Even before the World Cup in Qatar, EA Sports ran a simulation in the current FIFA 23 – probably for the last time after FIFA and EA will go their separate ways in the future. This is a bit of a pity insofar as the simulation turned out to be correct this time as well.
In the current FIFA part, EA Sports has simulated the World Cups in recent years and thus tried to make a prediction as to who will be allowed to raise the trophy in the end. It worked surprisingly well, as EA is now right four times in a row!
The simulation in the run-up to the controversial World Cup in Qatar correctly predicted Argentina as the winner and thus joins the ranks of correct predictions of World Cup winners in previous tournaments. Europe in 2010 (in the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa game), Germany in 2014 (in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil) and France in 2018 (in FIFA 18) were each correctly crowned world champions in the simulation and then dropped the Winning the World Cup in reality follow.
In the end, the new simulation in FIFA 23 was not entirely accurate in that Argentina’s opponent in the final was not France, but rather Brazil. In addition, Lionel Messi also won the Golden Boot for the tournament’s top scorer in the simulation – but this title ultimately went to the defeated Kylian Mbappe.
On the other hand, it was also true that 35-year-old Lionel Messi received the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament; the simulation of November 8 already predicted that. Overall, Electronic Arts has had a good history with its simulations.
But that should now be the end of it, because after FIFA 23 the cooperation between the developer and the world football association will end. EA will continue next year with its own EA Sports FC and has already secured countless licenses for this, but the original World Cup format is unlikely to open in EA Sports FC in the future, also because FIFA is launching its own game want.
The comprehensive update of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar for FIFA 23 is presented in detail in this video.
