For decades, it’s been a great duel that opposes franchises every year FIFA d ‘Electronic Arts and Pro evolution football from Konami. In recent years, this rivalry has mainly been fought with big exclusives. While FIFA lost some rights from professional clubs including Juventus Turin, PES For his part, he continues to try to collect as many licenses as possible in order to offset the hegemony of the American publisher in the field of sports simulations. However, the loss of rights is the major European competitions that are the Champions League, the Europa League and the UEFA Super Cup 2018 after 10 years was a big blow for the Japanese brand. And very bad news for the latter, as the American publisher today through a Press releaseIs that that binding partnership Electronic Arts at UEFA has just been renewed for a few yearswithout knowing exactly how long.
In the same press release, the company takes stock of the success of its soccer franchise. She announces that franchise FIFA has sold over 325 million units from the first game FIFA International Football published in 1993. In addition, just to drive home to the point EA Sports declares that the latest in the saga, FIFA 21has got off to a very good start as it has so far exceeded the record of its predecessor for the same duration.
Finally, the studio is explained by its vice president DJ Jackson would like to expand the franchise to an increasing number of platforms:
“Our vision is to create the most authentic, social, and connected soccer experience by bringing our games to more devices, more countries, and more fans around the world.
With six mobile game projects currently under development and a launch scheduled for March 17 on Stadia for FIFA 21, the future of the franchiseElectronic Arts doesn’t look like it’s getting any darker, although the company still has to be wary of the thorny subject of loot boxes and certain game modes, such as: FIFA Ultimate Team, especially in some countries, monitored for their gambling aspect.