Sequel mills still churning

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/08/technology/08game.html?ex=1281153600&en=300074177aff8ca3&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=

Great stuff, now we pay more for the same games...

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In this year's edition, a slice of the field lights up to give the quarterback better vision and throwing precision when he makes a pass. It also lets players follow the athletes' off-the-field activities. But Steve Perry, 35, once an avid Madden fan, won't be lining up to buy the game. He said he dropped the habit several years ago, after his daughter was born and he tired of spending $50 to get an update of a title he already owned.

I'm all for taking something good and making it better, but we DO need to see something original once in a while. As long as sequels continue to innovate and push interactive entertainment forward, I'll keep spending my dollars on them, but when you buy exclusivity and then try to get people to fork over another $50 (soon $60) for two new features and an updated player roster as EA has done, eventually all but the truly hardcore fans will smell what they're shoveling.