It's all licensing obviously. They no longer have any FIFA rights anymore and making the games legal again would require way more than just changing the name.
This is all licensing I think, since they can't use the FIFA name anymore. I imagine they could have earned a little money if they kept the older ones for sale for cheap if possible.
Probably is. It's a bit weird that EA Play is fine for now but we have seen similar things before iirc.
I think it is gone for EA Play as well.
That was not a serious question.
I think fifa 23 is still available and suspect that's enough for most people.
Oh yeah - shit.
From my friends they only really cared about the 10 hour trial thingy and would just buy the new FIFA, so probably not super important overall weirdly despite being huge.
Yeah, when the Rory McIlroy PGA Tour license expired, they kept it on EA Play for subscribers tho you couldn't buy it.
FIFA 23 still seems to be available on EA Play - at least from what I can see on my Xbox currently. Maybe they'll do what they done with Rory McIlroy PGA Tour and keep that available only for subscribers but not purchasable until they make EA FC24 available early next year?
The FIFA games from 2017 onwards were on sale until this point, which especially given 2017-2019 was linked by a story mode makes this more of a thing than when the UFC games get delisted after like 4 years.
Why not both dot gif
I can't get over the fact they haven't released their old ISS and ISS Pro games on digital storefronts. I mean, hey didn't have any license so there shouldn't be any problem.
Some of the later games got team and player licenses, so they would be a problem. Agree on bringing back ISS 98 - I'm sure Zafarcakes would be a fan of this too.
Yup, PS2 era was peak Option File editing era.
I know getting a new Football game up and running in just a year would have been a tall order, but I feel FIFA really dropped the ball on this one. They've given EA time to advertise the shit out of their new game, and have the market all to itself this year. By the time FIFA actually release a game, I somehow doubt its going to really move the needle too much, I mean unless its absolutely amazing. But even then... well the best we can hope is the glory years of FIFA Vs Pro Evo in the PS2/PS3 years...gianni infantino is on the case, don't u worry boys and girls
Fifa no more? EA Sports rebrands its biggest game
Work has started on introducing the successor to the famous football game.www.bbc.co.uk
"Fifa president Gianni Infantino said last month [March 2023] it is planning to compete with EA Sports FC in the future, and will keep its video game brand alive.
He said: "The new Fifa game, Fifa 25, 26, 27 and so on, will always be the best e-game for any girl or boy."
His comments caused surprise, given the complex and expensive nature of making a game of this scale."
By they you mean Fifa? All assets are EA's. Next fifa games will probably be some reskined mobile game.
Nah, I disagree. Naming it after Ultimate Team would turn off a decent chunk of buyers I think as not everyone who buys FIFA like that shit.
Yes, I did mean FIFA. Interesting.
Man, that'd be wild if they skip out on some of those licenses... from what I understand - that's like a big part of why people like EAs Football game (I remember people passing on Pro Evo, even during its good days because of that)
EA already has a free to play mtx fifa/eafc mobile game too, so it's not even like they have anything new either lol
Oh really? Wasnt aware of that one. Doesnt surprise me though lol... makes it sound like whatever FIFA does they could struggle to break EAs stranglehold on the sport in videogames...
