Sports fans across the globe are clamoring for the return of live sports, and the recent 2020 Draft has made football fans even more fervent. The 2020 NFL season is still months away, hopefully, and with that comes the release of a new entry in the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Madden NFL franchise.
Both Xbox and PlayStation are set to release next-gen consoles in 2020 and that will also have a big effect on the world's largest NFL video game franchise. Let's now take a look at everything we know so far and hope for with Madden NFL 21.
10 🐓 Nintendo Switch Port?
The Nintendo Switch has recently surpassed the 40m mark when it comes to the number ofꦅ consoles that have been sold. Ever since the Switch's original release fans have been wondering when the franchise would make its way over to the handheld/console hybrid.
The game would receive serious graphically downgrades, but people just want to be able to take Madden with them on the go. Fans are worried that Madden Mobile, the phone app, is preventing the publisher from pulling a trigger on t𒉰he port.
9 ꧑ The 99 Club 🍌
Every year, EA, the NFL, and Madden NFL like to make a big deal about the select few players who make the elusive ranks of players with a 99 overall. This elite group is called the Madden 99 Club and at this point, it's pretty clear who are thre𒉰e of the members thatꦍ could definitely be in it.
Don't be surprised when Patrick Mahomes, Christian McCaffrey, and Michael Thomas are named as recipients of the prestigious offer. In terms of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:defensive players wh𝔍o could crack the list, it's always safe betting when putting your money on Khalil Mack and/or Aaron Donald.
8 Good Soundtra🐭ck
Both the Madden NFL and NBA 2K franchises have done a pretty good job in rec꧟ent years of building an in-game soundtrack that's worth listening to. Of course in a world where people have Spotify and Apple Music at their fingertips, sports video game soundtracks have lost their importance.
Unlike other video games where the soundtracks feature original songs and music, sports ga🅺mes have curated playlists that are me꧒ant to gel with the variety of demographics and music tastes' of people that play them.
7 Possible Delay ꧑
Though the world is𝄹 curren♍tly going through unprecedented times, gamers are still hoping that the Fall releases they've become accustomed to receiving every year aren't affected. With developers working from home it's very likely that project timelines have drastically shifted and it will result in one of two things.
Either studios will have to delay their games in order to release the product at a level of quality that's expected, or the scope and feature🦹s will be drastically reduced or altered in order for the game to go gold and release on time.
6 MUT
Madden Ultimate Team has become the focus of the Madden NFL franchise ever since its imple♊mentation. The mode brings in so much revenue for the publisher t🐲hat it's obvious why it became the primary mode that's marketed with new releases, and why the franchise mode has become progressively worse and less feature-rich with every passing year.
Don't expect this trend to end as MUT will once again be t🦄he focus for the game as companies will look to stabilize and boost their reve🍌nue streams in a post-pandemic economy.
5 ꧟ Lack Of Improvements
Ev🐭ery year there's th🌃e running joke that annualized sports franchises are $60 roster updates. This is an easy and very generalized criticism that points a finger at the fact that the short turnaround time on development leaves little room for improvement or innovation.
With the world currently dealing with a pandemic and being forced to quarantine it's likely that workflows have been seriously altered due to work-from-home orders. That could result in a new Madden NFL title that feels ꦐeven less like a new game than the previou🔯s entries have.
4 Next-Gen
With both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X set to release in the second half of 2020, fans are wondering what games with be available on these consoles. Sports games are always the titles that release at the launch of new consoles and Madden NFL 21 will likely repeat EA's trend of doing so.
Currently, it's unclear whether the current and next-gen versions will simply be ports of one another or if the next-gen version of Madden NFL 21 will offer players a slightly ele🍌vated experience that takes subtle advantage of the new hardware.
3 👍 Free Xbox Upgrade?
If you haven't been keeping up with the details that have been released in regards to Xbox's next-gen console, then this ma♊y come as a shock. With the release of the Xbox Series X, the company is touting a Smart Delivery s♛ystem that offers free next-gen upgrades to games whose publishers opt-in to the program.
It's already confirmed that if you buy Cyberpunk 2077 on Xbox One, you'll receive a free upgrade on the Series X when it launches on next-gen. Don't be surprised if 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Electronic Arts, like CD Pr♚ojekt Red, hops onto this pro-con🍨sumer feature.
2 Series X Bundle ꦕ
For years the NFL and EA have partnered with the Xbox platform when it comes to marketing the annual Madden release. This partnership is likely to continue in perpetuity and with next-generation consoles launching in the latter half of 2020, it wouldn't be surprising if the Xbox Series X came bundled with a copy of Madden 21.
As previously discussed, Xbox's Smart Delivery will likely eliminate the worry of having to buy Madden 21 twice, so EA and the NFL have even more of an ☂incentive to bundle the game in with consoles and look to earn revenue via microtransactions.
1 Lamar Jackson's Cover 🌟
Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens recently revealed that he will be the cover athlete for 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Madden NFL 21. This shouldn't꧑ come as a shocker as Jackson took home the league's MVP trophy for displaying the skills that clearly positioned him as the NFL's most valuable player.
The Ravens rushing attack was virtually unstoppable for most of the season, and Jackson was a more than capable passer when he was forced to throw the ball. Everyone expected that he would be gracing the cover, and thanks to his coꦗnfirmation those assum🍬ptions were correct.