A patch has now arrived to fix many of the major issues with the game on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Most importantly it addresses the numerous problems in Franchise mode and the encroachment bug which was affecting nearly every game that was played. Full details follow.
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GAMEPLAY
— Addressed issue where AI defenders would get encroachment penalties after random huddle breaks and occasionally during the no-huddle offense
— Addressed rare issue where receivers were called down by contact even when they weren’t being touched
— Addressed quarterback locomotion warps on certain drop backs
CONNECTED FRANCHISE
— Addressed issue where players could receive over 100 confidence resulting in a short-term attribute boost
— Tuned regression for offensive linemen
— Tuned rookie deep accuracy rating
— Tuned supersim stats where pocket quarterbacks were generating too many rushing attempts
— Addressed issue where team could sign elite free agents for a low amount
— Addressed issue where some free agents would disappear from the free agent pool
MADDEN ULTIMATE TEAM
— Addressed a rare issue where certain items would not have an image
OTHER
— Addressed issue where the commentary line and presentation would repeat for a quarterback who returned from injury
— Addressed a crash that could occur when using multiple controllers
— Addressed a crash that could occur when exiting a game and the background video would continue to loop
— Addressed general bugs and stability issues
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