Official Madden sim predicts Carolina will win Super Bowl 50 but our test tips Denver
Carolina Panthers will lift the Vince Lombardi Trophy for the first time in the franchise's 21-year history on S𝕴unday – at least if of Super Bowl 50 is to be belie🦩ved.
The mega-publisher let the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Madden NFL 16 AI play out the biggest match in all of American sports, and got the result that matches most expert predictions: a narrow win for Carolina over the Denver Broncos, with quarterback Cam Newton picking♛ up the MVP trophy.
correct.This time around, EA ⛎predicts the Panthers go into half-time 🌸with a 17-0 lead, and survive a spirited second half fightback from Peyton Manning and company to secure a 24-20 victory.
As an experiment, I let the same match play out at GamesRadar Towers, and got… an entirely different result. One team did lead 17-0 at half-time, but – shockingly – it was Denver. (Hence the screenshot above.) Here's a f💦ive-minute highlights package:
In our game, Peyton Manning threw two beautiful touchdown passes, while the impenetrable Bronc𝓰os D largely shu🍬t Newton down save for a late consolation score to Greg Olsen.
Conclusion: Video games are almost entirely arbitrary when it comes to predicting legitimate sporting contests. Unless the🍰 Broncos do in fact win,🉐 in which case I'm totally claiming all credit.
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