It’s that time of year again. Football season is just about here with all the teams playing preseason games and getting ready for the season. But also every year around this time, something else is going on in the football world, and the video game world as well. Madden is back. This time it’s Madden 08.
One of the best games over the last 18 years (apparently selling over 60 million copies) for sports video game fans, the newest version was released yesterday. The release was to 10 (yes 10) different game systems, including Xbox 360.
One of the reasons Madden is so popular is EA Sports was able to reach an exclusive agreement with the NFL to use current rosters. That means no other video game companies are allowed to use the real names of any of the players besides for them. Sports fans have become invested in their favorite players and want to see their names on the screen. It’s obvious why this has helped Madden become a success.
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Never played American Footbal before. It is all about soccer here ..
btw, you visitors widget is out of alignment, I’m using firefox (latest version). however it is ok in IE7
Thanks Azwanhadzree. I’m going to have to work on that. I’m not currently using Firefox but I used it to check out what you mentioned and I see there is definitely a problem there. Although I’m not exactly sure why, I’ll have to look into. Thanks again.
Personally, I like the NCAA series more.
Hey J David. If I had to choose between the two I would probably choose NCAA too. I’m from Columbus, so all we have here is Ohio State. It just seems like there is more hype surrounding the Madden Series, maybe the NFL helps out with that a lot.
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