FIFA is one of the best-selling game IPs of all time, and since 1993, EA has released nearly 40 games named "FIFA", including the series "FIFA Mobile", "FIFA Street" and "FIFA World Cup". However, according to the previous revelations, EA may change the name of the sequel because of FIFA's expensive licensing fees, but recent news has proved that EA may not be so tough but has taken the old road of real incense, interested players let's take a look at it.
Some time ago, "Uncle Party" Jeff Grubb revealed in his video program that "FIFA23" may be renamed "EA Sports Football Club" or "EA Sports FC". According to Grubb, on the one hand, EA doesn't want to continue paying FIFA's expensive licensing fees (FIFA has asked EA to provide $1 billion over a 4-year cycle), and on the other hand they are confident that players are coming for the game, not the FIFA name.
However, recently some players have found that it seems that EA's approach is not as tough as rumored, at least for now the next one is still called "FIFA 23", and some fans have paid attention to the recent update of a file name on SteamDB, which is named "Temp Release Version for Testing the Main Line of FIFA 23".
The EA may currently face a difficult decision to choose whether to cut off the FIFA name as early as possible before the end of the license at the end of 22 years, instead to release a new IP "EA Sports FC" within the year, or to continue using FIFA 23 after the license ends. The information revealed by "Uncle Party" Jeff Grubb and the file name of the beta update reveal EA's hesitation. But Xiaobian thinks from the perspective of the player, if EA even abandons the only remaining real star signboard, only with a small amount of content that is currently updated every year, the player really does not necessarily buy it, after all, from the beginning of "FIFA 20" the game has not been innovative, but from another point of view, think in case this saved money can be used for the development of the game, emmm calculates that Xiaobian himself does not believe it.