Madden 25 Players React to Temporary Shutdown of Broken Auction House

Due to a few bugs, Madden 25 has temporarily closed its Ultimate Team auction house. However, even after the update, problems still persist.

In the Madden 25 auction house, players have the option to trade player items for Ultimate Team using coins. These cards can be acquired through bidding wars or directly purchased.

EA has declared that the auction house in Ultimate Team will be temporarily shut down. All items with a fixed bid will be awarded to the highest bidder, and any items without bids will be returned to the original user who listed them.

The auction house went live again after a few hours. While the development team did not confirm which issues were fixed, there were reportedly a few problems that were missed.

Prior to the update being released, Madden content creator Gutfoxx described the auction house as a “disaster”due to a player’s inability to purchase a player item at the correct buy now price.

I feel like EA needs an adult in their building to fix the Auction House issues. I mean this is just a disaster. https://t.co/zoD5APDgO0

— Gutfoxx (@Gutfoxx) August 14, 2024

Despite the update, the existence of price floors still poses challenges for buying and selling cards. A price floor sets the lowest possible bid amount for a card, but some of these values are inflated.

A player has asserted that they have been attempting to sell an 82 overall Nate Landman since the initial day of early access, yet have been unsuccessful due to the item’s 70,000 coin minimum price requirement.

In reaction, popular YouTuber Zirksee, who focuses on the game Madden, appealed to EA to “reduce or eliminate the price minimums. We are still unable to trade cards.”

The recent update reintroduced overall filters that allow players to search for specific player items in the auction house according to their overall rating. However, this feature does not provide much assistance when the prices of cards are too high for buying or selling.

“The commenter argued that the auction house should be made usable by removing the price floors. They emphasized the importance of being able to sell their cards, which they have invested time and money in acquiring, instead of relying on the chance that someone will purchase their card after a 12-hour window.”

No response has been received from EA regarding concerns about price floors.