After the reveal of his trailer, EA has revealed that FIFA 22 will only have the next-gen features on consoles. This means that the PC version of FIFA 22 will be equivalent to that of PS4 and Xbox One, so the HyperMotion animation technology that EA has been announced for so long will not be available. According to publisher, this move is intended to keep the title accessible to players with a variety of gaming equipment.
This is nothing new for FIFA, as previous installments have always been outmatched by their console counterparts. However, with how much publicity the HyperMotion improvementsIt’s a bit of a surprise to see PC gamers once again being left out of the fun and that ultimately the game will only have these next-gen features on consoles.
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FIFA 22 will only have the next-gen features on consoles
On Aaron McHardy’s wordsFrom EA, the decision to have FIFA 22 only have the next-gen features on consoles is thought in terms of accessibility. On PC, the variety of options to play is so great, that in the opinion of McHardy and EA, including the next generation functions would be leave many people unable to play the game. And of course this is not something that interests the publisher, with FIFA being one of the best-selling games every year.
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All in all, it is still a shame that gamers with high-end computers cannot activate the new generation features. Hopefully one future update change this EA decision, although it is unlikely.