2K Sports and FIFA. This could be our future. Take Two is said to be interested in FIFA’s naming rights. But is EA Sports still struggling in between?
You could start to think that there is more to FIFA than just a game. When you look at the sums of money involved in the franchise naming rights dispute, it’s almost as if everyone’s only thinking about money. And you can’t imagine that at all… Can you?
The international football association FIFA demands a sum in the billions over the next decade from EA Sports for a contract extension . The publisher shows the – I like to repeat it again and again – non-profit organization the bird and orients itself towards other solutions. FIFA could possibly be called EA Sports FC as early as next year.
But as you can imagine, the story is far from over. FIFA also wants to look for other partners. And there is enough interest. According to the latest reports, even Take-Two is said to be interested in the rights to FIFA. But what is behind it?
Take-Two and FIFA – Are we getting a 2K FIFA soon?
To be honest: the name would have something. FIFA 2K23 . Sounds so American. Take-Two, the mother of 2K Sports, only recently commented on the whole FIFA drama and didn’t show their cards. With the purchase of the development studio Nordeus and its game Top Eleven, 2K sniffed the refreshing air of football for the first time. Commenting on the potential purchase of the FIFA naming rights, CEO Strauss Zelnick said: “This is a big step forward for us… and I’ll leave it at that for now.” So can we expect more news on this soon? We actually believe in it.
EA Sports and Take-Two have battled each other for licensing rights in the past. Best example: PGA Tour 2K21 released by 2K last year . In addition, there has recently been a partnership between Tiger Woods and 2K. Woods was previously an EA Ambassador for 25 years. EA plans to release its own PGA Tour game next year. Is it now being repeated on the FIFA battlefield?
Who gets the FIFA rights?
As we previously reported , EA wanted to further expand its FIFA monopoly, but the association wanted to more than double the price at the same time. At the same time, FIFA would like to give other publishers the chance, because the future of eSports and football does not just belong to one company, but to everyone. Sounds sweet, but in the end they just want to get more money.
So it may be that the line of interested parties is long and everyone wants a piece of the cake. And if we’re lucky, EA will be put under pressure and finally have to deliver good content. The game is regularly improved with the title updates , but it can’t be the case that you have to wait weeks for small patches – and then regularly let them explode in the community .
FIFA 22 – FUTs
What could be cooler than just relaxed gaming and doing some sofa sports on the side? In FIFA 22, the player is on the move fast, but without getting sore muscles. With the Ultimate Team Event cards, the collecting instinct is now also satisfied. However, the FUT Heroes keep creeping into my mind, so here are the best Ultimate Team Event cards that are definitely worth adding to your collection.
Heroes cards selected by EA for top qualities
Admittedly, the FUT heroes will cost quite a bit of coin, but it turns out that EA has once again brought some top-class players into the game when it comes to selection. As a collector and hunter, it’s an added attraction for FIFA gamers to now include their own favorite heroes in the portfolio and benefit from their individual skills. Both in the game and in team building, the FUTs will revolutionize the game once again.
EA SPORTS FC: FIFA GAME SERIES TO BE CONTINUED UNDER NEW NAME
Of course, the soccer simulation game series will not be discontinued completely. After FIFA 23, EA will relaunch the game under the name EA Sports FC and market it independently. Old FIFA hares should now become quite an ear, after all, the EA Sports Football Club used to be a part of the actual game for years. A lot of playing was rewarded, points could be collected and items, boosts or balls for the individual game modes could be unlocked.
In this context, there could also be a complete revolution of the classic game. There is a heated discussion in the FIFA community about whether the game, which is expected to be released in the fall of 2023, will be free-to-play. This option is said to be on the table for the game makers from EA, because: It seems that EA earns most of its money with the purchases of FIFA Points in the game mode Ultimate Team and not with the sale of the game itself.
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