New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….
Original story (published on August 23, 2021) follows:
EA recently released the highly anticipated NFL game Madden 22. In the last few years, the realistic football simulator has influenced many players and coaches to play the sport.
But EA has a reputation for spoiling things, even if it is a game as simple as NFL. Ever since its pre-release days, the game was criticized for having numerous bugs.
In the last couple of weeks, EA Madden 22 has had various issues with the game crashing on consoles to trial period expiring before time.
And if you thought the game had a rough launch, well, it looks like EA is just getting started. After locking players out of the auction house, players have reported more bugs.
The latest EA Madden 22 glitch causes players to be sent back to the main menu when playing Franchise mode. Also, many a time, their score is getting reset after finishing a match.
Currently, the EA Madden 22 Franchise Mode glitch is only limited to the offline mode. The offline franchise mode is one of the main reasons why people buy Madden games every year.
Having said that, some users suggest that the Franchise mode works fine online. The main difference between the offline and online modes is that the save game is uploaded to the cloud.
Once again, EA has acknowledged the Madden 22 issue and said they are working on fixing the Franchise mode glitch.
The number of issues reported by EA Madden 22 players in the first week of launch speaks volumes about the quality of the game.
It is not that either EA or NFL lack the resources to make a good game. Honestly, the game studio seemed to be doing good in the last few months.
But it looks like the developers couldn’t stand the sight of everything going well. Either way, we hope EA fixes all the issues haunting Madden 22 players as soon as possible.
Update 1 (August 24)
Responding to a user’s query regarding the broken franchise mode, EA support claimed that performing the following steps should help:
Update 2 (August 25)
IST 1:22 pm: Now, a section of Madden players are noting that their end-game results appear incorrect as some end up with losing scores yet they won the encounter.
EA Help says they’re aware of this issue and are working on it. A suggested official workaround is to play Cloud Franchise league.
Update 3 (August 26)
IST 1:31 pm: EA is tracking the issues with Franchise mode in an official blog post that you can check out here.
Update 4 (August 27)
IST 6:26 pm: EA has addressed the desync issue with Madden 22 and has even confirmed that it’s still working to fix the score reset issue.
The team is still working to address the Franchise Score Reset issue and we will provide an update once that issue has been addressed. (Source)
Update 5 (August 28)
IST 3:37 pm: Incoming is yet another potential workaround for the score reset issue in case you’re still facing a problem with the feature according to EA support:
Update 6 (September 01)
IST 3:21 pm: EA has failed to share any further updates regarding the issue with Franchise mode. As expected, that has resulted in some fans becoming furious considering the fact that they had to pay for the game and nothing has been done for around a month. You can find several heated comments here.
Update 7 (September 02)
IST 3:36 pm: EA support is reaching out to some disgruntled players on Twitter with claims that they’re working to fix the Franchise mode score reset bug as soon as possible. Unfortunately, there’s still no ETA.
Update 8 (September 03)
IST 12:09 pm: Madden 22 players can finally enjoy the game once again as a new update is out that brings with it a bunch of fixes for the Franchise mode. Here’s the complete changelog:
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