In the sports video game world, there are two juggernauts looking down on the mass of yearly challengers attempting to take the throne. MLB the Show, UFC, FIFA, NHL, all of them are wonderful simulation video games in their own right, but none compare to the popularity and grandiose of Madden and NBA 2K. Madden has been the only football video game franchise for a long, long time. NBA 2K, however had to fight to become the juggernaut that it is, having had a direct competitor in NBA Live for the majority of it’s existence.
The two of them are the top of the sports video game food chain, but Madden still has a lot it could learn from NBA 2K.