Five greatest sports video games by Sports illustrated

For many of us, tomorrow is a day of spectacular importance. Not because it's a Tuesday, not because it will mean August is nearly halfway past, but rather because it's National Madden Day. It's the one day each year when pretty much everyone into gaming, from the casual to the hardcore, descend upon their local electronics store to buy the latest iteration of Madden.

[s8anicslayer]

i love football, but how come gamestop is reopening at midnight for the madden launch? what's the big deal for a franchise that has gone sour?

[Genki]

Because it's a classic case of people believing something once they've been told enough times. What does EA say E-V-E-R-Y year? Something along the lines of this years game fixes what was wrong with last year, it will be the best one yet, we've got a bunch of great new features(read:GIMMICKS), etc. etc.

People get reeled in...year after year, and it amazes me, even though there are examples of it all through our society and history, It will never cease to amaze me how idiots can hold such sway over LEGIONS of others.

[FadeToBlack]

All I could do is laugh when i read that Madden was #1

[texism]

another top something list

[CadDad]

5. RBI Baseball (NES)
4. Pebble Beach Golf Links (Sega Saturn)
3. Wii Sports (It's fun, what can I say)
2. NFL 2K (Dreamcast)
1. World Series Baseball 2K-2K3

An Eclectic mix, but fun for me!

-CadDad

[Retro-Virus]

Fifa @ number 4. That pile of turd @ no 4 ??

Pro Evolution Soccer is the greatest sports game of all time and that's a fact duh !

[Marceles]

Wow no basketball games? No NBA2Ks or NBA Lives? No NBA Jam? No Double Dribble? Lol maybe I'm pushing it with Double Dribble...but anything but NCAA baseball, I didn't even know that existed

[Genki]

But that's just my preference. Madden? Innovative? ...when?

I'll say it's a decent game, but not innovative...just popular and soaked up by the masses. Commercial success /= acclaim and praise, at least not for me. If so, Titanic would be at the height of my top ten movies.

What about Tony Hawk? ANY basketball game? Hello NBA Jam, 2K, Street.

[Imalwaysright]

WTF???? Fifa is in there and PES is not???????? PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER IS THE BEST SPORTS GAMES OF ALL TIME

[Imalwaysright]

WTF???? Fifa is in there and PES is not???????? PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER IS THE BEST SPORTS GAMES OF ALL TIME

[STICKzophrenic]

I've been hearing great things about Madden this year, but I'm trying to talk myself out of getting it. I got '06 and '07, but I really want to skip this year and maybe get it next year. Oh well, we'll see how this week goes. Maybe once Bioshock releases, I won't even think about Madden. :-)