Anyone hear this news????
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainme...tnership-with-ea-sports-after-nearly-30-years
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainme...tnership-with-ea-sports-after-nearly-30-years
Gaming FIFA to end 30 year association with EA Sports
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New name is going to be ea football or something probably, but it should be better than that.
Pro EAvolution Soccer.
So will the kits and leagues still be available? If not then I’m out for good.
Soccer 24
EA Sports FC is the new name.
I can see 2K stepping into the football world now with a deal with FIFA.
2K FIFA 2023.
Konami "Doh!"
I think so.
This is solely for the FIFA brand name on the box (and probably the world cup)... All the teams /names /leagues is a separate licencing issue I think.
Hopefully, the 2K games are miles ahead of EA.
I can't see any other major gaming studio coming into play. EA will continue to dominate the football/soccer gaming market.
Hopefully someone steps in and makes a new game where they put some actual effort into the other game modes rather than milking their loot box mode and leaving the rest to rot.
Haven’t bought fifa since either 18 or 19 and can’t see the point in buying it going forward unless they put some more effort into the single player game.
Haven’t bought fifa since either 18 or 19 and can’t see the point in buying it going forward unless they put some more effort into the single player game.
C’mon 2K. It been a long enough. Get in there.
It doesn't change anything though, it's just the name. They still have the rights to all the players and teams. Whatever they don't, they can just cover it with fake names
Yes. Only things missing are the FIFA name on the box and various places as well as the World Cup mode.
Thank you guys. fecking hell… 1 billion for a name a World Cup mode.. no wonder ea said no.
This ^^^^
Football Is Forever Alcatraz 22
FIFA 22 for short
FIFA 22 for short
EA Sports FC is a terrible name 
Brand recognition is a huge thing and when you think of Fifa your mind immediately goes to the game as opposed to the governing body. But I don't think it's going to be that detrimental.
Apparently EA pays Fifa around $150 million per year, although EA's Fifa has made a cool $20 billion in sales to date! So the deal doesn't seem too bad. But apparently Fifa are now asking for double that, hence the disagrement i think.
Brand recognition is a huge thing and when you think of Fifa your mind immediately goes to the game as opposed to the governing body. But I don't think it's going to be that detrimental.
Apparently EA pays Fifa around $150 million per year, although EA's Fifa has made a cool $20 billion in sales to date! So the deal doesn't seem too bad. But apparently Fifa are now asking for double that, hence the disagrement i think.
Just call it Fifa, not FIFA. Done.
Even Feefa would do, nobody gives a shit tbh.
It isn't that different to what they agreed with the NFL - and FIFA is far more lucrative.
https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/28/21270647/madden-nfl-ea-renew-contract-license-football
So in the very unlikely event that Fifa struck a deal with another studio, could the other studio then just call the game Fifa?
Wonder why they’re not renewing them..
Blatter embezzled all that money and blew it on packs.
Didn't even pull a TOTW.
I can relate to be fair.
Pro evolution football incoming
Super Fun Happy Football 2023 next year then.
Been 10 years since I’ve bought a FIFA or a Pro Evo. I feel old as feck.
Been 10 years since I’ve bought a FIFA or a Pro Evo. I feel old as feck.
Because they realised they could get away without the FIFA related modes and people will still play their game.
EAFC 2023
I think the major difference is supposed to be that NFL license comes with all the names and teams while FIFA are only offering them the federation name and a World Cup branding every four years which as an asset is not worth anywhere near that. I don’t think being able to call your game FIFA and being able to produce an additional mode every 4 years is worth $250m a year.
Their domestic licenses should still be intact and I think they also got a pretty good deal with UEFA which covers European competition.
Nah, that is the $500m to the players (NFLPA), which is separate from the $1bn to the NFL. EA have already agreed a fee with FIFPro for the players and names for football.
Hope the old thread bump is ok - didn't want to start a new thread when this one exists.
I'm not an expert on gaming, so apologies if this is a ridiculous question, but I have seen EA are creating EA Sports FC in place of Fifa 24 and rumours that Fifa are creating a game to rival it (presumably called Fifa 24?)
Which one will be the popular one and the one which will be most like the current Fifa games? I'd guess the one that EA are making will be the same gameplay etc?
I'm not an expert on gaming, so apologies if this is a ridiculous question, but I have seen EA are creating EA Sports FC in place of Fifa 24 and rumours that Fifa are creating a game to rival it (presumably called Fifa 24?)
Which one will be the popular one and the one which will be most like the current Fifa games? I'd guess the one that EA are making will be the same gameplay etc?
Don't know about FIFA creating their own game but yeah EA Sports FC will simply be an update to the current game same as they've for years but with a new name this time. Just another crappy iteration of a crap game probably.
Don’t think we have any details about the FIFA developed game yet.
EAFC 24 will be exactly the same as FIFA 23. Probably with NEW TECH MOTION LOOSE FOOT DYNAMIC DRIBBLING
Thanks. I'll probably end up getting the EA Sports FC game out of interest.
Thanks. If you google 'ea football 2024' like I did (because I couldn't remember the name of it), there are some 10 month old articles saying that Fifa will develop a game to rival the EA one, but I didn't click on them so I assume they were just rumour.
You've sold me with "loose foot" - long overdue.
I mean, FIFA have yet to get anything wrong that I'm aware of, so I have to assume they'll knock this out of the park, too.
The one most like the current trash they put out will unsurprisingly be the one EA make.
2K would be nice just to get a player career mode with a little bit of depth, although it's been a while since I've played a 2k sports game so maybe they don't do this anymore.
I don't care what it's called; if they don't move on from FrostShite engine now that they're well and truly in the Next-Gen era, then feck them. At least PES/EFootball are on Unreal 4 and porting their game onto Unreal 5 engine next year.