FIFA 22 has been officially available since October 1st – publisher EA Sports is already drawing a first conclusion. The numbers are just impressive.

What can one say about this: FIFA 22 has only been on the market since October 1st – but developer EA Sports is already drawing a first conclusion. The numbers and statistics published are insane. But we’ve also done our part, because every game, every goal and every minute you spend in the game is recorded.

So at EA, hands are rubbed. David Jackson, VP Brand at EA SPORTS FIFA, notes that the global football platform is growing at an “incredible pace”. Records after records were already set in FIFA 21 and 20 , FIFA 22 will probably pulverize everything again.

Playing time, goals, celebrations: blatant statistics for FIFA 22

On Twitter, EA gave an insight into the previous figures and statistics for FIFA 22. So far, 5 billion goals have been scored . Players have competed in 2.1 billion matches and spent 12 billion minutes on the field . On average, 89 million matches are played every day .

That FIFA is loved and played globally ( so please don’t change the name ) is no longer a surprise. FIFA 22 has been launched at least once in over 200 countries around the world . The most-picked team in Kick-off and – Season mode is Paris Saint-Germain . With Messi, Neymar and Mbappé it’s clear. More than 15 million times players started with PSG.

Incidentally, goals were most often celebrated with knee slides. Bit lame in our opinion. After all, FIFA 22 has so many new cheers to test. By the way: Have you played VOLTA yet? 21 million games have already been played here. Not bad either. But Pro Clubs is much more popular: the multiplayer teams have played 58 million matches here.

In career mode , 3.1 million custom clubs were created and used to try to conquer the football world. The top transfers are also listed. None has been signed as often as Dortmund ‘s Erling Haaland . Kylian Mbappé comes right after. His contract expires at the end of the – Season  , so it doesn’t cost as insanely as it did in the last few parts. They are followed by Jude Bellingham, Alphonso Davies, Ansu Fati, Eduardo Camavinga and Matthijs de Ligt. Barca’s top talent Pedri is just ahead of superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. Ryan Gravenberch closes the top 10.

How many people play FIFA?

Simply unbelievable numbers that EA knocks out here. The FIFA success story seems to be continuing and nothing can stop it.

It’s not every year that new sales records are set, but FIFA 21 has definitely raised the bar higher than previous titles in the series. FIFA 21 has been sold more than 31 million times for PC and console. According to their own statements, EA has sold a total of over 325 million FIFA offshoots since the first part in 1993. So you can rightly claim: The whole world plays FIFA.

FIFA 22 – FUTs

What could be cooler than just relaxed gaming and doing some sofa sports on the side? In FIFA 22, the player is on the move fast, but without getting sore muscles. With the Ultimate Team Event cards, the collecting instinct is now also satisfied. However, the FUT Heroes keep creeping into my mind, so here are the best Ultimate Team Event cards that are definitely worth adding to your collection.

Heroes cards selected by EA for top qualities

Admittedly, the FUT heroes will cost quite a bit of coin, but it turns out that EA has once again brought some top-class players into the game when it comes to selection. As a collector and hunter, it’s an added attraction for FIFA gamers to now include their own favorite heroes in the portfolio and benefit from their individual skills. Both in the game and in team building, the FUTs will revolutionize the game once again.

EA SPORTS FC: FIFA GAME SERIES TO BE CONTINUED UNDER NEW NAME

Of course, the soccer simulation game series will not be discontinued completely. After FIFA 23, EA will relaunch the game under the name EA Sports FC and market it independently. Old FIFA hares should now become quite an ear, after all, the EA Sports Football Club used to be a part of the actual game for years. A lot of playing was rewarded, points could be collected and items, boosts or balls for the individual game modes could be unlocked.

In this context, there could also be a complete revolution of the classic game. There is a heated discussion in the FIFA community about whether the game, which is expected to be released in the fall of 2023, will be free-to-play. This option is said to be on the table for the game makers from EA, because: It seems that EA earns most of its money with the purchases of FIFA Points in the game mode Ultimate Team and not with the sale of the game itself.

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