2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Arrives For 360 & PS3 on April 15th, No Plans For Next-Gen

[Steve_OS]

FYI, we are going to send some questions over to the Producers, post your questions here please.

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...questions.html

[SQI]

Quote: Originally Posted by cdawg44

Highly depressing that we won't get a World Cup game on next gen. World Cup 2006 was released on the 360 despite the fact the console had only been out a few months and I played that game like crazy and was the game that turned around the series after the disasters that were released. Hell they could have done a DLC pack on FIFA 14 like they did for Euro 2012 and charged me 20 bucks and I would have been happy.

But EURO 2012 was terrible! Most of the teams weren't licenced and if I remember, there was no qualifiers too. I think that this is the better solution. I'll get it for my PS3 since there won't be a PC version.

[Profit89]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lurking Lizard

IMO the PS4 is a very good console for the price, but it doesn't have any real advantages over a capable gaming PC. I'm sure it will have some great exclusives in the future, but as of right now it's more like an alternative for a gaming PC because it gets a lot of the good indie and F2P games that were formerly only on PC.

Totally agree. PC all the way for me, and if I have to drop sports games as a result because they aren't available, so be it. Plenty of other titles to occupy time.

[bhurst99]

"2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil will feature the usual array of nation-specific fans sporting banners, flags, and seat cards in the stadiums. However a new addition sees the broadcast highlight fans watching the game back home. For instance, if England score the game will cut to fans celebrating in Trafalgar Square, while German fans will scream and shout outside Berlin's Brandenburg Gate."

That could be pretty cool.

[RandyBass]

Peculiar decision.

They release NBA Live, and yet can't branch out from their FIFA series to bring the world's most popular sporting event to the latest consoles?

They must be getting really poor returns from their PS4 and XBOne games.

[bwiggy33]

This is really disappointing news. I couldn't wait for FIFA Brazil so I could get away from FIFA 14 for a bit. I've been dying to play road to the World Cup but it doesn't look like that will happen. I always loved going through all of the qualifying stages. It just sucks because IMO FIFA is the best Next Gen sports game. The improvements weren't drastic but there is still a fairly decent difference compared to 360 and PS3 to warrant the upgrade.

I really find it weird they wouldn't put it out for next gen. If you look at it by the time the game releases more and more people will have next gen consoles which means many people will probably have traded their current gen consoles in. By default yes more people will have current gen consoles but I still think there will be enough next gen owners to produce a game.

Another thing is the World Cup is just a fad anyway. It's a time where the casual or even non soccer fans will watch the sport because it's an exciting event. After it the people who watched the event probably won't be watching any more soccer until at least the Euro Cup if even that. As has been posted on here, many people only buy the FIFA World Cup versions of the game because they don't enjoy soccer enough to buy the regular FIFA game. This will be a lot of people who won't buy the World Cup game if they only have a PS4 or One. I don't understand EA's logic behind this but then again EA has their marketing business team for a reason. I still have a 360 but I cannot even fathom playing the 360 version when I have a PS4 and can play a better game with FIFA 14. Maybe my mind will change though. Worst of all is the next gen FIFA doesn't have tournament mode in it so you can't even create a fake World Cup.

[HenryClay1844]

Only an American would call the world's biggest sporting event a fad.

[craigbezzle]

still kinda pissed this isn't on X1/PS4.