EA's Real Cash Cow: Why FIFA Has Taken Center Stage

[7stringking]

FIFA09 is great, especially in BAP mode....

I don't even like soccer and I can't stop playing this

[7stringking]

This article has an error regarding College Hoops 2k series...The series was ended because the NCAA wanted too much money, not for any other reason...Of course if you werre saying that if C-Hoops had sold more(and thus 2k would have payed more for the rights) then you woul dbe correct


As far as I know, there is nothing stopping them from regaining the rights next year if 2k and NCAA can come to an agreeable price

[7stringking]

Quote: Originally Posted by statum71

Good article. This is what I keep telling my homie...Madden is no better than 4th or 5th right now among sports game franchises. Behind: The Show, NBA 2K, FIFA and maybe even NHL. Sports games are getting better and better. I just wanna see America's number 1 sport (NFL) get up to speed.

Yeah, dead on...And yes, NHL09 is definitely ahead of Madden in terms of quality as well

[ChaseB]

Quote: Originally Posted by 7stringking

This article has an error regarding College Hoops 2k series...The series was ended because the NCAA wanted too much money, not for any other reason...Of course if you werre saying that if C-Hoops had sold more(and thus 2k would have payed more for the rights) then you woul dbe correct As far as I know, there is nothing stopping them from regaining the rights next year if 2k and NCAA can come to an agreeable price

It was a cost issue. The game didn't sell very well, so they didn't want to pay the licensing fees.

[ngoulding]

Nice article but the one important point it forgets to mention is the importance of FIFA being a 'sim' style game. FIFA had always traditionally been a more arcade style experience, similar to Madden, where the people buying the game did so because they liked FIFA moreso than they liked real soccer. The fact that a move to a sim style of gameplay could be so profitable, while retaining the series long running fans, definitely would have helped Ian Cummings in his attempts to take Madden down a similar path. A year ago the directors in EA most likely would have been very slow to risk changing Madden very much because of the risk of killing the golden goose. FIFA gives sim style developers a lot of leverage in seeking to make drastic changes to their franchise, something which all Madden gamers such be thankful for.

[7stringking]

Quote: Originally Posted by ngoulding

Nice article but the one important point it forgets to mention is the importance of FIFA being a 'sim' style game. FIFA had always traditionally been a more arcade style experience, similar to Madden, where the people buying the game did so because they liked FIFA moreso than they liked real soccer. The fact that a move to a sim style of gameplay could be so profitable, while retaining the series long running fans, definitely would have helped Ian Cummings in his attempts to take Madden down a similar path. A year ago the directors in EA most likely would have been very slow to risk changing Madden very much because of the risk of killing the golden goose. FIFA gives sim style developers a lot of leverage in seeking to make drastic changes to their franchise, something which all Madden gamers such be thankful for.

That is a great point....I guess the gaming company presidents need to realise that this isn't 1990, and also that their fans are not as dumb as they think

[KG]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blaxican8504

I think FIFA 08 was the first time I had ever played a game all the way to the release of the next version.

I agree.

[buzzguy]

What can you say? FIFA has been really, really good for 2 straight years. EA Vancouver is doing a bang-up job on it's sports titles...even NBA Live is turning itself around.