Investor meeting reveals Take Two's thinking on FIFA
The video game industry has had high-caliber divorces between some companies whose relationship was believed to be unbreakable either with other video game companies or with renowned developers, the clearest example of this being Hideo Kojima's departure from KonamiHowever, it could be said that the end of the alliance between FIFA and EA It is another divorce that has caused a great stir.
With the end of EA's license and rights to make games under the FIFA name, the company had to reinvent its flagship franchise by transforming it into EA Sports FC, a game that is, in essence, the same thing. However, with this move we also learned that FIFA was looking for a partner to continue releasing gameswith 2K being the most likely to win it since it is already responsible for other sports games. And it seems that its parent company has wanted to respond to these rumors.
Having a FIFA license only gives you the ability to use the name
During the investor meeting on the occasion of the results of the first quarter of the fiscal year, Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take Two, the parent company of 2K, has spoken about the company's interest in creating a football simulation gamepointing out that on smartphones they already have Top Eleven as the number one in downloads. He also mentioned that although It's hard to create an experience on consoles and this takes a long time, and is rewarded by the loyalty of its users.
It was at this point that he already mentioned FIFA as such indicating that Having the license would not bring any additional rightssince, even having it, there will have to be further negotiations with players, teams and leagues, unlike with the NFL, the NBA or the MLB that already have the complete package. In other words, it seems that EA was right when they said that FIFA only provided the name.
What happens in the future remains to be seen, but until then, know that UFL, Cristiano Ronaldo's game, already has a release date, while EA Sports FC 25 continues to present all its new features.
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