EA gets a bad rap because Madden is the only NFL game. Is it perfect – no. Is 2K5 perfect – No. 2K5 has more exploits than you can shake a stick at.

If people just stop and look at the games that they are playing and appreciate the fact that this form of entertainment exists then they may appreciate how these games look and play.

I get tired of reading about glitches here, bugs there and get upset about patches. I played games during a time when patches didn’t exist and if you bought a game that had glitches and bugs you had to live with it. There were no forums to voice frustrations.

My point is appreciate these games for what they are. These are not actual players in these games, they aren’t actual stadiums or fans. They are number-generated visuals programmed to entertain us.

Say what you want about EA but I think the games are excellent. The same goes for 2K. Although I have lost faith in the stunting of innovation at 2K the games provide us an escape.

Bashing publishers solves nothing. If you don’t like a specific game, don’t buy it.[/quote]

The reason EA gets so much flack is because they are by far the wealthiest Sports gaming company out there but yet there games don’t reflect that. They do make some good sports games (NHL, Fight Night) but most of there games don’t seem to live up to the hype. Madden is a good game but it has so much more potential. EA needs to learn how to push these Next Gen consoles to the max. I know that they only have less than a year in most cases to work on a game but it’s about to be 2009 & they’re improving at a snails pace. This combined with EA being the biggest Sports Gaming Company out there is why people bang on them so much.[/quote]

How long has 2K used the same engine in their basketball game? Their game gets so much positive press and it has looked the same to me since the Xbox.

I have not purchased a 2K games since the 360 came out. if they would just change the models and graphics with their gameplay and presentation, the game would be awesome.[/quote]

What are you talking about? 2K9 did improve graphics & player models this year.