>
>And with the possibility of someone making updated rosters on
>the older games easily available to download in-game, it makes
>little sense to fork over the full $60 for the new Madden
>unless you're gonna play it a LOT. And even then, I'm not so
>sure.
>
>I was playing last year's Madden yesterday with NFL
>rosters...from yesterday. Teddy with Carolina for instance.
>Rookies on the scene. All of that. Good enough for me!
>
>At this point, I look at buying Madden on day one as
>supporting and validating EA's lameness. It makes no sense
>that they still haven't mastered some of the stuff that 2k5
>got right 15 years ago. No sense at all. But they have that
>Ultimate Team/pay to win stuff ready to roll for that azz
>every time. Ridiculous.


^^^^^^ This right here. All that time to make it better and they have nothing to show for it. I played the free weekend and it looks like they are going backwards.