EA has extended the availability of its free Xbox Series X upgrade for this year’s Madden game – and presumably FIFA 21.
In early May, when Microsoft confirmed the first Xbox One games to support its free Xbox Series X upgrade scheme, EA came under fire for its own free next-gen upgrade for Madden 21. At the time, EA said that rather than providing the ability to upgrade to the Xbox Series X version at any time through Smart Delivery, the publisher would restrict upgrades to a limited window. You’d need to buy the Xbox One version of Madden 21 by 31st December this year and your Xbox Series X upgrade would have to be completed by 31st March 2021, otherwise you’d be forced to double dip.
Fans criticised these needless convolutions in the context of Microsoft’s useful Smart Delivery feature, and it sounds like EA took notice. As Polygon noticed, EA has updated its website to announce its free Madden 21 upgrade will be available up to the release of Madden 22 in the summer of 2021.
