[Offline Franchise] saved game doesn't load

Yeah it's sad something that is so vital for today's games the ability to save and come back and play later. For that simple process to not work in a game for a year and not be fixed Is inexcusable

Could you imagine a game like God of war or Halo having a problem like this

Product: Madden NFL 23
Platform:Xbox Series S
Which console generation do you have? Microsoft Xbox Series S
What is your gamertag/PSN ID? ChucksRatHol
Date/time issue occurred 8-16-22/ 8:30pm
What type of issue do you have? Crash/Freeze
Which mode has this happened in? Franchise Mode
Which part of the mode? Offline
What is your Franchise League Name? Offline
Summarize your bug After a couple of seasons or in some cases games Madden will hard crash (most of the time right after you finish a game) and send you back to the Xbox home screen. When you get back into Madden and try to access your franchise you can't get back in. If you start another season or multiple saves it will corrupt those the same way as your last.
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Sim 3 to 5 years in the franchise. Play 3 to 5 games in and your game should crash. go back into madden and try to open the franchise again and it should fail
What happens when the bug occurs? game hard crashes back to the main menu of your console
What do you expect to see? the main menu
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I've been playing the early access Madden 23 and I'm still having the same game breaking glitch from last year. After a couple games or seasons offline the game will hard crash and it will corrupt. It doesn't matter how many times you save, back up, or start a new seasons it will eventually corrupt. It's frustrating because I'm having fun then boom your whole career and everything just ends and you have to start all the way over. Really hoping for a day 1 patch for this.

@EA_Blueberry aaaaaaand here we are again. 

I posted this concern on this board weeks ago. I specifically tagged YOU, Blueberry. There was no response. And I know you remember me. It looks like my post was removed prior to launch, unless someone can show it to me. 

This is the only reason I did not buy this game. If last year is any indication, it will take six months to fix this. That’s right, you will post about this issue until February. Sometime around the Super Bowl, you will be able to play your franchise. 

Last year was “the year of the franchise.” This year, EA advertised a “revamped franchise experience.” 

This is the first year I didn’t buy Madden because I no longer believe you.

I was right. 

I ran a few tests and it seems like it has something to do with importing draft classes on 2027 or after the 2028 season I was able to recreate this save file crash 3 time Before I lost my 10-hour trial"well that was fun "🎉😩. I knew this was an issue in Madden 22 so I wanted to test the Madden 23 version before I spend my money on it and waste my time.

This was an issue last year and there's a thread for M22 with over 390 posts about thus issue and it was never fixed last year and shipped with the same bug this year.  The real problem is that a year later people are still trying to figure out what the formula is that actually causes this.  Many people think it's loading custom classes but no one is really sure what the conditions are that create this bug...not even the people tasked with fixing it.  There is another thread on here started by Jboss titled offline franchise not loading file corrupted, or something to that affect.

For context to everyone new to this game breaking bug - it has been present since Madden 21! and carried through to 22 and now it seems to 23 also. 

Literally having the same problem. After I sim a few seasons and play a game or two it hard crashes and corrupts the file. This is the only mode I like to play so I basically can't play Madden. The first time I experienced this was in Madden 22 after a big November or December update. The game never worked the same after that

Side note: this makes me fear when NCAA 24 comes out it will have the same issue since they use the previous year madden build for it.

Really? I didn't experience this bug until Madden 22. Do you think it's an Xbox thing?