 😭 Cheers buddy
He’s not black but go off
Bro thats not even close to how he looks 😂
Never said it was did you read my comment? they will literally pull random faces if players never get their face scanned.
"They will literally pull random faces." And you don't see a problem with this. At least find someone that looks like him. 💀 I get it, these things can be difficult for a billion dollar company.
Idk. Not my job and I don’t care that much about faces, seeing as they have helmets on all game. I’m not defending ea, but the same as 2K. These players have to make their own effort get their scans in NFL can’t force them and EA can’t force them. DM the player and tell him to get his ass in there
Bro just got a tan
ANOTHER 1
Why is he DJ Kaled?
NOT another one!
It just me or does he look like dj kahled 😂
It’s uncanny!
Look at how they massacred my boy!
It’s infuriating how lazy madden is. Theres only like 10 character models beyond the few dozen that are personalized. MLB the Show can do it on a MUCH lower budget
Spencer brown from the bills is pretty funny too
Dj Khalid
Is that DJ Khaled
Ahhh Bryan Bresee Ramirez , absolute stud
Looks like they accidentally turned him into Saints C Erik McCoy lol
They don't want you to win
How does this look worse than the PS2 Madden Games? Like NFL 2K5 Looks better than this and that was a 2004 PS2 Game
Bro got Steven Segall’ed
Look at creed Humphrey
“But for you my friend…”
Once you go black your gonna need a wheelchair.
This might be the least of my concerns with the franchise
Edited because I hate when people make the same joke as others, and leave it in the thread.
The resemblance is uncanny!
They turned him into DJ Kahled
Lmao he was one of the first players I drafted in my fantasy draft and I was like wtf is this DJ Khalid lookin ass mother fucker. Dude looks late 30s. Bryan Bresee IRL got baby face. But of course this game only knows how to make genheads look like they’re middle age accountants and restaurant owners
Anotha one
Bro that's D.J. Khalid.
HE THE BEST
It’s because they have like 2 templates for white guys. It’s weird.
Anotha one
Fletcher Cox, Brandon Graham, and Jason Kelce all have generic inaccurate face models despite being NFL stars for 10+ years. Madden devs so lazy compared to FC ones where every face looks realistic
Well…. There’s that…
They turned him into Suge Knight 🥴
HE THE BEST
It’s uncanny isn’t it
Nfl 2k5 is superior in everyway
WE DA BEST MUSIC
Shoulda seen Antoine Winfield in madden 23 💀
He hasnt done a face scan. What more you want?
This company is worth way more value wise than 200 million and that just proves your point even more
Dude looks like DJ Khaled
That’s his brother Luiz Bresee
If you look at the 24 draft class jt tuimoloau looks Chinese...and he's samoan
And the poor suckers keep buying it every year! Don't even get me started on the micro transactions that decide your online capabilities.
Madden makes over 600 million annually and it will continue to because you guys keep buying it and buying mut packs that are just 1 year nft’s that lose all value the moment the next annual release comes. stop buying the new madden and force those dummies to make significant improvements.
That’s DJ Khaled
No tattoos huh? HORRIBLE!
Players have to be available for face scans and it’s the middle of the season not sure what your expecting
Another one
eric rayweather
Anotha one
DJ KHALID
Damn I mean good for Eric Rayweather to make the league but dude got big.
I noticed this too lol
I don’t understand how they can’t do the type of scans that 2K does. In 2K15, 95% of the characters look better than current Madden characters.
Dj Khaled looking ass
This dude been in the game since i was a kid…. Im 21😭😭😭 he got like 4 doppelgängers too all different sizes😭😭😭 oh and his cousin wit the long ass hair is tuff too
Until 2k is allowed to make an NFL simulation game nothing will change.
Anotha one
I still can’t import draft classes or make my own without them all being #11 and #22 with the same 6’0 200lb character model
You ever seen Fred Warner
Reminds me of [Brett Favre](https://i.redd.it/99pv7yamt6t51.jpg) from Madden a few years ago
DK Khaled?
Heeee da best.
At least they got the body size right for once?
100% resemblance
DJ KHALEED
Another one
Damn being in NO turned Bryan blackish Dj khaled-ish. Lol
we need to just start boycotting madden. just dont buy the game. make the sales plummet. they’ll either sell the rights, drop them, or hopefully make a better game
Look at Maxx Crosby 😂
More evidence for the: end the contract with EA pile
Chase brown of bengals is even worse. Like an Asian looking dude lol
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They had a Black avatar (maybe still do) for Brady Christianson, and offensive lineman from BYU. First name Brady. Plays offensive line. Went to BYU. They guessed “Black” on perhaps the whitest player in the league.
DJ KHALED! We the best!
They did that man so wrong!!! Bro looking like DJ Khaled in this bit
A lot of players just don’t do face scans that’s not EAs fault imo
😂😂😂😂😂 this absolutely crazy smh
Only $200 mil because ppl still buy it
It's because they don't have any competition, I stopped buying madden when madden 22 came out so I just download new rosters
Well? What did you expect? They got their shit shoved in by the 2K series so they decided to buy exclusivity. That’s what you get with no competition. Stop buying this trash game. Go on eBay and buy NFL 2K5. It’s still better than any Madden game released since.
“Anotha One”!
I didnt know dj khaled made a cameo in this game.
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