EA Sports has delisted its FIFA back catalogue from digital storefronts | VGC
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The move coincides with the release of the first EA Sports FC game…

EA has stopped paying for the FIFA license, which is why their next game is called EA Sports FC (Football Club)

This resulted in them delisting every single FIFA game from digit storefronts, including the less than a year old FIFA 2023

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1032·
      1 year ago

      It’s licensing terms. FIFA was asking for double its $150 million licensing fee to allow Electronic Arts to continue using its name.

      FIFA doubling the license cost is clearly bullshit. EA has decided that the FIFA brand in their game is not worth $300 Million, and the existing license requires them to discontinue sales once the license expires.

      Can’t really blame EA for saving $300 Million for something that doesn’t really matter, especially when it used to cost half that. This 100% is FIFA being greedy, as usual.

      • dinckel@lemmy.worldEnglish
        686·
        1 year ago

        At the end of the day, both FIFA and EA are horrible companies. No one should be giving them any money whatsoever.

        The reality of things is that we all know that EA will launch their own brand, publish the re-badged FIFA titles under it, and then continue farming mtx money from people, who have no self-control

        • 50gp@kbin.social
          361·
          1 year ago

          EA is just a gaming company releasing yearly mtx shitboxes for whales while FIFA is global level corruption fuckfest with actual influence

          These are not comparable

        • criticonEnglish
          10·
          1 year ago

          It would matter more if PES/WE were still popular. Those games were superior to FIFA for many iterations but the lack of official clubs and players was a big barrier of every for most

        • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          6·
          1 year ago

          Man, bear with me as I’m about sound like an absolute corporate cuck but I interned at EA during my undergrad and had a really positive experience. The work-life balance was probably the best I’ve experienced in a corporate setting.

          I still won’t buy their games due to shitty monetization practices, but at least some of the profits (for the EA office I worked at) are actually funnelled into their employee’s compensation. Can’t really say that for FIFA’s oil bribes.

          • dinckel@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            1 year ago

            Well, at least that’s good to hear. Glad the workers are treated well, but I’m with you otherwise. I won’t be spending any money on their titles

        • roguetrick@kbin.social
          41·
          1 year ago

          I was just hoping for more cyberpunk style corporate warfare. I mean a gambling company and a corrupt monopoly decide to fight? Where are the bombings of corporate headquarters? You can’t tell me they can’t recruit a bunch of mercs to try and save them that 150 million.