FIFA will be rebranded as EA Sports FC in 2023

Post by jl6 » Wed, May 11, 2022, 12:33 PM UTC

Post by heywoodlh » Wed, May 11, 2022, 3:06 PM UTC

qayxc wrote: post #34

boomboomsubban wrote: post #3

It's like if the devil and the antichrist split up. Yeah it's probably a good thing, but it's really hard to be happy about it. Even EA's way of selling it is "don't worry, we'll still charge you yearly for the same features including the money sucking ultimate team."

Nah, EA isn't even close to the level moral bankruptcy and corruption that FIFA represents. IMO the entire leadership of FIFA belongs behind bars.

Post by rchaud » Wed, May 11, 2022, 3:34 PM UTC

aspaviento wrote: post #53

feintruled wrote: post #2

Naked 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

Post by rchaud » Wed, May 11, 2022, 3:37 PM UTC

feintruled wrote: post #39

throw_m239339 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At the end of the day FIFA the game makes a lot of money and EA could easily afford that extra half billion. They chose not to pay because they are greedy themselves. It's just business. Somebody else will probably still end up paying for that valuable license, since most of the value of these games is in the name. A lot of console player only buy 2 titles a year: Call Of Duty and FIFA.

What do EA get out of the deal though? Made sense when they were launching the series back in the days the Sega Megadrive, now it's just an incredibly expensive albatross round their neck. FIFA are so corrupt the association is negative. Why would you pay for that? In a saner world FIFA would be paying EA for sponsorship to launder their image!

Post by rchaud » Wed, May 11, 2022, 3:42 PM UTC

spatulon wrote: post #43

Angostura wrote: post #29

I 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.