So what you need to consider here is the amazing value proposition you have here. You are getting 17 weeks of ONLINE ONLY Sunday Ticket football for just $40 more than the base price of the Madden 25 game. That's a savings to me of over $260 over last year. Is the potential for those same minor streaming annoyances worth the risk of $40? I feel it is ABSOLUTELY worth it even if I have the exact same experiences as last year. To be fair to DirectTV, my issues were largely in the first two weeks of the season and the rest of the season went with nary a skip in video quality. Think about it for a moment compared to signing up for a 2-year satellite contract and throwing an additional $300 on top of that JUST because you love football. The $40 for online viewing is simply an outright steal.
Those saying in reviews that it doesn't work online have likely gone further than they needed to go after authentication at this time. If you want to be successful with the included code, here is what I suggest you do.
1. First authenticate the provided username and password on the slip in the game on a PC or MAC in your web browser. Avoid starting this process on your tablet or phone if possible.
2. The dedicated site page will tell you that you Now Have Access to NFL Sunday Ticket Online. It will also have a link on that page. DO NOT CLICK THAT LINK UNTIL THE SUNDAY TICKET SEASON STARTS on September 8th, 2013. (Thursday, Monday, and Sunday NIGHT games are not accessible as they are national feeds in prime time and not market specific).
3. On your tablet, download the NFL Sunday Ticket app if your device supports it. (I believe that only iPhone, iPad, and Android is currently available).
4. On game day, online access to Sunday Ticket starts approximately 30 minutes before the first kickoffs of the day. Enter the provided username and password in the device app at that time, OR return to the login page on your PC or MAC browser. The Red Zone channel may be the only channel with actual live footage until about 15 minutes before the game.
5. ENJOY! Some channels may be blacked out based on your ISP location if it considers you "local" to that area. For instance, if you are able to watch the Chicago Bears on your TV set and your ISP is based in that area, the app may "blackout" Sunday Ticket access for that local game.
Airplay mirroring If you are on an Apple iDevice of some kind and you have AppleTV, there is no in app icon to send the stream to AppleTV. However, you an try this workaround. Once you have the video stream working on your device, double click the home button and thumb the tray icons to the right as far as you can go and you will see the media controls. The Airplay control will be visible there. In Airplay options, enable mirroring to your TV and then select Apple TV as the output device. Apple TV should now display ANYTHING you are looking at on your iDevice, including video and audio from the app. You may have to maximize video on your device for it to look best on the screen. Good luck!
Finally, the Madden 25 game itself is largely what we have seen in other years, with the return of the beloved Franchise Mode. While that is nice, the game itself does not stand alone as a special edition with cool new features. It still has some of the same pros and cons of the last three releases, and is not a great deal as a game alone. The package with Sunday Ticket, however, is just awesome!
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I bought it for NFL Sunday Ticket. Yes, the codes do actually work. Make sure you enter the email and the password on a PC/Laptop with full browser first before trying to access it on mobile devices. Make sure you also enter the email address and password exactly as it is written on your sheet. It does give you the option to change your password and email address in account settings as well (I would be cautious on changing the email as some people have been locked out of their accounts once they did.) If you have a PC/Laptop with HDMI output, or a mobile device that supports streaming output, thats great.This is bar none the best collectors edition deal in video game history since Sunday Ticket by itself cost over $200
As for the game......I didnt even play it, LOL
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