Madden NFL 23 has been plagued with a number of server-side issues for months, and the most impactful one to date has resulted in the permanent removal of an unknown number of player-created leagues.
We have covered Madden’s Latest Franchise Mode Issues Just A Few Weeks Ago. During this time, some players have been kicked out of their leagues, while others have not. A patch arrived on December 15, although a similar issue surfaced a few days later, which the game support account on Twitter Recognized on December 26. Two days later, the same account announcement that the issues have been resolved and users should now be able to play [Connected Franchise Mode] no problem.” Unfortunately, a day later, the team once revealed more issues regarding the mode, and it was that last pair of posts that would prove extremely costly for some players.
As announced on December 30, players who logged into Franchise Mode during a specific time window may have lost their saved data forever due to a “data storage issue”. said Tiburon on the game’s official forums.
On Wednesday 12/28 around 2:45 PM EST, players trying to access the Franchise server received an error stating that leagues were not available. The issue persisted until 12:45 a.m. EST on Thursday 12/29. Unfortunately, if you logged into Franchise Leagues during this time, your data was affected due to a data storage issue that resulted in corruption of franchise files.”
This specified window followed the announcement that leagues were back up and running for all players, which likely means some players came back to Franchise thinking that everything was fine, for having unwittingly contributed to their leagues being deleted.
Tiburon added that he thinks around 40% of franchise saves that have been lost can still be recovered, although players are waiting to learn more about how that might happen. The team also admits some are lost for good and suggests players start over.
“If you logged in during the window above, we encourage you to start a new franchise as the mode is up and running,” the forum post reads. For many players, Franchise is the centerpiece of the game and a huge waste of time. Setting up multiple seasons and building a virtual dynasty can take tens or even hundreds of hours, on par with major RPGs. Understandably, the team’s subsequent response felt inadequate for many players, with many on social media demanding refunds and/or promoting the #BoycottMadden24 hashtag on Twitter.
Despite the team’s confusing wording, which makes this bad problem even worse, some leagues weren’t affected at all – I know this first hand because my league was playing games in the now fateful time window. Thus, the total number of lost leagues is, according to Tiburon, 60% of those affected by the bug, not 60%. all Madden Franchise saves. Some skeptical players doubted the honesty of the team when it was said that 40% of the leagues could still be restored, given that the precise figures were not shared, but we have so far seen no evidence to suggest that the percentages are fabricated. Still, it’s clear that the game’s troubled history isn’t fostering the goodwill of many of its players.
The ongoing server issues, in general, seemed widespread and chaotic. Other issues include loss of game results at the end of matches, roster moves being undone, and a particularly persistent issue, which currently appears to be fixed, where leagues would rewind time, sometimes by several weeks or months into the game. The way these server-side issues have yet to go away and continue to appear in new forms can make playing Madden feel like an exercise in gaming with its own time investment. and in effort.
We’ve reached out to an EA representative for more details, though they didn’t provide comment before this article was published. We’ll update it if or when they do and as we learn more.
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