After FIFA 23, EA SPORTS and the world governing body FIFA will no longer work together. For the players, this could become a stroke of luck. Comment.
Game maker EA SPORTS and the world governing body FIFA will jointly produce a part of the well-known soccer simulation for the last time in the fall of 2022 – then FIFA 23 – will be released. This news spread like wildfire in the community on Tuesday and triggered partly heated discussions about the future of the classic.
According to reports, the game manufacturer has most recently been paying FIFA around $150 million per year for the naming rights – but that’s according to FIFA 23 End, because the following part will be published under the name of EA SPORTS FC will be released on the market, as already announced in a press release.
A few hours later FIFA followed suit and stated that they are “currently in discussions with game manufacturers, media companies and investors regarding the development of a new FIFA soccer simulation title for 2024” and that they want to continue the game series. In concrete terms, this means that after the last joint installment next fall, there will in all likelihood be two separate games in the future. A blessing for all active gamers!
The FIFA-The FIFA series has been stagnating for several years, and the new console generation has done little to change that. Only the famous Ultimate Team mode ensures that most players still remain loyal year after year. The reason for this is simple: The FIFA-games now simply have no competition. While Pro Evolution Soccer was once considered the better game of the two in terms of gameplay, but gradually fell behind due to a lack of licenses, its successor eFootball is only a shadow of its former days. Even the fact that the game is offered for free couldn’t attract any players due to the outdated technology.
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FIFA series was a monopoly for years – without competition!
EA SPORTS FIFA became the soccer monopoly in the gaming industry over the years. Malicious tongues would claim that this position was mercilessly exploited by both parties to generate the greatest possible financial profit – for example with exaggeratedly expensive add-ons – while the further development of the game itself fell by the wayside. They could afford it. So far, anyway!
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world, the FIFA-series is currently the only playable simulation for it, no wonder that already three weeks after the release of FIFA 22 unbelievable numbers were presented. In over 200 nations, more than one billion games were played in the short time. Actually unimaginable, but this could soon be an end.
Should it actually come to two separate games, EA SPORTS FC From EA SPORTS and FIFA 24 If FIFA 24 comes from the world federation with a new partner, there will suddenly be competition for both sides that has never been seen in the last few years, and as we all know, that stimulates business. Hopefully, the console players themselves will profit from this, because instead of profit-oriented thinking, the next step must follow in terms of gameplay, server performance and innovation in order to be able to outdo the future rival. It could finally happen what Konami didn’t manage with eFootball: The breakup of the monopoly with all its mentioned disadvantages for the players themselves!
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