I haven't played the console version in probably a decade but the mobile version on my iPad was absolutely killer until they micro-transactioned the **** out of it. I'd rather pay $50 for a game and have it at that rather than pay $10 and then have to buy player packs, events, etc. I know people that spent well over $2K each year just to have a team competitive in league mode.They haven't monetized Madden Franchise mode yet. The existing micro transactions are related to Ultimate Team mode, but they've left franchise mode alone.
They really ****** you by the players all starting out as crap stats versions and each week or month releasing progressively better versions of each player throughout the entire season. So in order to remain competitive at any given time, you had to buy a lot to build a team and keep buying new versions of those same players every time they "leveled up". All for it to reset the next season.