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FIFA will be rebranded as EA Sports FC in 2023
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#52I read that as the FIFA organisation was changing its name. Amazing that FIFA is now more widely known as the name of the game rather than the body that organises association football.
Sorry to all of you who clicked because of the unclear title. I didn't thought that through.
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#53Naked greed from FIFA it sounds like https://www.eurogamer.net/new-report-says-fifa-wants-more-th... Ask for an extra half billion dollars, end up with nothing. Quite a fable. I can't imagine there will be many queueing up to take on the license after EA (certainly not at those rates). The only competent player in that area were Konami, and they are in a nosedive into F2P disasters. Sounds like some of the falling ou…
I think what Konami did with PES was really smart: they created fictional clubs and leagues with hints about what they should be in real life and let everything be customizable. As expected, gamers already have shared databases with updated info about current leagues and clubs, saving Konami from paying any licence at all AFAIK
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#54What does FC stand for?
Fußball Club ;-)
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#55I have no strong feelings about this other that that 'EA Sports FC' is a horrible horrible name. The only thing I can think of is that they want 'EA Sports' as the main brand opening the way for other sports 'EA Sports Tennis' or whatever. But 'FC' really? What's that?
They were probably trying to avoid using 'football' or 'soccer', because the former would be misleading to some North Americans, and the latter would be off-putting for some Europeans. The suffix FC is used by teams on both sides of the Atlantic, and should be well understood by fans of the sport.
Konami has managed to dabble in every single one of these naming conventions by calling the same game "Pro Evolution Soccer" (US-centric), "eFootball" (US-exclusionary) and "Winning Eleven" (name of the sport completely unmentioned) depending on the market/generation of the game. One year they even had their cake and ate it too with the "eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020" game.
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#56Naked greed from FIFA it sounds like https://www.eurogamer.net/new-report-says-fifa-wants-more-th... Ask for an extra half billion dollars, end up with nothing. Quite a fable. I can't imagine there will be many queueing up to take on the license after EA (certainly not at those rates). The only competent player in that area were Konami, and they are in a nosedive into F2P disasters. Sounds like some of the falling ou…
Honestly if they end up dropping the price for PES/Konami, it might be worth it just to take over the franchise. No doubt they’ll try.
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
They were probably trying to avoid using 'football' or 'soccer', because the former would be misleading to some North Americans, and the latter would be off-putting for some Europeans. The suffix FC is used by teams on both sides of the Atlantic, and should be well understood by fans of the sport.
Konami has managed to dabble in every single one of these naming conventions by calling the same game "Pro Evolution Soccer" (US-centric), "eFootball" (US-exclusionary) and "Winning Eleven" (name of the sport completely unmentioned) depending on the market/generation of the game. One year they even had their cake and ate it too with the "eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020" game.
Don't forget that Konami also had the "International Superstar Soccer Pro" games which were named "World Soccer: Winning Eleven '97" in Japan and "Goal Storm '97" in the US.
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nah, just in the context of that website. It’s not BBC or NY Times. Plus it’s properly italicized there. On HN it’s out of context and could use clarification despite HN’s no editing headlines by default policy.
I disagree personally. As a "young" male from Europe every time I've talked about FIFA with friends we were talking about the game (although we always liked PES more as teenagers as it felt more arcade-like...)
Disagree with what exactly? Nobody claimed that there aren’t any people here who primarily associate "FIFA" with the game.
Re: FIFA will be rebranded as EA Sports FC in 2023
#59Naked greed from FIFA it sounds like https://www.eurogamer.net/new-report-says-fifa-wants-more-th... Ask for an extra half billion dollars, end up with nothing. Quite a fable. I can't imagine there will be many queueing up to take on the license after EA (certainly not at those rates). The only competent player in that area were Konami, and they are in a nosedive into F2P disasters. Sounds like some of the falling ou…
I think what Konami did with PES was really smart: they created fictional clubs and leagues with hints about what they should be in real life and let everything be customizable. As expected, gamers already have shared databases with updated info about current leagues and clubs, saving Konami from paying any licence at all AFAIK
Not entirely, they have bought exclusive licenses for some clubs like Juventus and Manchester United, which has resulted in said clubs being renamed in other football-relates games like ~FIFA~ EA Sports FC and Football Manager. Juventus is either Piemonte Calcio or Zebre, keeps the same colours and players, and is pretty obvious what it is
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#60Are team and player likenesses negotiated independently?