Madden 23 Franchise mode is broken
Franchise mode in Madden 23 is unplayable. - Online franchise will revert users back to the most recent draft constantly, causing players to get stuck in a loop. I personally haven’t made it past year 2025. - Offline franchise save files will corrupt (usually around the same year 2025). Now here is the weird thing. I had backed up my save file multiple times. ALL 3 SAVE FILES CORRUPTED AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. I have no idea how this is possible - Also there are times when I am constantly being “discounted due to inactivity” every 5 minutes or so. All of this now means I now have 3 franchises that are stuck around year 2025. As I don’t play online, this game is unplayable for me and has been since I purchased. Hopefully anyone else who buys the game for franchise mode reads this and doesn’t waste $80 on the game.
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How to report a bug in Madden NFL 23
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Why all the focus on non-simulation football modes?
As I understand it, the exclusive rights contract with the NFL gives EA the only legal right to produce a SIMULATION NFL football game, yes? So, why is all the focus of development by the Madden team on all these game modes such as MUT and The Yard which are NOT simulation NFL football? Buying packs with non-real world player ratings to build a fantasy team is not simulation NFL football. Playing 7 on 7 or whatever it is in neon uniforms and shorts is not simulation NFL football. I'm not faulting EA for including these game modes. Some people find them fun and they generate a lot of micro money and EA is a business so I get why these modes exist. But if the contract is all about producing a simulation NFL football game, and being the only company that has the right to do so, why does the lion share of development get devoted to these type of game modes which are not simulation football? Franchise mode is the mode that represents simulation NFL football, and yet, year after year it seems very little to no focus gets put to improving it. Things like SpongeBob stadiums get time and effort put into them, yet trade and free agency get overlooked? Zone coverage and blocking functioning properly get pushed to the side for custom cleats and MUT packs? These priorities seem backwards to me and out of step with the nature of the exclusive rights for NFL football. Again, not faulting EA for having these other game modes. The fact they exist is not a problem. But prioritizing them over the actual simulation football mode is troubling to many of us and why we are choosing to move on from Madden. I feel like the resources exist to still develop and nurture the alternative non-simulation game modes while still building a strong simulation NFL football game mode like Franchise. I guess if the focus is not on the simulation football mode, then fine. But then remove the simulation football terminology from the exclusive contract and let another company focus and develop that type of product. If not, then it's time to stay true to the nature of the contract and make the simulation football game mode of Franchise an actual priority every year instead of an afterthought. I do not say any of this with ill will. I grew up playing Madden when it was all about simulation football and wish that were still true, but I just don't believe it is at this point. This is why I have not bought the game since I believe 2016 or so when the focus changed to MUT and other alternative game modes. As a final thought, wasn't it Coach Madden's vision for the game to be focused on and about a simulation of playing real-life football? It was, and that is what put Madden and EA Sports on the map decades ago. I know this, because I lived it. The game as it stands today has strayed very, very far from that and it's very disappointing to see. I say this as constructive criticism, I hope it is taken as such and understood that this is the reason many people are walking away from the gaming franchise they once loved and looked forward to every year. Cheers.
Desync problem
Product: Madden NFL 23 Platform:Microsoft XBOX One Which console generation do you have? Microsoft Xbox One What is your gamertag/PSN ID? TonedCloud Date/time issue occurred Almost every day every ultimate team game What type of issue do you have? Gameplay Which mode has this happened in? Ultimate Team Which part of the mode? Seasons Summarize your bug I keep getting a desync How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? I’m not sure What happens when the bug occurs? I’ll be in the middle of the game and it pops up with desync very frustrating it’s making me not even want to get on . What do you expect to see? I’m not sure I would just like to play my games without it desyncing PS4 Crash Reporting: Please copy the text you put in the crash report here. What is the AMD or Nvidia Model Number of your graphics card? Enter RAM memory size in GB I just want this bug gone
Can't Pick a Play or Call Timeout etc
I was playing a game yesterday and in the 4th I got stuck almost every play or so where I was unable to pick a play on offense. The only fix was to pause and unpause but you only get like 1 pause in the game. It was CFM and the only thing I could do is wait to get a delay of game. Thank god I was blowing him out but that could've sucked in a close game. I can link the twitch vod if it's helpful but it's literally how I described it the playart would come up and no inputs work, can't scroll and pick a play and can't call timeout.
