It sucks that so many of you are having problems because it really is a great game.  I picked up my copy last night at midnight and played for 5 hours straight with no problems whatsoever.  The game is not on my games played lisst because I live with my brother and we played on his TV instead of mine.  Maybe its just a select batch of disks that are damaged or something.

Does that intercooler thing they sell work well?

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He said that he would join the army, but what if he got lag out there? Their are no respawns to.

this is pi$$ing me off cant play against the computer or online!!! i have finshed 8 games and i havent been able to finish 6 that i was winning in! i was thinking it mite b my xbox guess not

 EriCartman13 wrote:

Does that intercooler thing they sell work well?

I was considering getting the Intercooler EX, but after doing some online research, decided against it... I read too many horror stories about the product.

Just out of curiosity: other people whose copies of Madden are crashing -- do you by chance live in or near Queens, NY?  Just wondering if there was indeed a bad batch of games that went out.

It's not a Xbox 360 issue - the PS3 forums are complaining about random game freezes too.

It's a core bug in the game code that's in BOTH Next-Gen versions of the game.

See for yourself:

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board?board.id=madden

-freezing in the Main Menu
-freezing in the Online Lobby
..etc.. etc..

 Zytos Fury wrote:

 EriCartman13 wrote:

Does that intercooler thing they sell work well?

I was considering getting the Intercooler EX, but after doing some online research, decided against it... I read too many horror stories about the product.

Just out of curiosity: other people whose copies of Madden are crashing -- do you by chance live in or near Queens, NY?  Just wondering if there was indeed a bad batch of games that went out.

I have the inercooler and iv had it for a year now and it works perfect and what kinds of horror storys have you heard about it

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Just wanted to update you all on the situation:

I called EA Technical Support, and I'm preparing to send the game back to them in return for a fresh, clean copy that has been tested to work. 

They said they have been getting a number of calls regarding Madden 09 freezes and are investigating the possibility that a bad batch of discs went out.  It kind of sucks that I'll be without the game for a while, but since the game has been freezing non-stop anyway, it's no loss.

Freezes on me too and supposedly it has new hardware in it.

 III Jinks III wrote:

Freezes on me too and supposedly it has new hardware in it.

Yeah.  Normally random game freezes are indicative of an overheating problem or some other problem specific to the console, but the number of complaints people are having leads me to believe otherwise.

This sounds like the same issue that occured when MLB 2k6 was released. I had gotten a bad copy and the game would constantly freeze.

 

Fortunately, Madden is working for me *Knock on wood*

 

Hope you all get this resolved so you can start playing!

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Yea, im getting the same thing only played for a few minutes and got one bad disc error and a freeze.  Been at work all day so havent tried.  Im going to take it back for a new one. 

Hey guys... this is an ongoing issue... if you want call this number and tell them. The more people that call about the issue the faster they will work on it. : 1-650-628-4322   (EA Sports Customer Service)

Hopefully they get it fixed. Right now, im thinking its only the collecters edition.

No, I have the regular edition and it freeze's too. BS! I hope they fix this.

Good thing I haven't got it yet, and now if this ever becomes fixed I might rent it (but when does EA ever do anything right?)

EDIT: Btw I had a friend who got the game like 3 or 4 days early and he had no problems because he was playing it all day long those days before the offical release.

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NCAA 09 had the same issues caused by bad roster files.  It was fixed with an update a few days later.

 TangledGnat wrote:

^^^^ Apperantly this guy doesnt read previous post before he share his .2c

I did read the post but wanted to share the standard troubleshooting we would recommend to try and resolve such issues without a need for a repair or a return of the game, if possible.

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 ThaGrimy1 wrote:

NCAA 09 had the same issues caused by bad roster files.  It was fixed with an update a few days later.

NCAA had freezing issues too?

Hmm... yeah I'll probably hold off on sending it in under the warranty.  The "bad batch" of disc theory just sounds too implausible. 

I'm going to try disconnecting from Live and playing with the old rosters.

 Bailey Bones wrote:

This sounds like the same issue that occured when MLB 2k6 was released. I had gotten a bad copy and the game would constantly freeze.

 

Fortunately, Madden is working for me *Knock on wood*

 

Hope you all get this resolved so you can start playing!

i remember that i had to argue with some *** at gamestop trying to say its my 360 and not the disk. it took me at least 15 min to explain and she was the *** manager, ever since that i never step foot inside gamestop, ebay is the way to go for selling games.

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 Zytos Fury wrote:

 ThaGrimy1 wrote:

NCAA 09 had the same issues caused by bad roster files.  It was fixed with an update a few days later.

NCAA had freezing issues too?

Hmm... yeah I'll probably hold off on sending it in under the warranty.  The "bad batch" of disc theory just sounds too implausible. 

I'm going to try disconnecting from Live and playing with the old rosters.

Still crashes randomly.  I'm at a loss as to what could be causing this.

I literally deleted the rosters from the HD, signed off Xbox Live.  Sat in the main menu and did absolutely nothing.  After 15 minutes, crash.

Well the guys at EA are put on a really tight schedule for the next-gen Madden games, because EA wants to get the games out in time for the NFL preseason. I'm thinking the guys simply didn't get the time to completely test the game for all bugs since they were so busy doing other things (player models, adding the Rewind, new commentary, etc.). At least that's the reason that the last two Maddens have been missing things that should've already been there. Time constraints. Heck, they're already into development for the next Madden as we speak...well,..type.

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Hey guys... this is an ongoing issue... if you want call this number and tell them. The more people that call about the issue the faster they will work on it. : 1-650-628-4322   (EA Sports Customer Service)

Hopefully they get it fixed. Right now, im thinking its only the collecters edition.

 J N J SLAYAS wrote:

Damn this is really making me think twice about going to pick it up now...

Me to ! I'm still waiting for EA to patch the freezing and corrupt gamer profile issue's in Nascar 09', and also waiting for a patch for Deadliest Catch freezing issue's...whats with these damn developers releasing untested/bugged games out the door, with OBVIOUS bugs like these freezing issue's ?

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I haven't had any freezing issues. It froze once when I was practicing with the Redskins, but other than that its been good.

 

 HuRRicaN3 DEan wrote:

i hate to say it the madden disc.

i had the same problem i tryed it on my other xbox 360 didnt wrk then on my xbox 360 elite didnt wrk. then i went to get another madden 09 and wrk just fine.

all game disc can have some bug in it that does that.

Wow...english typing not good so are you working on being at?

 SL x BullDog wrote:

I haven't had any freezing issues. It froze once when I was practicing with the Redskins, but other than that its been good.

 

You can't have it freeze once and say you have no freezing issue.

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 Zytos Fury wrote:

Just wanted to update you all on the situation:

I called EA Technical Support, and I'm preparing to send the game back to them in return for a fresh, clean copy that has been tested to work. 

They said they have been getting a number of calls regarding Madden 09 freezes and are investigating the possibility that a bad batch of discs went out.  It kind of sucks that I'll be without the game for a while, but since the game has been freezing non-stop anyway, it's no loss.

If there was a bad batch,  I wonder if a certain store got them or what?

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This one is the worst of the series.

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I've played Superstar mode for several hours without any freezing or lock ups at all.  Same with the "play now" option.  I have not tried online or franchise yet though.  What HDD do you guys have?  I still have the 20GB, and I have noticed as the space gets low I tend to freeze.  Maybe try deleting some of the cr@p of your drive that you don't need/use and see if that helps any.

 Mad Dawg 173 wrote:

 J N J SLAYAS wrote:

Damn this is really making me think twice about going to pick it up now...

Me to ! I'm still waiting for EA to patch the freezing and corrupt gamer profile issue's in Nascar 09', and also waiting for a patch for Deadliest Catch freezing issue's...whats with these damn developers releasing untested/bugged games out the door, with OBVIOUS bugs like these freezing issue's ?

Madden 08 still freezes OFTEN. hopefully that patch is coming soon.

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This freezing issue just seems too widespread to be caused by a "bad batch."  Many of us with this problem have already exchanged our discs for others, and still have the problem.

The fix will probably come in the form of a patch, or not at all.