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[–] [email protected] 145 points 3 days ago (2 children)

THIS is how you do fellow kids

[–] PunnyName 41 points 3 days ago (7 children)

What kids are playing Madden, though?

[–] Sylvartas 48 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Lots of normies (assuming American normies love Madden as much as European normies love fifa)

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My normie friend buys it every year, and acknowledges he paid for an updated sport wiafu roster.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

Way easier than guessing the spelling of husbando.

[–] BetaBlake 4 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago

Hundreds of thousands of people.

The fact of the matter is that casual gamers and console owners overlap with Facebook and all generic social media.

We know that we only Lemmy are small, so we should try to keep in mind that our understandings and opinions of generic things in the world are the uncommon ones. Madden sells. FIFA sells. Call of Duty sells. Grand Theft Auto sells. Trying to criticize these outside of Lemmy will only result in losing even more faith in the general public, if that was even possible.

[–] peopleproblems 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

People who lead boring normal lives.

Most people who own consoles I guess the

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] CynicRaven 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The poor son of a gun! They never got a chance to finish their

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

All these unfinished comments are going to drive me to

[–] PunnyName 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] flicker 2 points 3 days ago
[–] cmbabul 3 points 3 days ago

Hey! I own consoles and the only sports game I’ve purchased in 20 years was the new CFB game, and immediately remembered why I don’t buy sports games unless Mario is involved

[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

My friend groups are. And the new NCAA game. Video Games and Football, there is truely no greater combination of american values

[–] Crashumbc 8 points 3 days ago

Sports games are one of the few genres that are couch competition friendly.

[–] kaffiene 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I haven't played the most recent one, or madden for that matter, so this based on experience from about 15-20 years ago but I'm sure it'll be mostly the same. First and foremost, there are some rule differences. Second, there are different strategies, formations, and plays. Third, you have different players with greater diversity in talent level. Fourth, the teams are different, which might mean more to some than others. And finally, the commentators are different, the last time, they had the cat known for whistling, which was funny. I can't remember his name.

[–] cmbabul 3 points 3 days ago

I bought the most recent CFB, I was both excited for the season and intrigued since it had been 15ish years. It is really polished and cool for what it is, but I forgot I hated it back in day and still hate it now. But it was really well done

[–] RampantParanoia2365 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Which edition of Madden are we up to now? Like 57?

[–] Psythik 2 points 2 days ago

No, because we're not in the year 2056 (sports gsmes tend to have the next year in the title, like cars).

[–] sorval_the_eeter 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Aged boomers who are regressing to an unempathetic childlike state.

[–] Psythik 2 points 2 days ago

Although a good chunk of them act like it, Boomers aren't actually kids.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

A handful of small executive yachts worth of kids are judging by the numbers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's just outreach. May be corny, but they're intentionally getting outside their comfort zone to reach more people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Both Walz and aoc play video games already.