Bitter news for all FIFA gamers!
Football video game is renamed - world association plans competitors
Created: 05/11/2022, 12:19 p.m
By: Michael Haug
Suddenly FIFA and EA Sports are competitors © Wedel/Kirchner-Media via www.imago-images.de
FIFA and EA Sports have ended their collaboration after decades.
The World Football Association is already planning a new video game.
Munich - The "FIFA" series has created great memories for many gamers, of course, pure desperation.
"FIFA 21" was sold over two million times in Germany alone.
In its current form, however, the soccer video game series will soon be history.
"EA Sports" has ended the cooperation with the world football association "FIFA", which has existed since 1993.
What does this mean for the future of console football?
EA Sports and FIFA: How did the split come about?
Apparently FIFA wanted to earn more money, the
New York Times
writes of more than 150 million dollars a year.
That is twice the current amount.
In addition, it should have been about licenses.
FIFA also wanted to sell the licenses to other games such as "Fortnite".
"Electronic Arts" was against it.
David Jackson from "EA Sports" explains another aspect at
spiegel.de
: "If we want to enter into a partnership with a very specific sporting goods manufacturer, we have to work with the one FIFA prefers." That is about to change.
EA Sports: What does the separation mean for the company?
Because "FIFA" will soon no longer be called "FIFA".
From 2023, their football video game will be called EA Sports FC.
The vast majority of leagues, clubs, stadiums and players have already agreed to continue working with "EA Sports".
The Canadian company speaks of over 300 license partners.
In addition to the resulting freedom of development and advertising opportunities, the separation has a disadvantage for the gamblers: the World Cup will no longer be playable in the future.
FIFA: Plans are underway - President Gianni Infantino is already teasing the competition
FIFA, on the other hand, is planning a competitor under the name "UFL".
A first trailer has already been released.
The company speaks of new collaborations with third-party studios and publishers.
Discussions are also ongoing with media companies and investors, with the game set to launch in 2024.
The president of the world association, Gianni Infantino, did not miss the opportunity to tease the new competitor.
“The name 'FIFA' is the only global, original title.
FIFA 23, FIFA 24, FIFA 25 and FIFA 26 and so on - the constant is the FIFA name and it will last forever and remain the best.”
Speaking of Infantino.
The FIFA boss caused a stir with his controversial statements about the World Cup in Qatar.
Among other things, he spoke about the "dignity and pride" of the workers on the World Cup construction sites.
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