Favre to remain Packer on Madden NFL 09 cover

[dmiller68]

August 7, 2008, 05:06 PM — GamePro —

Despite his quick retirement and return as a New York Jet, MVP quarterback Brett Favre will remain a Packer on the cover of Madden NFL 09, Electronic Arts said on Thursday.

"We do not plan to re-issue packaging but will offer a free downloadable cover in the coming days on easports.com featuring Brett Favre in a Jets uniform," an EA representative told GamePro today. "Fans can print this new cover out and insert it into the case of Madden NFL 09."

After an indecisive five month retirement, not to mention a media fiasco with his former team, the Green Bay Packers, Favre was traded to the New York Jets on Wednesday night.

In April, Electronic Arts announced that the then "retired" Favre would grace the cover of Madden NFL 09 as a Packer.

But while the cover will be outdated upon release, EA promised a launch day roster update, with Favre as the starting quarterback for the Jets.

Madden NFL 09 arrives on all major platforms, excluding PC, on August 12.

Favre to remain Packer on Madden NFL 09 cover | ITworld

I'm glad I can download a new cover....

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Originally Posted by dmiller68

I'm glad I can download a new cover....

Classic EA... "Hey. we'll just patch it. Get that mother out!"

I'm totally kidding, who cares about the cover. This answer does fit EA's normal course of action though.

[Causedawg 83]

I like it. I think I'd be a little upset with Favre on the cover as a Jet. The whole point of putting him on the cover in the first place was as a memorial, I thought. Not much of a memorial to his career if you put a Jet uniform on him.

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Originally Posted by Causedawg 83

Not much of a memorial to his career if you put a Jet uniform on him.

This says it all. Oh wait... are we still talking about the cover of some game?

[Causedawg 83]

Nice.

[lovekeiiy]

Well, according to some report on ESPN, they're going to have a downloadable and printable cover with Farve as a Jet.

[dmiller68]

Originally Posted by lovekeiiy

Well, according to some report on ESPN, they're going to have a downloadable and printable cover with Farve as a Jet.

yeah it's in my post....

[lovekeiiy]

opps, sorry. You can't expect us old farts to remember something from yesterday, do you? LOL.

[dolfan]

Originally Posted by Causedawg 83

I like it. I think I'd be a little upset with Favre on the cover as a Jet. The whole point of putting him on the cover in the first place was as a memorial, I thought. Not much of a memorial to his career if you put a Jet uniform on him.

I think that announcement was expected, but I agree with Cause.

[lovekeiiy]

but it wouldn't be memorial. You need something to be completed, in order to memorialize it. It's just the next step in his career.