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Well since EA_Blueberry can't even tell us if Madden 23 on PC will have any meaningful improvements over 21 or 22 there's no point in wasting my time here. So for 2 years in a row, I won't be buying Madden. One of the easiest choices I've made all year. Good luck guys.
@cashmachine28 wrote:
Well since EA_Blueberry can't even tell us if Madden 23 on PC will have any meaningful improvements over 21 or 22 there's no point in wasting my time here. So for 2 years in a row, I won't be buying Madden. One of the easiest choices I've made all year. Good luck guys.
Hello there,
I have been out since the 9th and came back in yesterday and still attempting to catch up on what I have missed since being out. From my understanding PC players will receive all the same features as console users, except for FieldSENSE which is a PS5/XB1SX/S feature only. Details on what is included in FieldSENSE can be read here.
- 4 years ago@EA_Blueberry no offense, because I know this is not your fault, but that's just marketing jargon for saying "you're basically getting last years model with a new color" That's not good enough. PCs are already far more capable than the next gen consoles available out there, and the next-gen consoles are using PC technology. The Xbox itself is using windows-based technology, so there is literally NO valid reason that ALL features available for next-gen Madden 23 should not be available for PC players. To port it to PC requires virtually no effort on the part of the developers.
So I am asking you to please stop listening to the marketing jargon, and just be real. We are NOT getting any new features. It's basically only some slightly upgrade graphics and animations, updated rosters, and some additional polish. Other than that, it is the exact same as Madden 21 and 22 which were basically carbon copies of each other. - 4 years ago
Have you heard anything in regards as to why next gen features won't be brought to PC? Also, are next gen features still in the plans of being implemented to PC in the future? I know in the past we've been told that it was being considered for the future. After 3 years of waiting I'm a little confused about what their timeline is looking like for PC
- CoolwaterPSN4 years agoRising Vanguard@EA_Blueberry Welcome back. Sadly, you're not answering the questions put forth. I hate to pull a Karen, but i'd like to speak with your manager.
SOMEONE needs to hear us. SOMEONE needs to provide an honest answer here. I know you're just doing as you're told, but seriously, we as gamers are aware of how many things work in this industry, and there's legitimately no reason that PC cannot have the same features. So just tell us why that is. Be honest, and stop trying to market speak us to death.
Why isn't the PC version of Madden 23 getting FieldSENSE? - CoolwaterPSN4 years agoRising Vanguard@Roninx007 Don't give them the opportunity to lie to us. Saying they'll add the feature later would be a lie. Has Madden ever added features after launch?
- 4 years ago
@EA_Blueberry that is not even true. The game we are getting is not even in the same engine as the ps5/xsx game.
We are getting the ps4/Xbox one app
Please stop dancing and confirm
Thank you
- 4 years ago
@CoolwaterPSN Let's show EA Sports how big our community is, how passionate we are, and how much we care about being given the same features as our console brethren, rather than being treated like a second-class community. It is not right on many levels to give PC players a last-gen version of Madden 23 at full price, when not only are our PCs fully capable, and easily powerful enough to handle anything Madden 23 throws at us, but even the Next-Gen consoles are based on PC technology (the Xbox itself being windows-based), so even porting it requires minimal effort on the part of EA Sports.
So sign the petition below, and let's show EA we mean business.
https://chng.it/BBg9pg2NSv - 4 years ago
Here's my PC that can currently outperform both next gen consoles. Why are you making a game intended for GPUs that are 9 years old? We can't even use directx12 without the game crashing because it's so out of date. lol
- vb7sibity4 years agoRising Traveler
Last year the game didn’t have the new running animations, Will that be the same this year because of not getting the next-gen version? And I think the main thing is everyone is just extremely confused on why the PC doesn’t get the better version of the game? Especially when the game is created on a PC…
- CoolwaterPSN4 years agoRising Vanguard@CalvinistGamer82 I signed it and shared it on r/madden
- 4 years ago
70 comments and no proper response says a lot about EA sports and the Madden team lol. We're use to it given it's been several years with the same system requirements on every PC release since 2019 but it's whatever.
- EA_Blueberry4 years ago
Community Admin
I can confirm the PC community will receive everything a Gen4 version of the game would receive (PS4/XB1). As many of you are aware, only Gen5 consoles will receive the FieldSENSE technology. Details on what that includes is mentioned in this deep dive below:
- 4 years ago@EA_Blueberry Was posting that link in this thread just to rub it in? We are wanting to know what will be NEW to the version we are getting. Is it just a roster update and new theme for FOTF? Is new trade logic and scenarios for Franchise on the watered down version as well?
- 4 years ago@EA_Blueberry why are you continuing to beat around the bush. You know darn well that the ps4/x1 versions are in a completely different engine than the current gen console versions.
Due to your, and EA's, deflections, people here are thinking they are getting a similar game and that it is just missing a feature. That is not true at all. It is an entirely different game, in an entirely different game engine.
I would love to be playing F1 22 or any other EA game at the moment, but I can't bring myself to do it. Even though F1 22 actually has the best version on PC, with many additional features, as it should be.
Football is my game, and no one from EA will step up and address this.
We aren't going away.
I guess we have to ditch the game we have been buying for 3 consecutive decades and hope the NFL 2k game makes EA actually start paying attention to something other than ultimate team.
We should be sitting here and asking you if madden will have ray tracing on PC. Instead, we are wondering why we are getting stuck, yet again, with a game that is optimized for 10 year old hardware. - 4 years ago
You're not understanding the issue. Any current PC built/bought 2019-today can perform better than PS5 and Xbox series X. The PC edition of this game is intended for GPUs that are 9 years removed from what's up to date. That's for the recommended specs, don't get me started on the minimum requirements. The commercials that make the game look great are played on these PCs that hold 3090 GPUs. That's why they always say "Gameplay is not representative", because the next-gen consoles are 3060 GPU equivalents. Are you even reading the comments?
- CoolwaterPSN4 years agoRising Vanguard@EA_Blueberry I'm convinced you're a bot, and we are all fools.
My apologies in advance for the caps.
WE KNOW THAT THE PC VERSION IS ONLY GETTING GEN4 FEATURES!!! THAT IS THE PROBLEM!!! WE WANT GEN5 FEATURES ON PC TOO!!! - CoolwaterPSN4 years agoRising Vanguard@CBlan1224 If they're going to give us last years features, they could at least offer it at a reduced price.
- 4 years ago
Seriously. I don't know how these people have jobs outside of doing what their bosses say to not get fired.
- CoolwaterPSN4 years agoRising Vanguard@EA_Blueberry Your confirmation seals the deal. I won't be buying Madden on PC or subscribing to EA Play Pro again until there is an equivalence had with current gen consoles.
Why did EA come back to PC only to give us a last gen experience? I just don't get it. Are they not interested in selling PC games or subscription numbers? - 4 years ago@CoolwaterPSN it's not even last years features. The physics engine implemented last year, or the next gen stats, won't be in the game.
They use wordplay to make it seem like fieldsense is the only thing that's different, but the GameDay stuff they added last year and everything else I've mentioned won't be in it either. It's literally madden 20 with a roster update.
I've been tracking this topic for a couple years. This year, EA made 2 entirely different games. One in the new engine, and one in the old. It is not even possible for us to have the same game, minus a few features. It's entirely different character models, lighting, geometry, everything. - CoolwaterPSN4 years agoRising Vanguard@CBlan1224 whatever it is, i'm not buying it. So that ship has sailed.
It sucks, but EA made this bed. - 4 years ago
Just for clarity to anyone who looks at this thread, this has an "EA approved solution". The solution is telling us PC has a gen 4 game for GPUs that are 9-10 years old, instead of a next gen game for PC that can frankly outperform next gen consoles which has been the case for years. Just so there's no confusion because EA and the community managers are pretty firm on dodging the question "Why doesn't Madden 23 PC have the same features as current generation consoles".
- EA_Blueberry4 years ago
Community Admin
@ericth3r3d wrote:
@EA_Blueberry Was posting that link in this thread just to rub it in? We are wanting to know what will be NEW to the version we are getting. Is it just a roster update and new theme for FOTF? Is new trade logic and scenarios for Franchise on the watered down version as well?These are great questions. Unfortunately, we do not have the specifics on these modes to share right now. The team is planning to reveal more about the game such as Franchise, MUT, and other features as we get closer to launch. Stay tuned!
- 4 years ago
@EA_Blueberry How far is EA with the official statement for neglecting PC?
- 4 years ago
@fonzo04 EA knows that a PC is the best machine for gaming. See releases as BF2142 and F1 22. They release those games with all the extra's for PC.
However in the case of EA-Sports or they have their head up their A**, or they just don't care about us. We are not the primary buyers even though it sales only will get better with new gen tech, so they just sell us just a new FOTF and and roster update and charge us 60 dollars for an easy crtl+c ctrl+v. Lostsoul and his mod team have made 2k5 outperform madden
19 20 2122 with a game almost 2 decades old. (Roster updates included) that just shows you what they care about here and that is only whats in your wallet. They just want you to spend 60 dollars for perhaps 500 man hours of work for the roster update. (FOTF is also on PS5 so it is not FOR us that they made it) - KWRussell4 years agoRising Traveler@EA_Blueberry Does Tiburon expect us to take this as a sign that FieldSense is the only feature gap between PC and PS5/XSXS, or are they hoping that by drip-feeding more feature gaps over the next two months, we won’t notice that you’re shipping Madden 19 5.0? Because we are already keenly aware that you’re shipping Madden 19 5.0.