350,000 Played Madden NFL 10 Online Once, Then Never Went Online Again

[shadthedad]

gamers quitting or dropped games. Listen up EA. There's nothing worse than playing a game and winning, have your connection dropped and receiving a loss. i have literally put my controller down for weeks because of bad connections or gamers quitting.

[marktg30]

OFFLINE FRANCHISE FTW!!!!!!

[marktg30]

Quote: Originally Posted by Valdarez

Are their Trophies / Achievements for playing a game online? If so, that would be another reason. 350k out of 5 million doesn't seem that bad to me.

That is just once... I have played online 4 times... FOUR... I had enough and decided to stick with COD and Halo for my online experience.

This should be a sign to Ian and EA that Online isn't where their target audience is focusing their time in Madden... Sadly, it will just make them keep shoving more 'online improvements' down our throats instead of fixing and EXPANDING Offline Franchise mode....

This stat really made me smile...

[sois]

Quote: Originally Posted by marktg30

That is just once... I have played online 4 times... FOUR... I had enough and decided to stick with COD and Halo for my online experience. This should be a sign to Ian and EA that Online isn't where their target audience is focusing their time in Madden... Sadly, it will just make them keep shoving more 'online improvements' down our throats instead of fixing and EXPANDING Offline Franchise mode.... This stat really made me smile...

Seriously, everything in this research points an obvious finger at OFFLINE FRANCHISE.

That's what the Madden fans want, just give it to them!

[raz77]

I'm probably part of that 350k. I don't really care if they fix up online though, I want offline franchise improvements.

I think a lot of people underestimate the number of offline players as obviously they don't have as much of a presence on the forums.

[stlstudios189]

I think that online is a great idea ruined by the people who use it. same with cell phones

[Exonerated]

LAG
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[Joborule]

Not that surprising pf a number actually. Many go for the online roster update, and the game gives the non-sim style players too much of a advantage if they have stick skills. It's a huge turnoff for those gamers that want to look for a fair style game that they can be competitive in more times then not. Fair play is not the answer to this, infact that's going against the simulation mantra since restricting the coaches play calls is not sim. The game still needs to work on the fundamental foundations of football gameplay to make sim-style with adequate stick skills trump a person that doesn't play proper football.

Also the sever/lag doesn't help. People need to have really good connections to have a decent connection it seems.

Ultimately the more realistic and fun the gameplay is, the more that number will drop as more gamers will participate in online play more often.