Madden NFL (2024) Needs A Name
By Anthony Collazo
After years of putting it off, Madden NFL is at a cross roads for their upcoming game
Electronic Arts (EA) National Football League (NFL) Madden franchise has been a cornerstone video game in the sports community since its debut in 1989. Originally named John Madden Football, the name changed in 1993 to Madden NFL. From then on, EA began to release titles that correlate to each NFL season.
Among the fans of Madden, there is an issue that fans have laughed about for some time now. In 2013, for the first time since 1993, they decided to title one of their games that does not directly correlate to the NFL season.
Instead, they decided to name the game Madden NFL 25. This was in honor of the company producing its 25th Madden NFL game of the franchise. Obviously, 2013 was a long time ago, and I doubt the company was not worried about 2025.
As fans continue to play Madden NFL 24, the same conversation everyone has been having for the past twelve years is coming up more frequently than ever now. "I wonder what they will name Madden for 2025."
In 2022, Call of Duty used the name Modern Warfare ll for the second time in its franchise, with the first one released in 2009. While everyone thought this would be a problem at first, fans eventually came to a consensus on calling each "the new modern warfare" in contrast to "the old modern warfare."
By using this comparison, EA can always just use the name Madden NFL 25 again. This also could be a great marketing strategy, possibly bringing old players back to the game simply due to nostalgia for the title. It is also a gamble doing this, as the original Madden NFL 25 is looked at as one of the best Madden games in the franchise.
What if they don't do this, though? I can see EA possibly naming the game Madden NFL 2025, so there will not be any confusion when talking about Madden games. However, there is a chance that they could mess with the entire community and name the game Madden NFL 14.
There has also been some chatter about EA selling the Madden franchise, which very few people actually believe will happen. Madden is one of the company's highest-selling games, and letting go would be too much of a high risk in my opinion. Nonetheless, we will have to wait and see what EA will name Madden in 2025.