Ars said: "

Oh EA. If you didn't suck so bad you wouldn't keep getting in these situations. It seems as if the PSP version of Madden '06 is causing some people to have random crashes with their PSPs. While this would just be annoying with other games with Madden if you crash you can lose your stats in franchise mode. Not fun.

The response from the online community hasn't exactly been kind. EA isn't being very helpful in their forums apparently and they've only posted notice of a "work around" that apparently doesn't do much to help the situation. We haven't heard anything about a patch, or a recall, or refunds, or trying to make it right. EA's response seems to be "deal with it."

I know PC gamers are used to this, but not console gamers, and certainly not portable gamers. Considering Madden '06 was supposed to be a high profile game for the PSP at a time when Sony can't seem to be bothered with releasing games, this isn't good press for EA or Sony's troubled system. I guess we still have overpriced movies though, right?

If I were Sony I'd be putting the screws to EA to make this right and do it NOW. EA just settled their overtime lawsuit and are getting heat for buying the NFL license for the next ten years, and now they're opening themselves up to more bad press by pissing off their fan base."