FIFA President announced that a new soccer game is coming soon

Since the breakup between EA and FIFA took place in 2022, the current situation of the two sides has not changed much.

As for EA, the last product of the two companies, FIFA 2023, has resonated around the world. In just the first week after the game’s launch, the game attracted more than 10.3 million players, the product with “EA’s best results”.

However, FIFA has never found a suitable partner after EA to release new football games since then. EA has been a major AAA manufacturer on the electronic football game circuit for 30 years and its position is almost untouchable. The “top notch” quality makes the FIFA series a football game series that other manufacturers find it difficult to compete with. As the World Cup in Qatar approaches, FIFA makes a confusing move by officially announcing 4 blockchain games, which can be said to once again disappoint FIFA gamers.

One notable piece of information is that at the end of May, foreign game retailer Mohplay shared a tweet saying 2K would soon become EA’s successor and cooperate with FIFA. Although this news is just a rumor, neither FIFA, 2K Games nor Take Two Interactive have denied it.

According to Insider Gaming, on June 3, FIFA President Gianni Infantino recently announced: “We will develop a new video game – a football simulation game called FIFA. The product is for hundreds of millions of gamers around the world, and will be an attractive gift for fans.” Obviously, FIFA’s statement contains their expectations for this new product.

As one of EA’s most famous and influential game series, FIFA has been widely accepted by fans since its inception. This is definitely a game that goes down in EA’s history and is an important product in nearly 30 years of FIFA development, bringing in more than 20 billion USD in revenue for EA. But history will change when the new FIFA game launches.

According to people familiar with the previous rift between the two sides, FIFA initially hoped to receive double the amount of the current contract from EA in the form of licensing fees. Based on the previous 10-year signing term, EA will have to spend at least $2.5 billion to extend the contract. While cost isn’t an issue, EA clearly doesn’t want to pay that amount. After all, EA, as a game publisher, must bear the main business risks, not to mention that the FIFA series is 3A standard, so development and operating costs are huge. In addition, EA feels that FIFA limits the scope of licensing, making it difficult for them to renew the FIFA series, which only carries the game name, logo and 4-year World Cup broadcast copyright.