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TheMadden NFLseries is again in the headlines , as furiousMadden NFL 21players are exact that theNFLdrop newspaper publisher and developerEAafter a glitchy launching . Released just a few days ago , the late ingress in the football game - pretending franchise wasimmediately panned by players .
EA has been the sole developer ofMadden NFLgames since 2004 , when they signed a slew with the NFL to make them the only video game ship’s company authorize to utilise material thespian names , team name , uniforms , and stadium . Earlier this summer , EA , the NFL , and the NFLPA reach an arrangement to extend EA ’s contract , making them the only developer of football game - simulation games for years to come .
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With the buggy exit ofMadden NFL 21 , this peck is already frustrating players to great lengths , PerComicbook.com , players have charter to Twitter to voice their disappointment with both the latestMadden NFLentry , as well as the enfranchisement ’s direction as a whole . Fans ( or perhaps , formerfans ) of the series began using the hashtag " # NFLDropEA " to show various screenshots and clips of the game ’s hapless condition , as well how like it looks and feel to thelast fewMadden NFLgames . The hashtag trended for the entire day and , at the fourth dimension of writing , new tweet are continuing to pour in .
The Playstation 4 version ofMadden NFL 21currently has a 62 pct critic score onMetacritic , and0.3 percentuser account , make it one of the low snitch games on the intact web site at the time of committal to writing . For the past few year , once thespian of theMadden NFLgames have continuously voice their displeasure at EA ’s monopolistic grip on the series , and many have turn back corrupt the game out of protestation . The situation has gotten to the point where players are demanding that the NFL strip EA of its exclusivity , and allow developers like 2 K to again essay their deal at making NFL games , something they have not done since 2004’sESPN NFL 2K5 .
The status of major sport - feigning dismission is implausibly ironic to say the least . EA has continuously disappoint rooter with yearly lackluster release , to the point where devotee are pray for a competitor , which is a direct mirror of the issue fans of theNBA 2Kseries have with 2 kibibyte ( although 2 K does not have an sole permission with the NBA like EA does with the NFL ) . combine the issue is that , since these companies are the only ones making realistic sports - pretense , fans have no selection but to either buy the latest title , or just not play at all .
regard that the two ship’s company just came to terms on a new deal a few months ago , it seems unlikely ( to say the least ) that the NFL will cease what has been an super remunerative deal for them . The road ahead for NFL buff who want a respectable football - sim outdoors of theMadden NFLseries seems bleak and serves as yet another monitor of the peril of monopolies in a field that is progressively controlled by some of its large player , such asEA .
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Madden NFL 21is now available on PS4 , Xbox One , and PC , and will launch on Xbox Series X in November 2020 and on PS5 and Google Stadia in Q4 2020 .
Source : Comicbook.com , Metacritic
