Gamers sometimes can be the most critical ppl to satisfy...Old games like myself, D33z and a lot others can appreciate the evolution of gaming.
When I look at the footage of Madden 06 360 and even for the current gen, I get excited due to comparing it to it's predecessors like TECMO BOWL, JOE MANTANA, QB Club, Hell even back to the handheld footbal games that were mere red dots (but it was football).
Gamers of this generation tend to expect way more than they are willing to develop themselves. Please, take a look back when games like FFVII and Mario64 came out we were like oOh...Aah! but look at them now, they were good in there time but now we expect so much more....