Madden 08 PS3 patch to be released Tuesday morning
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Updating the previous posting regarding the release timing of the PS3 patch for Madden 08, I have received word that the patch has finally cleared certification by Sony and will be released in the morning (8th).
This is the same patch the 360 received late in November and addresses the following issues:
Fumble Fix – Reduced fumble chances in certain situations. This has been tested thoroughly and we feel that people will be happy with a more realistic (and more fun!) number of fumbles. This was priority number 1 for us.
DB Reactions- changes to the way that DBs play man coverage. Defenders in man coverage won’t be able to react to passes that they cannot see. This should make it easier to throw against man coverage.
Favre “Moonwalk”- I love the names that you guys come up with for issues such as this one. You can rest assured that you won’t see Farve (or any QB) dancing toward the sideline anymore.
Hook Zone Flip Bug- I saw a post on a community forum talking about this bug and it turns out the fix was very minimal risk. You can now flip plays with hook zones without the players leaving their zones.
Franchise – Fixed NCAA import issue where players would turn 26
Franchise – Fixed bug where HOF Unlocked players cannot be released in Franchise.
Franchise – Fixed bug where the FA pool would run out of certain positions
Online Game Reporting- fixed a number of issues where games weren’t being reported correctly or people weren’t getting the right number of ranking points for a win. This will also make stats more accurate.
EA SPORTS World- Accomplishment ‘20 consecutive completions’ not awarded when completions ends up under 100%
January 7, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Does this include the roster update for the 360?
January 7, 2008 at 5:52 pm
About damn time Sony and EA got their *stuff* in order. As a 360 owner, I would also like to know if we can now finally get the roster update that has been sitting around for weeks.
January 7, 2008 at 6:13 pm
There won’t be another roster update till after the SB for all systems.
January 7, 2008 at 6:32 pm
[quote comment="8868"]There won’t be another roster update till after the SB for all systems.[/quote]
How do you know?
January 7, 2008 at 6:44 pm
is it just me or doesnt anyone else have the problem of the 2 player mode? When u pic a play ur opponent knows the play? how dumb is that? THAT SHOULD BE THIER #1 PRIORITY.
January 7, 2008 at 6:53 pm
[quote comment="8872"]is it just me or doesnt anyone else have the problem of the 2 player mode? When u pic a play ur opponent knows the play? how dumb is that? THAT SHOULD BE THIER #1 PRIORITY.[/quote]
Just hold “X” on the play you really want, and while holding “X” let go of it on the play you want the other person you’re playing to think you’re choosing.
January 7, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Thanks alot man. Looking forward to the update.
Need a PS3 Madden League: http://ps3onlinemaddenleagues.com/
January 7, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Are there going to be roster updates with it for ps3??? thanx in advance
January 7, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Finally it’s about **** time.
January 7, 2008 at 9:16 pm
HOW EARLY IN THE MORNING WILL IT BE RELEASED? I STAY UP LATE
January 7, 2008 at 9:32 pm
how do i get this update will it automatically pop up when i go online with madden for ps3 or what? does anyone know …thanks
January 7, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Is it possible to get the patch without having online?
January 8, 2008 at 12:28 am
I wish they would fix the player progression!
January 8, 2008 at 1:16 am
bout time maybe we 360 people will finally get our roster update tomorrow
January 8, 2008 at 8:22 am
Pasta,
I play my friend alot online in madden. Now when we try to connect we can’t get it started. It showed that he is in but it won’t show the team. Did they fix that?
January 8, 2008 at 10:23 am
Ok, they released the patch, i downloaded it.. then i restarted my game, and it said that i needed to update my roster but these aren’t the new rosters, they are the same as before. Any idea on when the new new ones will be released? or why it asked me download again?
January 8, 2008 at 11:23 am
Thanks for the info!
Join the MPL on the PS3 today
http://www.madden-players-league.com
January 8, 2008 at 1:48 pm
I heard the patch for PS3 came out today and I have a question about it. Do the updates in the franchise mode (such as the Free Agents not running out) apply to franchises that have already been started before the patch was downloaded? Please help.
January 8, 2008 at 2:01 pm
No you’ll have to restart your franchise.
January 8, 2008 at 9:39 pm
No roster update today
January 8, 2008 at 10:31 pm
this is an old roster update simon rice is on the broncos again wtf
January 8, 2008 at 10:32 pm
first hand off of the game with the new patch FUMBLE HOW STUPID IS EA are they trying to make everyone pissed off.
January 9, 2008 at 7:45 am
Same here after I downloaded the patch, I fumble the kickoff, and then the computer fumbles on a run the very next play. At least throwing against man coverage seemed better
January 9, 2008 at 11:41 am
Hey Pasta… Where is the info on the rosters… This is horrible.. No roster update since November. Please let us know when the 360 rosters are coming out.
January 9, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Hey Pasta, any news on the roster upgrade. I see they put the patch out. and gave us an old roster.
January 9, 2008 at 12:23 pm
I am from Austria and bought the European Version of Madden 08 for PS3. Besides the other problems of the game the feature to import draft classes from NCAA is missing in the European Madden 08.
The import of “real” prospects is one of the main reasons to play the game for several seasons.
Does anybody (i.e. Pasta) know if this “bug” can/will be fixed?
Thanks.
January 9, 2008 at 12:40 pm
hey pasta, i know youre probably busy with nfl tour. but thats fake football this is the real thing(according to video games) can you try and get us an update on when these rosters are coming and the changes that will be made. Thank again for your hard work.
January 9, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Ok…its Jan. 9th and still no new roster update for 360 what the F*** is up with that???? anyone know when its comming out?!?!?! i cant stand Ryan Grant being rated a 76 and the bears being rated a 90…
January 9, 2008 at 6:16 pm
im pretty sure we wont be getting the roster till next tuesday. that seems to be the general date i keep seeing on other forums. hopefully im wrong and they just pop up all of a sudden. pasta please update on this if you have the time or any new info. thanks
January 10, 2008 at 6:15 pm
according to the ea forum they are saying the rosters are going to posted either tonight or tomorrow.. hopefully i cant wait to start a new franchise with them.
January 10, 2008 at 7:37 pm
[quote comment="9066"]according to the ea forum they are saying the rosters are going to posted either tonight or tomorrow.. hopefully i cant wait to start a new franchise with them.[/quote]
link to ea forum?
January 10, 2008 at 8:45 pm
http://forums.ea.com/mboards/thread.jspa?threadID=318013&start=1920&tstart=0
the second post down
January 11, 2008 at 1:31 pm
ok….so that forum was wrong….seriously, how hard is EA’s job? come on…
January 11, 2008 at 2:15 pm
the day isnt over yet
January 11, 2008 at 2:16 pm
he said they were being tested right now
January 11, 2008 at 3:21 pm
how hard do you think their job is? im pretty sure we all have no clue. granted working on video games seems like an enjoyable job, but no job is perfect. im sure they have their problems. it takes a while to redo rosters ive tried to do it on ncaa, and madden before and it takes awhile, and thats without creating all the players that werent on teams that are now there, setting all those ratings thats gotta take a while.
just relax whether the rosters are out today or tomorow or next tuesday you will get them.. dont worry
January 11, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Patsmets you are truly stupid. They DOWNGRADED are rosters with the last update. They were releaseing roster updates every month which means they are capable of doing it faster. They creat a patch for a game they sold for 60 dollors broke. Year after year they have the same exact problems with cheaters and game bugs that they dont ever fix or even mention that they exsist. On the online news they dont ever try to communitcate with the users. EA is playing with fire they have thousands of loyal customers ready to call it quits. For every 1 person on hear complaing theres a 1,000 people thinking the same danm things. Madden is turning into a arcade cheesey un realistic POS thanks to the retards that control EA
January 11, 2008 at 5:11 pm
oh yeah you got me, i lack intelligence because i said something that you cant determine to be wrong or right unless you work for the ea company. i said nothing about the deteriorating product, im just saying don’t say they should easily have it done because you don’t know if it is that easy or not, or exactly what happened to delay the process.
in my opinion this madden is the best next gen version yet and a step in the right direction. i really don’t see what the big fuss is all about. yeah it lacks alot of things but its alot better then it used to be.
maybe they just hate all the haters that complain about it no matter what happens. and they make the game worse because they know everyone will buy it anyways, cu they hate you for hating them and being stubborn. guaranteed they’ll have a few of your ratings wrong and then that’ll be the next shit storm. oh well
any more takers ready to insult me?
January 11, 2008 at 8:06 pm
I dont care about the rateings its the fact they dont tell anyone anything about when there gonna release or fix anything. They say its a privilge we get updates but thats BS because they are the ones who mess up the ratings. If they didnt do ratings by the media and acutally looked at stats. If they want to mess up the game to piss people off its just there loss like i said its had its time at the top and now its on a down hill slope. EA has more problems with there games then just madden.
January 13, 2008 at 11:35 am
how do i download this new patch? pleas help
January 13, 2008 at 1:08 pm
[quote comment="9211"]how do i download this new patch? pleas help[/quote]
as long as your console is connected to the internet, it’ll prompt for the download automatically when the game starts up.
January 13, 2008 at 4:06 pm
PAsTA WHen does the Roster update come out!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
January 14, 2008 at 12:00 am
Is there anyway to obtain the patch without going online on the ps3?
January 14, 2008 at 11:00 am
Pasta,
Do you have the new roster upgrade?
January 14, 2008 at 2:34 pm
I used to visit this link to get all the updates, but they’ve been slacking as well. Please keep us posted. And everyone, if you know another site like the one I am about to post, please inform me.
http://www.simsportsnet.com/madden/ratings/teams.asp
January 25, 2008 at 1:18 pm
If you dont have ps3 online how are you supposed to get the patch????. We play madden at my buddies house and he has no connection is there a place on the internet to get it on to a cd or anything. Feedback would be very appreciated!!!!!
January 28, 2008 at 5:01 pm
I am experiencing the game freezing when they try to train my team during the week. I never had this issue until now and I am in my 4th season. This has happened since this update. Is anyone else having this issue?
THanks
February 2, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Has anyone else found this problem, that after the update. If a new franchise season is started, some games won’t actually simulate. This has happened to me every time i try to make a new franchise. So basicaly i can’t play the franchise mode on my madden game. Anyone know how to sort this out. (it would really be appreciated since i hardly play madden now due to this fault)
February 11, 2008 at 10:23 pm
The PS3 Patch is non-existent. Only a roster update is prompted with online play.
I don’t even know why I care, given that the aptly-termed Franchise “death-glitch” is somehow neglected in this hypothetical patch.
All I want is to play Franchise Mode past three years!
Hopefully someone is sending in death threats. I’m so mad.
No one has gotten the PS3 patch, have they?
February 14, 2008 at 3:43 pm
I had some issues with my Madden 08, i couldnt train some weapon abilities like big hitter or press corner , and how could i get the famous patch without going online on the ps3 pleaseeeeeee, help meeeee