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This will be interesting to see, because it's not the FIFA game everyone who sees this press release is probably thinking about. EA didn't renew the FIFA licens

This will be interesting to see, because it's not the FIFA game everyone who sees this press release is probably thinking about. EA didn't renew the FIFA license, so the game everyone plays is EAFC now. This will be a new game, and curious to see the quality.

ekropotin 9mo ago
Usually Netflix games are meh
xacky 9mo ago
Reminds me of "The World Is Not Enough" for the N64, which tried to capitalize on Goldeneye's success.
- bigstrat2003 9mo ago
  That game was based on the later Bond movie of the same name, not an attempt to cash in on Goldeneye's success with an unrelated game.
dylan604 9mo ago
Is this another example of where the license holder feels like they can make more money directly than through the licensing fee?
- smileybarry 9mo ago
  No, it started ~4 years ago when FIFA hiked the license cost for EA, and 2 years ago EA had enough & didn't renew the license.[1] Since then, EA basically rebranded their series to "EA Sports FC" and dropped the FIFA branding altogether. This didn't change much as they kept/renewed the licenses for players, teams, stadiums, etc.[2] 1: https://twitter.com/syacvg/status/1706815482744238221 https://twitter.com/syacvg/status/1706815482744238221 https://www.ea.com/en-gb/news/ea-sports-and-fifa-extend-licensing-agreement-until-2022-uk https://www.ea.com/en-gb/news/ea-sports-and-fifa-extend-lice... 2: https://www.ea.com/news/ea-sports-fc https://www.ea.com/news/ea-sports-fc
dandellion 9mo ago
Well see how it goes, but announcing the game without showing anything doesn't look like a good start to me.
walthamstow 9mo ago
That naming deal renewal was one of the most bungled deals in history. FIFA wanted $1bn to renew for four years and to make it nonexclusive, EA told them to get fucked, now FIFA gets $0 and their name isn't even on the game.
- triceratops 9mo ago
  I only heard about the naming dispute recently but it happened a couple years ago. Not having FIFA on the name only makes me want to buy it more.
  - selbyk 9mo ago
    If only EA wasn't on the name either.
gausswho 9mo ago
I don't want anything to do with EA nor FIFA. How's Konami's eFootball these days for couch play? I don't give a rats about pay-to-win online. Can I mod it with real player/team names and run it on Linux?
- andrepd 9mo ago
  Honestly if you play fifa 14 for the rest of your life, are you missing much? As a couch game I mean. I've gotten hundreds of hours of entertainment off FIFA and PES; never missed having any more features.
  - amlib 9mo ago
    Hell, you might even get a kick (heh) out of playing old soccer games from the 90s.
    - andrepd 9mo ago
      Sensible Soccer? :)) Fun times
  - xbmcuser 9mo ago
    I think the first EA fifa 97 was on sega mega drive 2 that I recall playing. It's amazing to see how far they came over the years but after 2014 I stopped caring about the all the new options as I was to old to learn all the new controls.
- scq 9mo ago
  If you don't want anything to do with EA, Konami ain't much better. They actively sabotage their former employees job prospects. > One employee from a staffing agency said that Konami "files complaints to gaming companies who take on its former employees," causing one game company to "warn its staff against hiring ex-Kon" - "ex-Kon" being a nickname for ex-Konami employees. "If you leave the company, you cannot rely on Konami's name to land a job," one former employee said. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/konami-accused-of-blacklisting-former-employees-report https://www.gamesindustry.biz/konami-accused-of-blacklisting...

ekropotin 9mo ago

Usually Netflix games are meh

xacky 9mo ago

Reminds me of "The World Is Not Enough" for the N64, which tried to capitalize on Goldeneye's success.

bigstrat2003 9mo ago
That game was based on the later Bond movie of the same name, not an attempt to cash in on Goldeneye's success with an unrelated game.

dylan604 9mo ago

Is this another example of where the license holder feels like they can make more money directly than through the licensing fee?

smileybarry 9mo ago
No, it started ~4 years ago when FIFA hiked the license cost for EA, and 2 years ago EA had enough & didn't renew the license.[1] Since then, EA basically rebranded their series to "EA Sports FC" and dropped the FIFA branding altogether. This didn't change much as they kept/renewed the licenses for players, teams, stadiums, etc.[2] 1: https://twitter.com/syacvg/status/1706815482744238221 https://twitter.com/syacvg/status/1706815482744238221 https://www.ea.com/en-gb/news/ea-sports-and-fifa-extend-licensing-agreement-until-2022-uk https://www.ea.com/en-gb/news/ea-sports-and-fifa-extend-lice... 2: https://www.ea.com/news/ea-sports-fc https://www.ea.com/news/ea-sports-fc

dandellion 9mo ago

Well see how it goes, but announcing the game without showing anything doesn't look like a good start to me.

walthamstow 9mo ago

That naming deal renewal was one of the most bungled deals in history. FIFA wanted $1bn to renew for four years and to make it nonexclusive, EA told them to get fucked, now FIFA gets $0 and their name isn't even on the game.

triceratops 9mo ago
I only heard about the naming dispute recently but it happened a couple years ago. Not having FIFA on the name only makes me want to buy it more.
- selbyk 9mo ago
  If only EA wasn't on the name either.

gausswho 9mo ago

I don't want anything to do with EA nor FIFA. How's Konami's eFootball these days for couch play? I don't give a rats about pay-to-win online. Can I mod it with real player/team names and run it on Linux?

andrepd 9mo ago
Honestly if you play fifa 14 for the rest of your life, are you missing much? As a couch game I mean. I've gotten hundreds of hours of entertainment off FIFA and PES; never missed having any more features.
- amlib 9mo ago
  Hell, you might even get a kick (heh) out of playing old soccer games from the 90s.
  - andrepd 9mo ago
    Sensible Soccer? :)) Fun times
- xbmcuser 9mo ago
  I think the first EA fifa 97 was on sega mega drive 2 that I recall playing. It's amazing to see how far they came over the years but after 2014 I stopped caring about the all the new options as I was to old to learn all the new controls.
scq 9mo ago
If you don't want anything to do with EA, Konami ain't much better. They actively sabotage their former employees job prospects. > One employee from a staffing agency said that Konami "files complaints to gaming companies who take on its former employees," causing one game company to "warn its staff against hiring ex-Kon" - "ex-Kon" being a nickname for ex-Konami employees. "If you leave the company, you cannot rely on Konami's name to land a job," one former employee said. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/konami-accused-of-blacklisting-former-employees-report https://www.gamesindustry.biz/konami-accused-of-blacklisting...