Every year we buy millions upon millions of sports games, from FIFA to Madden to NBA and Formula One. Many of us buy every annual update for our favourite franchises, but as we head into the next-generation critics and fans alike are becoming less tolerant of iterative updates and demanding more authentic representations of the skill and drama that real-world competition provides. However, whether it’s review scores or sales, some sports titles are treated more harshly than others. Do we demand less progress from the video game versions of more popular sports?
There is no better example of a successful annual sports series than Madden NFL. The dominance of EA’s football game is based on over two decades of quality, but its more recent history has been a total monopoly. EA Sports has been the exclusive holder of the NFL license for years. With no rivals to compete with, the quality of Madden has dropped significantly in the last five years. Madden 10 reached a Metacritic score of 85, but by 2012 this had dropped to 78. Since then, things have begun to improve as EA Tiburon has responded to criticism.
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