The official Madden NFL account has released player rating updates for Madden 26 which show that Garrett Bolles Kenneth Walker and Jared Verse received higher ratings based on their NFL playoff Divisional Round performances. Player complaints about the game’s Franchise Mode have created a situation where a routine update that tracks actual player performance is now the center of attention. EA Sports has lost its community support because players prefer to solve essential game issues instead of applying roster changes.
EA released their regular weekly ratings update on that day. The link is posted after they show which players received rating increases and which ones received rating decreases. The rating update gives Garrett Bolles additional recognition while Kenneth Walker receives a rating increase and Jared Verse receives a rating increase. The matter remained unmentioned by people who responded to the situation. Not. A. Single. Person. The entire website shows people who have been banned from talking in the normal way. The complete comment section acts as an advertisement that demands immediate repair of Franchise Mode which the audience should read as “FIX FRANCHISE MODE” with all caps letters. The audience keeps repeating their demands to fix Franchise Mode. The Madden community has reached a standard point where players do not even attempt to hide their anger anymore. The social media staff member who shares this content should feel sorry for himself because he understands how people will respond.
People express their anger through their replies but their arguments contain correct information. Players have found broken elements in the game according to their observations. User TheKingSaysSo1 has shown a strange bug which leads to half of all teams in the league choosing to release their punters and kickers during franchise mode. The description refers to something which will create challenges for you to create an authentic league operation. Tenetlibra has stated that players now lose control over defensive linemen because they cannot use the user control feature during H2H matches. The game experience becomes unfinished because it contains multiple problems that players must face.
All player frustration connects Franchise Mode to its main theme which serves as the central element of the game. The comment section contains multiple requests which ask for someone to fix this problem. ‘D_RozSzn’ says it plain: “Fix franchise.” The mockery from ‘that2bubba’ states that the franchise update process works like a bad joke which still has no franchise update pending. The entire statement from ‘Hectoravargas89’ contains a detailed declaration which begins with the words “UPDATE FRANCHISE MODE!!! The game should not show any future updates about the game because it feels like a big slap in the face. The user who has bought every Madden game since the 90s according to his statement will stop buying Madden games after this experience. Oof. The statement contains two elements which confirm that the user will stay angry throughout the entire period of time. The people who have been playing your game since the beginning will stop playing when they notice your game will lose its fun value.
The crazy situation describes everything. The discussion about Franchise Mode takes up most of the conversation space in addition to the various comedic disagreements which emerge. The players from the Denver Broncos organization are unhappy because the team decided to keep Bo Nix at his current rating after he played his playoff match. Truesee states that Bo Nix performed at a higher level than Josh Allen during his playoff match yet his rating did not get improved. According to milehighlifer, all players on the team should be aware of “The Bo Nix disrespect.” The user named Juice_theone has sent crying emojis which state “Where’s bo nix ðŸ˜ðŸ˜.” The two separate discussions lead people to decide which helmet needs to be fixed in the game. The user luisleftnut asked the user lor_jiffy to tell him which helmet needs to be fixed and the answer identified the F7 Pro as the helmet that needs to be fixed. The community has turned into a hundred separate support groups which deal with different broken aspects of the game.
People express their anger about large issues. The NFL has an agreement with EA according to Alfredo43291702 who states that “Can’t believe the @NFL took offense with 2K selling a better product cheaper but are ok with EA lying to their fans.” The statement attacks the existing situation because it lacks competition. Zion2555 declared, “Madden 26 sucks , period!” AlexMunoz_1412 responded to his own comment through a self-reply which explained, “Last madden im buying. EA lost my support.” According to players, they feel that developers who create their games, have chosen to ignore their needs. EA maintains the appearance of regular operations through its rating update announcements while its most important game systems remain neglected.
The current scenario shows two different sides. EA maintains its basic live service operations through player rating updates. The player base has reached a state where they refuse to play the game until developers start adding substantial features which will transform gameplay elements. The ratings updates for PlayStation and Xbox continue, but the core issues remain unaddressed.
