FIFA 24 or EA Sports FC? Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool and Real take a stand
Marco Reus was the German cover star of FIFA 17 and will also be part of EA Sports FC.
FIFA and EA will go their separate ways from now on and will be in direct competition with each other from 2024. Specifically, that means FIFA 24 against EA Sports FC. But how are the clubs dealing with the new situation? Via social media, top clubs such as Borussia Dortmund, real Madrid, Liverpool F.C, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspurs and Atlético Madrid spoke up and clearly sided with Electronic Arts and EA Sports FC.
“We’re in the Club”: Top clubs remain loyal to EA
Shortly after the split between FIFA and EA became known, the above clubs all posted a tweet with the same content: We are in the club (meaning EA Sports FC). More information will be available in July 2023.
Here is the social media message from BVB:
link to Twitter content
In FIFA 23 everything stays the same: The partnership will only end after the release of FIFA 23, which is expected to be launched in September 2022.
In the coming year, Electronic Arts will then switch to the name EA Sports FC, while FIFA will launch its direct competitor FIFA 24 from 2024. You can read all the other, extremely ambitious plans of the World Football Association here:
FIFA plans
‘Only true’ football match is entered against EA Sport FC.
EA goes on the license offensive
The end of the partnership with FIFA does not mean that you will no longer find official licenses or leagues in EA’s football simulation. On the contrary: According to Electronic Arts, numerous agreements have already been made with clubs and top leagues such as the Bundesliga, Premiere League, La Liga and UEFA.
What is crucial is that rights, licenses and the appearance of the players are not “property” of FIFA, but belong to the games union FIFPRO, which represents over 65,000 professionals.
What does this mean for FIFA 24? There is currently still a question mark behind the licensing of upcoming FIFA games. Since there is still no official statement in this regard, we have asked EA and will keep you up to date.
EA can now act more freely
In an interview with the BBC EA Sports Vice President David Jackson stated that without a partnership with FIFA, one can now operate more freely and offer more interactive and fan-focused gameplay.
According to Jackson, EA was previously held back by licensing restrictions. CEO Andrew Wilson later clarified the statement and spoke of commercial partners and other modalities that, according to FIFA, should be integrated into the game quickly, so necessary resources have been consumed during development.
Ultimately, however, it will only become clear from 2023 whether the dissolution of the partnership will bring more good or more bad things with it.
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Reference-www.gamepro.de
