re: In 2011, Madden approved having concussions being a part of his video game series.

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Are we going to unnecessarily retroactively act like the Madden product isn’t widely considered by its fans to be a borderline scam with how little they update its actual gameplay?

His name has literally been slapped on it for like a decade

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The noticeable dropoff in quality coincided with him aging and taking a step back. By the time he wasn't doing the commentary on the game anymore they were just slapping his name on it. But in the franchise's prime, he had an active role in making it what it was, including his iconic voice doing commentary.