Brian Feener

I haven’t bought a video game in a while so forgive me for forgetting to talk about Brett Favre being on the cover of this year’s Madden release.

Well with all the impending trades out there, Sporting News got some screenshots of The Gunslinger in various uniforms.

Regarding the Madden curse?  I don’t remember the curse ever turning in on the game itself.  But as John Madden says in the most recent issue of Time:

No, and I don’t think players believe in it either. If you go back to the history of the Madden game, I was probably on the cover of it half the time. So if I was to believe there was a curse, I would also have to believe I’d been cursed. And I’ve never had that feeling. Full Post

Why hasn’t EA gone back to using the gregarious announcer on its cover?  What’s stopping them?  I’m not sure if, at this point, it’s affecting sales that much to have an NFL star on its cover.  (Now, on the other hand, if there were limited runs of 30 players (one for each team), I wouldn’t be surprised if that boosted sales.)  With the exclusivity liscence, EA is the only company with NFL players in it and I’m won’t be shocked the company never puts Coach Madden on the cover ever again.

I would tend to think that after this fiasco, they are going to stick to current players with active, long-term contracts.

For the comments, what would you do if you were EA if Favre goes to another team?  Do you ever put John Madden on the cover of another version of the game?  Why hasn’t Madden been on the cover since 1998?  (Bonus Pop Quiz - who was the FIRST NFL cover athlete for the series? No Googling allowed.)

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