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With more than 10 million units sold in less than 15 days, “FIFA 23” broke its own sales record.
FIFA data indicates that the final between Argentina and France in 2022 was watched worldwide by nearly 1.5 billion people.
According to a survey, soccer has some 4 billion fans around the world.
After breaking a 30-year relationship with the Electronic Arts company, the International Association Football Federation (FIFA), in the words of president Gianni Infantino, continues with its plans to launch its own video game, which will be called FIFA 25.
In the supposed “war” of soccer video games, it is well known that EA Sports is leading the way thanks to its most recent title FIFA 23, which, by the way, has had a highly mixed reception from the community.
On the one hand, according to information from the firm itself, in October of last year it announced that FIFA 23 broke sales record with more than 10.3 million units in less than 15 days since its launch and, in fact, it is estimated that it will be the most successful in history.
To a large extent, this is due to the great failures of Konami and its eFootball, but also to the fact that the North American company has invested a lot in various content on women’s football, which is why in its next update it will launch the Women’s Champions League. as part of its drive to be the women’s soccer video game.
Let’s not forget that a landmark Electronic Arts contract with the English Premier League was recently announced. Said agreement, as has been disclosed, is valued at 488,000 million euros, a figure with which EA intends to continue being the main partner of the Premier.
FIFA vs. EA Sports: This will be “FIFA 25”, its new video game
At present, we are talking about a context in which, according to a survey, soccer has about 4 billion fans around the worldbeing, in short, the king of sports in terms of popularity and audience.
Under this framework, FIFA data point out that the final between Argentina and France in 2022 was watched worldwide by nearly 1.5 billion peoplea figure that exceeds by 35 percent the audience of 1,120 million that the final of Russia 2018 had.
So, taking this into account and after breaking relationship with Electronic Arts, FIFA seems to have ready its new bet on video games under the name of “FIFA 25”, which, in the words of Gianni Infantino, president of the federation, “will be the best video game for any boy or girl”.
It is also a bet that will venture into eSports tournaments, although this information is not yet well detailed and will surely be known little by little.
At the moment, nothing more has been said, but yes It is a bet in which FIFA intends to maintain one of the most successful sagas in the video game industry.especially in a context in which there seems to be no competition for EA Sports anymore.
It should be noted that EA Sports FC will arrive this year, the first title in a new saga that, according to everything that has been revealed, will continue to lead in sales and popularity; However, if we think about the vast power of FIFA, it seems that the competition will be much more intense.
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