Public Beta Testing for EA Sports Is Not Only Demanded It Is Necessary

The past four years of Madden and three releases of NCAA Football on XBox 360 and PS3 have been full of glitches, bugs and overall disappointment.

The Franchise/Dynasty Modes that were made popular on PS2 and XBox have become bastardized versions of lazy programming and development from EA on next gen consoles.

The problems are numerous-

• Broken progression and regression systems
• Broken Draft and Draft Import Logic and AI
• Disappearing Free Agents
• Roster glitches and bugs
• Inaccurate uniforms
• Unrealistic play by CPU controlled players

The list goes on and on....

Many hardcore gamers have been asking for Open Beta Testing- I am demanding it. EA Producers and Programmers have called hardcore gamers "The Beta Testers" however, the problem with this is that these so called testers are paying for a broken product every year.

EA should delay the release of their games by a month and allow for the extra month to be a Beta Test period for a release available free of charge.

This should include

• 3 seasons of Franchise with complete features available for testing and diagnosing problems, glitches and bugs in the game.

This download should be set to expire exactly 30 days after its release. This would prevent anyone from "free-loading" a beta as a real game forever. (See COD4 or Halo 3 Beta)

Game quality would increase as would sales.

This is not a request it is a realistic demand and it is necessary.