Madden NFL 25 Title Update #1 to Fix Disappearing Players

[NaturalSelected]

Day one patches are the new norm. Not surprised at all by this.

[Aggies67]

I agree with those who say that knowingly releasing the game with vanishing players is unacceptable, mainly because of the people who don't have internet connection.

[K_GUN]

if this is PS3 only....lame EA QA dept.....I skipped M13 (every other year from now on)...but still playing M12 and the *Audio Popping* issue

[tfer717]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

Like I said though Sony had to have missed it too. It doesn't exist on Xbox and Sony had to pass this demo through certification before they gave EA an approval. Sony could have easily sent it back when they saw disappearing players.

EA still went "okay... we're ready. lets send it to sony." It's just beyond unacceptable.

[GisherJohn24]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

Sony is just as much to blame for this as EA is guys, they have to pass it through Sony to get it approved first. People who are not getting the game because of this already being fixed make no sense. AJ even confirmed it will be fixed in the Season Ticket version next Friday.

So it was up to Sony to find the glitch? I honestly am curious. Don't know how the QA dept works for Sony....

[GiantBlue76]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

Sony is just as much to blame for this as EA is guys, they have to pass it through Sony to get it approved first. People who are not getting the game because of this already being fixed make no sense. AJ even confirmed it will be fixed in the Season Ticket version next Friday.

Come on Josh... This is just not even remotely true no matter how you try to spin this. Bugs happen, yes. However, if they simply tested the demo on a PS3, they would have seen this. TONS of people ran into this issue in less than a full day. This has nothing to do with Sony. When you release software, it has to at least basically work. Same crap last year with the countless bugs in CCM mode. It ruined alot of leagues. Some serious issues with the code at times. Not much you can do now but fix it, but in all honesty, this really is not acceptable.

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by GiantBlue76

Come on Josh... This is just not even remotely true no matter how you try to spin this. Bugs happen, yes. However, if they simply tested the demo on a PS3, they would have seen this. TONS of people ran into this issue in less than a full day. This has nothing to do with Sony. When you release software, it has to at least basically work. Same crap last year with the countless bugs in CCM mode. It ruined alot of leagues. Some serious issues with the code at times. Not much you can do now but fix it, but in all honesty, this really is not acceptable.

I wasn't trying to spin it, I don't know anything about programming, I had heard that in the demo impressions, but obviously it's EA's fault.

[GiantBlue76]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

I wasn't trying to spin it, I don't know anything about programming, I had heard that in the demo impressions, but obviously it's EA's fault.

OK, well what the certification process is for is NOT to test your code for you. It's to make sure you have not used any undocumented or private APIs, that you haven't written any malicious code that could bring down the console, and that you conformed to their best practices. If you have an iPhone or iPad, then you are already doing the same thing there. EVERY app that gets to the apple store has to go through this certification process. Your app could crash often or not work, but as long as it doesn't break any rules, you are ok to publish.