Earlier this week, #FixMaddenFranchise became a trending hashtag on Twitter after a lackluster release of details on the game’s Franchise mode. Today, the executive producer of the Madden franchise responded to the criticism.
Seann Graddy Responds to #FixMaddenFranchise
In a video on Twitter, Madden Executive Producer Seann Graddy stated he wanted to reach out to the Madden community on behalf of the development teams. Graddy said that the developers have heard the complaints of fans.
In the video, Graddy stated regarding the negative feedback, “We see your #FixMaddenFranchise tweets, and we understand your frustration.” Graddy went on to note that the Franchise community is critically important to the developers. The Madden producer also said that they have gone over the complaints from the community.
Later in the video, Graddy said that starting today, the developers are working to improve Franchise mode for “Madden NFL 21 and beyond.” However, Graddy stated that he had no new details to share with fans of the franchise.
Graddy concluded the video by stating that the development team is working from home to improve the game, and that they are committed to getting back to the community regarding Franchise mode, and to tell gamers what their plans for the mode are.
Here’s the full video from Graddy :
An update from Executive Producer Seann Graddy pic.twitter.com/RFpco0KNH1
— Madden NFL 21 (@EAMaddenNFL) July 2, 2020
They say this every year when we bring up all the issues with madden and they won’t fix these issues and to bitch slap sport gamers in the face hey 10 extra dollars. FUCK YOU MADDEN!! And FUCK YOU EA!!!
If all these BR games can make full scale changes and basically create new game modes on the fly, a large company like EA should be able to fix this in time for the release or shortly after. I hope they take the complaints seriously
How about fix the damn game itself. Lol
Keith Wallace
Nick Geib Ben Bossard
He really said that the franchise community is important to them ??? all they care about is MUT since they don’t make any extra off franchise. That’s why it’s gotten so much worse in the last 15-20 years
The 2K series needs to come back and the Madden developers need to be stripped of exclusive rights to the NFL. Competition breeds creativity.
Not a single person has said this so I will. How about making it so you can actually end up on the same team as your friends in Franchise. Or even just allowing you to play on the same team together in general outside of trash 3v3 modes (Just make it 2v2 or custom. Nobody NEEDS a 3rd fucking player) or MUT challenges.
Beau Paulsen Scott Rudrud
Kelby Lemar believe it when I play it lol
When u have no competition u get a garbage product
Kyle
Tim Vara bro they dont realize shit or it would of been fixed. And they have no details bc they didnt plan on fixing that shit. Butttttt atleast they are fixin it lol let’s just hope its dope shit instead of nope shit
yeah for sure lol shit is broken af.
Matthew Garza
Kieran Essman what they fixing
Copy the NCAA model. Be a coach and get recruited to other jobs! I am playing NCAA 12 and the experience is better than any madden game I’ve played in a while
Honestly think about this people. The games about to come out. they are worried about sales due to covid related issues and want to soak up as much money as possible. Please dont tell me you believe they will overhaul franchise mode and add anything we have been asking for? In like 8 weeks? Get fucking real.
They copy and paste franchise mode like they have done (theyve made these “we hear you” comments before) and maybe add one dumbass feature nobody asked for or reintroduce something they took away and then shuve it down your throat like “SEE!? TOTALLY NEW!”
For those who missed it… what caused the hashtag to start, anyway? I must have missed the details of the new franchise mode
MUT needs to go. Why do people put money in to that garbage
Bring back rushing attack
FUCK EA, NFL 2K5!!!!
So they’ll fix it for Madden 23 and call it ground breaking
I’ve been saying for years they need to change up the commentary. Don’t have the same two guys do every single game. Have 5-6 and have them rotate, is it an AFC game, on ESPN, or Primetime? But when you play 200-300 games and you hear the same quip over and over and over. Makes you wanna not play.
Filbert J Longsnapper smarter commentary would be good too. I hate hearing “great block by the offensive line” when it was either my full back or tight end who did the blocking. Various other instances where the commentary is too generic for what actually happens.
Nobody
They just collecting $ & hitting copy & paste at this point
2k5 still has the best franchise ?
Madden has a dev team? ?
They’ll really fix this horrible game if you all stop buying the thing!
They need competition.
Need to come out with another head coach game. Still play the other ones
Just make a new Head Coach game. Problem solved. If they want Madden to be focused on online play, just make a separate game devoted solely to a fantastic Franchise mode-type experience
Brian Kilbane this is a great idea
I loved both the original and the 09 version. If people are constantly complaining about Franchise (I’m one of them), and EA doesn’t want to commit resources to updating and revamping it, then just make it a completely separate game. That way you can make it as in-depth as people want
It’s literally going to be a copy and paste game with slightly different mechanics and graphics. If you go into practice mode on 20 go into the camera and zoom in to the back of the bleachers and you’ll see “madden 19” on a banner above the stands. Copy and paste is what they know supposedly
Austin Reynaud I’m bout to check this out..
Bring back creative mode
So it releases in a month but now they’re suddenly going to fix franchise mode? Seems like they’re just going to give us new glove and shoe options and call it a day.
Andrew Miron the coding wouldn’t take long if they jumped on it and worked consistently for about a week or 2
I’d like to play like 1 franchise game where my team doesn’t go for a fake field goal or punt, fuck it up, and cost me the game. That really shouldn’t be too much to ask. The algorithm is completely wonky. In a player vs player game, theres generally 3-4 fake special teams plays… in an actual NFL season, you see a fake special teams play maybe 3-4 times year.
Give me NCAA! EA is never going to step up because there’s no competition. They don’t have to step up so they won’t the game is trash it’s no longer about skill it’s about glitches, nanos, and plays that are unbeatable just because of the way the game is built. Don’t even get me started on Ultimate team. That used to be awesome I remember when it was just an ad on That used to be awesome I remember when it was just an add-on now whoever has the most micro transactions Are going to be the “best players” Not to mention all of the stuff you have to do just to get an 80 overall player. They need to give up the license so 2K and have a chance of bringing something new to the table. All EA does is take out a good feature added back on two years later and then called in some new stuff. Every year I say I’m not buying it but I end up buying it because it’s all we have. This year for sure I’m not giving them any more my money I’m just gonna play 2K 21 and watch football on TV at least I don’t have to worry about losing to some bum who can’t really play the game or knows anything about football.
Remember when they use to do cool shit like being able to play with teams like the 90’s Cowboys or the 2007 patriots? Also remember when skill actually mattered? When you could use or a safety I didn’t have to worry about a glitch letting a 5’10 receiver catch over at 6’1 safety that’s in position?
Christian Clark
Chris Martz
Banks Davocki
Shayne Sheppeard
Pretty sure I saw this same video but with a fat bald guy last year ?
Bring back fight night
What about #fixnba2k OR #FireRonnie2K
Can’t fix copy n paste.
It’s Grand Theft Auto V can be the same game for 10 years and just keep updating why can’t Madden?
You say that like tons of people aren’t pissed at Rockstar for the GTAV PS5 announcement…
Erik Paniccia what that they’re giving it away for free for a couple months?
I wanna see legendary players that you can play with in franchise!!
This is why the consumer suffers with exclusive licenses.
It’s too late for them to fix the next Madden. All they care about the money making MUT whales anyway.
James Kircher MUT hasn’t really changed since its inception. They just aren’t really changing much of anything except probably expanding Superstar KO which is a joke.
Mark
Make the draft more important. bring the drills back that was bad ass back in the day
Franchise mode was the best in 06 to 08. Like I want to be able to play as a kicker and then put him in as the qb just because that’s sounds like fun
Eric Keller
Dominic Bucci hahaha yeah they’re bowing to us now
Eric Keller GOOD! It’s about time