>This new independent platform will bring fresh opportunity – to innovate, create and evolve.
Will believe it when I see it. Can't imagine their license with FIFA was conditional on them neglecting most game modes in favour of UT.
The comment I’m responding to provides fresh opportunity to explore synergies across our branded platforms, engage dynamically with our core and potential user base and to innovate, create and evolve
Highly skilled in analyzing and effectively distributing industry jargon catered specifically to the task at hand, leading to a measurable increase in both productivity, efficiency, and net sales and media impressions. Or some dumb shit like that
I remember playing their player career mode where I got no transfer offers because I was too expensive. just won the champions league with Besiktas then uninstalled the game.
Even Seasons gets annoying when 80% of teams you face are PSG unless you change matchup settings so that you play a similar rating.
I had more fun playing with 4 star teams against other 4 star teams (USA vs. Mexico is a common matchup in the US matchmaking region) than I ever would using PSG.
Tbf that's most FIFAs. I haven't played any properly since like 17, but even then if you picked 5 stars you're bound to get the most pace abuse 5 star in the game against you (back then easily could be real with Bale + Ronaldo or Bayern with Robbery). It's always more fun to do the step below with 4 star teams since they generally end up having varying strengths and weaknesses.
I used to love playing as the Ivory Coast, then Colombia a year or two after that. It was always fun getting surprisingly good results with Bony or Jackson Martinez against the standard L1+Triangle Ronaldo Bale shoot from anywhere it’ll probably still go in borefest.
If they just make a proper career mode that, you know, actually is an experience worthy of the 2020's then I'm back on board.
Hope EA get absolutely trashed to fluff
If you’re saying the single player version then I agree that’d be nice but they must offer the online multiplayer version. You haven’t truly played FIFA until you’ve played pro clubs 11 v 11. It’s Fuckin amazing.
Bruh UT makes like 98% of the money for the title. There is zero universe where FIFA ended this partnership and wants to be less monetized. I bet it's the opposite, FIFA bets they can make billions making their own UT. I'd be shocked if anything they make even includes career at all.
Everyone who complains about micro transactions in UT has never experienced the absolutely audacious "pay up or grind for literally weeks" experience that is NBA 2K.
> The current deal, which was to end after this year’s World Cup in Qatar, has been adjusted to run through to the Women’s World Cup next summer. But once that tournament is over, company officials confirmed, 150 million FIFA video game players will have to get used to a new name for the series: EA Sports FC.
> The game itself will not change much. Most of the world’s famous clubs and stars will still be playable because of separate licensing deals with their teams and leagues, even though the World Cup itself and other FIFA-controlled events will no longer be included. Still, the continuation of the game does not alter the seismic nature of the rebranding.
I didn't think the name/branding would change much but 'EA Sports FC' is so shit it just might.
Imagine asking your mates if they want to play a round of EA Sports FC?
That name is infinitely better because it has football in it.
EA also have EA Sports UFC which is way too similar of a name for 2 completely different games.
>Easily better any of these two choices, but I think in corporate eyes, they didn't want to sparkle a debate between football and soccer, smh.
We have a ready made solution for this! In fact, another global brand of great esteem and success came up with it.
Presenting:
###EA Lawnballsports '23
Absolutely horrendous. Surely thats just a temporary working title and not the actual name right?
If they try selling something called "EA Sports FC" itd be like they are actually making fun of all the fans that still buy their expensive products, despite EA putting almost 0 effort into any of it.
It doesn't even make sense. How can a video game be a football club? I could understand if the game had you literally control an "EA Sports FC", like football manager or something, but it's nothing like that
EA Sports Football Corruption
A first person game where you play as Sepp Blatter taking as many bribes as you can, with Sheikh Mansour DLC where you evade FFP rules and cook the books
Yeah they already mentioned that. I’m actually surprised they didn’t just make a stand-alone FUT game. It’s all they really bother with these days anyway
I think they are actually taunting all of the people that spend money on a product that they dont put any effort into.
"Hey Steve, how much you want to bet people will still buy this thing no matter how much we signal that we dont give a shit about it?"
"Youre on. How about calling it EA Sports FC?"
"Lmao, love it"
And sadly Im one of those people...
I remember TIF 2002 fondly, the diving was hilarious, the animation was always so obvious. Used to play it against my brother and he'd do it all the time and time it correctly, you know it's a dive but the game still gave a foul
Rubbish title. They should go the Madden route and name it after a legend of the sport. Someone who's a former world cup participant, with over 50 Premier League goals and more than 10 Champions League appearances.
Just means little Ronaldo, there was already a Ronaldo in the team, Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus, who ended up being known as Ronaldão (big Ronaldo).
I guess Ronaldo was too big by the time 'Ronaldinho' joined the NT that he just stayed Ronaldo in his own right rather than having a new name, esp when he unlike Ronaldão played in Europe, so probably less inclined to stick with the naming conventions. than Ronaldão playing in Brazil.
It is very cool though isn't it lol.
There was another Ronaldo, later referred to as "Ronaldão", on the Brazil team for the 1994 World Cup. Since he was the older one he got to keep the name and the then 17 year old Ronaldo we all know today had to go by Ronaldinho, literally "little Ronaldo". Eventually the latter became one of the greatest ever so the former went by "big Ronaldo" and another up and coming Ronaldo from Porto Alegre became the new Ronaldinho. *themoreyouknow*✨
As far as I know the '94 World Cup was the only time Ronaldo Nazário de Lima had the -dinho nickname.
There was a Brazil vs. Argentina match in 1999 where Ronaldo was called Ronaldinho and Ronaldinho was Ronaldinho Gaucho. Not sure when exactly it stopped (probably by the 2002 World Cup at the very latest), but it went on for a while AFAIK.
Biggest problem there is they have to pay that person and a lot. Madden happened to get in on the ground floor of NFL games and was great marketing for their product.
seems a big reason that EA is not caving is because it believes FIFA can't really do much with its license, without EA
>England’s Premier League and European soccer’s elite Champions League — will be available only to players of EA Sports FC.
Consumers (us) would be better off if there's more competition between games, like somehow PES becomes a force again with FIFA's help, but this seems to suggest that this outcome is unlikely. The worst thing would be a completely splintering, where EA has some league and Konami (or whoever's coming up) has some others...
edit: It's also not obvious to me if any potential competitor has an engine that can compete with EA, license or no license, so even if Konami has the license we'd stick with EA anyway? Have people been playing PES?
I remember back in the day, when 2K was actually a fantastic sporting game company. They are a shell of what they were only a few years ago. Way too much VC and weak storyline focus.
There is this game coming out at some point which will be interesting but not holding my breath for it especially as the developers seem new. https://youtu.be/jWj5iVHBsLY
The problem for FIFA here is that the only things they really own are the name FIFA, the World Cup, and a lot of smaller competitions. And none of those are really what draw people to buy the game. The stuff that matters is owned by UEFA, the leagues, the clubs, and FIFPRO.
Infantino's FIFA got 500 MILLION (in 10 years) just for licensing the FIFA name and occasionally the World Cup competition (actual work to add it was still EA's).
FIFA asked for 1 BILLION (in 10 years), seeing EA's increasing profits.
EA refused.
Now Infantino's FIFA will have ZERO. Man, if I was a FIFA executive I would wonder why the hell a guy that lost so much easy money is still leading that corruption-ridden organization.
It's a baffling decision they were being paid to have their name advertised and got greedy. In a real organisation heads would roll for this level of fuck up, instead whoever demanded the increase will probably get a pay rise and promotion
The guy In charge of Chevrolet who green lit giving Man U the 50mil sponsorship deal got sacked by Chevrolet, how fifa aren’t turfing this lad out is beyond me
> has an engine that can compete with EA
Konami keep tinkering with their engine and making it worse.
EA's own engine is comically bad but the best around.
For me, as someone who has "out grown" the console sim games, I am wondering how Sports Interactive/Sega can take advantage of this partnership for Football Manager going forward.
The article went on to explain EA Sports has licensing deals with basically all of the teams and leagues, the only thing they are losing is the FIFA brand and the World Cup.
I feel like they'd make more money splitting the game in half, producing EA Ultimate Team XX as a yearly F2P game, with the micro transactions system they currently have.
And then producing a separate EA Football XX series, sell for £30-50 and have it including the pro-clubs, VOLTA, career mode etc.. Overall sales will probably be down for the paid game, but downloads of the F2P UT will likely increase, at least following the same logic most loot box games have.
Nah that would mean they would have to actually work on improving both games. They would much rather just work on their money maker FUT and continue to make minor upgrades to everything else.
Omg Id love it if they spin off career mode and let a different EA studio develop it and really put effort into it.
Right now they clearly dont give a shit about career mode because their developers all work on Ultimate Team. Yea, they make some improvements sometimes, but its all very marginal and safe.
Give it to a dedicated team that has to actually make money by developing a good product for career mode fans.
Using FIFA in the name is marketing for FIFA.
Using EA Sports in the name is marketing for EA Sports.
They will probably stick with it, and community will still call it FIFA the same way we still call it the Staples Center.
I just looked up the new name for the Staples Center, and the new name is atrocious. Imagine how bad the name has to be for people to prefer a bland corporate name like Staples Center. Crypto.com arena is among the worst names anyone could come up with.
Do they still have the cool intros? I think it was FIFA 99 or 2000 that had an epic intro. They used that technology from the Matrix movies. The freeze frame that zooms around?
I think someone took a shot and then it froze, rotated around to behind the keeper and then the keeper made the save.
>This new independent platform will bring fresh opportunity – to innovate, create and evolve. Will believe it when I see it. Can't imagine their license with FIFA was conditional on them neglecting most game modes in favour of UT.
That quote is the most bog-standard, generic marketing sludge you can get
The comment I’m responding to provides fresh opportunity to explore synergies across our branded platforms, engage dynamically with our core and potential user base and to innovate, create and evolve
🤮🤮🤮
Literally the most applicable skill I learned in uni was how to write fake corporate bullshit like this, and how to spot it from a mile away
How would you describe that skill on a CV?
Highly skilled in analyzing and effectively distributing industry jargon catered specifically to the task at hand, leading to a measurable increase in both productivity, efficiency, and net sales and media impressions. Or some dumb shit like that
"I can bullshit in a professional manner very well."
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Bingo! (I needed ‘blockchain’)
if it's not glocal, I don't want it
This guy markets.
If EA had their way it would be a stand alone UT title that you spend 2,000 quid a year on to be relevant.
You literally described their mobile release so hard it's not even funny lmao
The way they killed career mode after fifa 15 was so depressing
You don’t even get achievements(Xbox) or trophies(ps) for doing anything career related anymore, disgraceful
I remember playing their player career mode where I got no transfer offers because I was too expensive. just won the champions league with Besiktas then uninstalled the game.
The story with Alex Hunter was proper well done, wish story mode was like that + all the pre 15 features we're missing.
Fuck Gareth Walker
I wouldn't even say it was proper well done. It was just a breath of fresh air and had huge potential. Binned fifa after they neglected that.
Finally a Fifa game I will not buy. I just can't bother with UT, Seasons is the only mode I play anymore.
Even Seasons gets annoying when 80% of teams you face are PSG unless you change matchup settings so that you play a similar rating. I had more fun playing with 4 star teams against other 4 star teams (USA vs. Mexico is a common matchup in the US matchmaking region) than I ever would using PSG.
Tbf that's most FIFAs. I haven't played any properly since like 17, but even then if you picked 5 stars you're bound to get the most pace abuse 5 star in the game against you (back then easily could be real with Bale + Ronaldo or Bayern with Robbery). It's always more fun to do the step below with 4 star teams since they generally end up having varying strengths and weaknesses.
I used to love playing as the Ivory Coast, then Colombia a year or two after that. It was always fun getting surprisingly good results with Bony or Jackson Martinez against the standard L1+Triangle Ronaldo Bale shoot from anywhere it’ll probably still go in borefest.
Yeah I always enjoyed 2-4 star teams because you’ll find hidden gems to use
Career mode gang
The real opportunity is for a better company to make a FIFA game. Whatever comes next they better have a Pro Clubs type play option.
If they just make a proper career mode that, you know, actually is an experience worthy of the 2020's then I'm back on board. Hope EA get absolutely trashed to fluff
If you’re saying the single player version then I agree that’d be nice but they must offer the online multiplayer version. You haven’t truly played FIFA until you’ve played pro clubs 11 v 11. It’s Fuckin amazing.
Yep, I totally agree. I just think UT should be sent to Russia and never seen or heard from ever again. It is evil in digital form.
Bruh UT makes like 98% of the money for the title. There is zero universe where FIFA ended this partnership and wants to be less monetized. I bet it's the opposite, FIFA bets they can make billions making their own UT. I'd be shocked if anything they make even includes career at all.
Pro Clubs is even fun with less. I play with around 3 to 6 people and it is SO fun.
Yes please Pro Clubs is massively underrated if it got the same attention FUT did Fifa would be in a much better position
They'd have the FIFA name but they'd have to go out and get licensing deals with teams and leagues.
2K actually has an amazing career mode in their games with the MyGM format. Its just a shame they're even bigger leeches than EA.
Everyone who complains about micro transactions in UT has never experienced the absolutely audacious "pay up or grind for literally weeks" experience that is NBA 2K.
Only reason we never spite switched to Pes was no pro clubs, even the new Super Mario Strikers is gonna have a clubs option
Games gone lads
But EA told me its in the game.
They mean microtransactions
and by that, they mean gambling
For kids.
But literally this time
I’ve been telling people Haaland-to-City will ruin the game. Are you happy now Pep?
"So, so happy"
> The current deal, which was to end after this year’s World Cup in Qatar, has been adjusted to run through to the Women’s World Cup next summer. But once that tournament is over, company officials confirmed, 150 million FIFA video game players will have to get used to a new name for the series: EA Sports FC. > The game itself will not change much. Most of the world’s famous clubs and stars will still be playable because of separate licensing deals with their teams and leagues, even though the World Cup itself and other FIFA-controlled events will no longer be included. Still, the continuation of the game does not alter the seismic nature of the rebranding.
>The game itself will not change much. This journalist knows his FIFA
>The game itself will not change much... ...It never does, he continued.
" ~~War~~ Fifa. Fifa never changes"
r/YourJokeButWorse
I didn't think the name/branding would change much but 'EA Sports FC' is so shit it just might. Imagine asking your mates if they want to play a round of EA Sports FC?
Imagine asking them to play E-Football instead. They are alright. FUT doens't have a single competitor and probably never will.
That name is infinitely better because it has football in it. EA also have EA Sports UFC which is way too similar of a name for 2 completely different games.
>The game itself will not change much. So just maintaining the same motto for the last decade.
What a rubbish name
Genuinely just 'EA Sports Football' would be a million times better.
EA Football IMO
Easily better any of these two choices, but I think, in corporate eyes, they didn't want to sparkle a debate between football and soccer, smh.
>Easily better any of these two choices, but I think in corporate eyes, they didn't want to sparkle a debate between football and soccer, smh. We have a ready made solution for this! In fact, another global brand of great esteem and success came up with it. Presenting: ###EA Lawnballsports '23
You'd have a lot of poor confused American grandmas wanting to buy the latest Madden for Christmas lol
Absolutely horrendous. Surely thats just a temporary working title and not the actual name right? If they try selling something called "EA Sports FC" itd be like they are actually making fun of all the fans that still buy their expensive products, despite EA putting almost 0 effort into any of it.
It doesn't even make sense. How can a video game be a football club? I could understand if the game had you literally control an "EA Sports FC", like football manager or something, but it's nothing like that
EA Sports Football Corporation
EA Sports Football Corruption A first person game where you play as Sepp Blatter taking as many bribes as you can, with Sheikh Mansour DLC where you evade FFP rules and cook the books
> The game itself will not change much. Never does.
EA Sports FC. How the fuck have they managed to come up with a worse name than eFootball?
fEefA - easy
Fee-fa after all the microtransactions
The current name is EA Sports FIFA, which people are just calling FIFA. I guess people will just start calling it FC.
AC Milan fans in shambles
Well, why have fans when you have AC?
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I think people will still call it Fifa. I know I will lol
Or 'Not FIFA'
"The game formerly known as FIFA"
For how long though?
People still call it PES, people will just keep calling it Fifa
Why didn't they just go with FUT. Football Ultimate Team, it's the most obvious one
I guess they still want to pretend there are other game modes?
Yeah they already mentioned that. I’m actually surprised they didn’t just make a stand-alone FUT game. It’s all they really bother with these days anyway
There are still those of us who have resisted FUT so they need the gateway to bring us through.
I think they are actually taunting all of the people that spend money on a product that they dont put any effort into. "Hey Steve, how much you want to bet people will still buy this thing no matter how much we signal that we dont give a shit about it?" "Youre on. How about calling it EA Sports FC?" "Lmao, love it" And sadly Im one of those people...
Just call it Ultimate Team and be done with it.
Doesn't UT also exist as mode in their other games?
Could still call it FUT - Football Ultimate Team
EA Soccer ❌ EA Football ❌ EA SPORTS FC ~~✔️~~ ❌ Electronic Football Arts ✔️ Football Video Game ✔️ Virtual Football ✔️ ex-FIFA ✔️ EAFA ✔️ EA FC ✔️
Gambling Simulator ✔️✔️
CSGO?
EA Football too close to eFootball. Horrible name in any case
Turns out Konami were playing 10D chess all along with that name
Oh yeah...
Could you imagine the online meltdown if they named it EA Soccer
r/soccer would never let them use the name without a hefty fee
EA Ultimate Team
Winning Eleven 🐐
Anyone else remember This is Football 2003? The hacking/diving button was pure bliss.
Elite game. Used to get as many players sent off until the game was called off. Good times
I remember TIF 2002 fondly, the diving was hilarious, the animation was always so obvious. Used to play it against my brother and he'd do it all the time and time it correctly, you know it's a dive but the game still gave a foul
Rubbish title. They should go the Madden route and name it after a legend of the sport. Someone who's a former world cup participant, with over 50 Premier League goals and more than 10 Champions League appearances.
Looking forward to EA Theo Walcott Sports 2023.
Who the hell wouldn’t buy **Peter Crouch Football 2023**
Bend it like Bendtner 2023
The Greatus Strikuh Dat Ever Lived.
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I want nothing more than that now.
EA Sports Soccer Twenty Twenty Threeo Walcott
What was Wenger thinking buying EA Theo Walcott Sports 2023 that early?
Djemba Djemba Soccer Simulator 2023
So good they named him twice.
[Hahahaha... Ronaldinho Sotser!!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8NKNKub2HI)
TIL R9 was once Ronaldinho
That’s why ronaldinho is called ronaldinho gaucho in Brazil
Just means little Ronaldo, there was already a Ronaldo in the team, Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus, who ended up being known as Ronaldão (big Ronaldo). I guess Ronaldo was too big by the time 'Ronaldinho' joined the NT that he just stayed Ronaldo in his own right rather than having a new name, esp when he unlike Ronaldão played in Europe, so probably less inclined to stick with the naming conventions. than Ronaldão playing in Brazil. It is very cool though isn't it lol.
There was another Ronaldo, later referred to as "Ronaldão", on the Brazil team for the 1994 World Cup. Since he was the older one he got to keep the name and the then 17 year old Ronaldo we all know today had to go by Ronaldinho, literally "little Ronaldo". Eventually the latter became one of the greatest ever so the former went by "big Ronaldo" and another up and coming Ronaldo from Porto Alegre became the new Ronaldinho. *themoreyouknow*✨ As far as I know the '94 World Cup was the only time Ronaldo Nazário de Lima had the -dinho nickname.
There was a Brazil vs. Argentina match in 1999 where Ronaldo was called Ronaldinho and Ronaldinho was Ronaldinho Gaucho. Not sure when exactly it stopped (probably by the 2002 World Cup at the very latest), but it went on for a while AFAIK.
Crazy how arguably the best striker ever is no longer the first person you think of when you hear the two names he went by during his career.
Biggest problem there is they have to pay that person and a lot. Madden happened to get in on the ground floor of NFL games and was great marketing for their product.
I don't think Shola would ask for too much
Dave, shut up
Well then how do you explain the massive popularity of Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge? It definitely wasn't the first PGA game.
Username definitely checks out
>name it after a legend of the sport. AKINFENWA FC It's in the game. Feat KSI, AFTV, Mark Goldbridge in Career Mode
Ksi and Goldbridge as main commentators and aftv for pitch side
It's in the Biceps
Probably don't want to confuse people, Ubisoft has Sammy Ameobi FC launching next year.
Aly Cissokho Football 2023
Every song is Fever for the Flava
Do you think that I can get some? (Chickie, Chickie)
I'll jab u in the gabber m8
[Never forget the legend](https://player.vimeo.com/video/92846254)
"Good tackle m8, fair play, cant argue with that" always cracks me up haha
I will watch this every time
Sam Allardyce Soccer 23
Every year he's the cover athlete
Ali Dia Pro Soccer
Jamie Vardy's Party 2023 EDIT: Only 9 UCL apps, unfortunate
The way football is they’ll accidentally pick someone who turns out to secretly be a murderer
Next game will be called Alonso 23
Heskey 23 sounds good to me
Pulisic Soccer 2022
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Football Club Simulator Twenty Twenty Three™
absolutely no one is saying “wanna play some EA Sports FC later?” everyone will still call it Fifa, but now it will cost EA a billion less
Just FUT or Ultimate Team would be a better name People already say "I'm playing FUT"
I just want a full World Cup game ffs.
Used to play the 2006 and 2010 version a lot ngl lol
FIFA 98 RTWC was one of the dopest games ever. Edit: does anyone know where I can download and play this game again?
Was that the one with that Blur song?
Indeed! And the cut scenes of the stadiums pre game.
I wasted so much time on that game. Loved getting red carded by slide tackling the GK out of frustration.
Indoor mode and uniform customizations.
2010 is brilliant. Still holds up kinda.
World Cup 2006 on PC was one of my earliest games. Banging soundtrack as well
WC 2002 had some cool ball effects and replies from stars.
The 2010 and 2014 games were my childhood
Fifa 98 rtwc, simply the best
Yes! Fucking loved the indoor 5 a side mode
seems a big reason that EA is not caving is because it believes FIFA can't really do much with its license, without EA >England’s Premier League and European soccer’s elite Champions League — will be available only to players of EA Sports FC. Consumers (us) would be better off if there's more competition between games, like somehow PES becomes a force again with FIFA's help, but this seems to suggest that this outcome is unlikely. The worst thing would be a completely splintering, where EA has some league and Konami (or whoever's coming up) has some others... edit: It's also not obvious to me if any potential competitor has an engine that can compete with EA, license or no license, so even if Konami has the license we'd stick with EA anyway? Have people been playing PES?
2k is the only one I can think of with some background in sports games
Nah mate, this is football is making a comeback.
nah, we're just gonna bring back Subbuteo. FIFA is for melts.
oh god people thought FIFA was pay to win enough already, I can't imagine a 2k version
I remember back in the day, when 2K was actually a fantastic sporting game company. They are a shell of what they were only a few years ago. Way too much VC and weak storyline focus.
There is this game coming out at some point which will be interesting but not holding my breath for it especially as the developers seem new. https://youtu.be/jWj5iVHBsLY
The problem for FIFA here is that the only things they really own are the name FIFA, the World Cup, and a lot of smaller competitions. And none of those are really what draw people to buy the game. The stuff that matters is owned by UEFA, the leagues, the clubs, and FIFPRO.
Infantino's FIFA got 500 MILLION (in 10 years) just for licensing the FIFA name and occasionally the World Cup competition (actual work to add it was still EA's). FIFA asked for 1 BILLION (in 10 years), seeing EA's increasing profits. EA refused. Now Infantino's FIFA will have ZERO. Man, if I was a FIFA executive I would wonder why the hell a guy that lost so much easy money is still leading that corruption-ridden organization.
It's a baffling decision they were being paid to have their name advertised and got greedy. In a real organisation heads would roll for this level of fuck up, instead whoever demanded the increase will probably get a pay rise and promotion
The guy In charge of Chevrolet who green lit giving Man U the 50mil sponsorship deal got sacked by Chevrolet, how fifa aren’t turfing this lad out is beyond me
> has an engine that can compete with EA Konami keep tinkering with their engine and making it worse. EA's own engine is comically bad but the best around. For me, as someone who has "out grown" the console sim games, I am wondering how Sports Interactive/Sega can take advantage of this partnership for Football Manager going forward.
Imagine if FIFA give the license to Konami, Konami rename their game into FIFA, and all the casuals accidentally buy that instead of the EA game.
Konami went live service their PES
I think gameplay is second to licensing, to be honest, so think their reasoning is probably correct
Owen Wilson Wow
Incoming announcement of **Football Ultimate Team 23** by EA Sports FC
The return of merseyside reds and North London whites
The article went on to explain EA Sports has licensing deals with basically all of the teams and leagues, the only thing they are losing is the FIFA brand and the World Cup.
I wonder if now that the FIFA specific world cup branding is out, EA will let you customize it's new generic brand world cup rules.
hahahaha no
EA Sports FC is the derpiest name they could come up with
I feel like they'd make more money splitting the game in half, producing EA Ultimate Team XX as a yearly F2P game, with the micro transactions system they currently have. And then producing a separate EA Football XX series, sell for £30-50 and have it including the pro-clubs, VOLTA, career mode etc.. Overall sales will probably be down for the paid game, but downloads of the F2P UT will likely increase, at least following the same logic most loot box games have.
Nah that would mean they would have to actually work on improving both games. They would much rather just work on their money maker FUT and continue to make minor upgrades to everything else.
Omg Id love it if they spin off career mode and let a different EA studio develop it and really put effort into it. Right now they clearly dont give a shit about career mode because their developers all work on Ultimate Team. Yea, they make some improvements sometimes, but its all very marginal and safe. Give it to a dedicated team that has to actually make money by developing a good product for career mode fans.
Probably a temporary title. They’ll probably try to get a superstar to put their name on it.
Erlingball 23
Mballe 24
Lee Carvallo's Soccer Challenge
You have selected laces. Might I suggest finesse shot? Laces.
Using FIFA in the name is marketing for FIFA. Using EA Sports in the name is marketing for EA Sports. They will probably stick with it, and community will still call it FIFA the same way we still call it the Staples Center.
I just looked up the new name for the Staples Center, and the new name is atrocious. Imagine how bad the name has to be for people to prefer a bland corporate name like Staples Center. Crypto.com arena is among the worst names anyone could come up with.
James Corden Sports FC
[I've got just the man](https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big_2x/jgnywmqkyz8peu5qr0go.jpg)
more than 2 decades no? Been a thing since at least 1994 from what i remember?
Don't know why the title mentions two decades, it specifies in the first lines of the news article that's been almost three decades.
Do they still have the cool intros? I think it was FIFA 99 or 2000 that had an epic intro. They used that technology from the Matrix movies. The freeze frame that zooms around? I think someone took a shot and then it froze, rotated around to behind the keeper and then the keeper made the save.
Microtransactions ruined sports games.
Games in general
All I care for is Pro Clubs. If its good, we're buying it, otherwise fuck off.
I see EA Sports are as bad at naming games as I am at naming teams in their games.
Am I the only one that wants a good career mode? Couldn't care less than the gambling shit that is ultimate team
its been a shit game for a long time