dunno how it works in the states but here as long as you have your receipt your fine.

anyone have any ideas when the patch is coming out?

apparently its happening to all maddens, i returned my disc but to no avail....

very annoying to be honest

hi everybody,

i own madden 2009 over here in Ireland and see that the dam thing keeps freezing in franchise mode, cant even save the game now. Thought I was the only one, my friends are having the same problem...

i see the ea forums are littered with this problem but I couldnt find anything about it on gamespot.

just wondering if people are having this problem, and what they think?

im aware of the patch coming out to try deal with the problem but im a little skeptical.

also wondering what the gamespot boys think?

anyway i think the whole thing stinks of a barrel of ****

Thats a fair point. I can understand that the shift is leaning more toward that kind of a madden game

I guess maybe then im just being sentimental. We used to have 5 or 6 guys take part in a franchise and it

was nice to have all those options.

But to be fair I can see your point. And they have improved the gameplay I think for the most part, and the graphics are second to none. Im gonna be selfish and say, why not just throw on those other options. Shouldnt be too much of a problem :)

good point though

That at least would be a good addition

I just wonder why the guys at EA have taken so long to get all the previous options back into Madden and even still, there are some missing.

I guess thats what happens when you own the monopoly on a product.

Ok this is something im wondering about,

Will it be possible to create your own playbook in madden 09 and ACTUALLY use it in franchise mode, similiar to madden 05?

Also will player progression be a little more visible than in madden 08, I mean like at the end of week 5, 11, and playoffs as in, again madden 05? this was poor in the 360 version of madden 08.

Ive been playing madden for a long time and consensus seems that optionwise madden 05 was a great game.

Just wondering will these options make a welcome return in madden 09??

I hope so