Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!ereborbbs.duckdns.org!.POSTED.192.168.18.6!not-for-mail From: Kyonshi Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: EA vs FIFA; EA wins, everybody loses Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 10:42:49 +0200 Organization: Erebor InterNetNews Message-ID: References: <960lhjp7rcs7ami6k0th6su7tqlalofe00@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: c3066ed76bae8bcc0e476efb157ff758 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 08:42:40 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: ereborbbs.duckdns.org; posting-host="192.168.18.6"; logging-data="7421"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ereborbbs.duckdns.org" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <960lhjp7rcs7ami6k0th6su7tqlalofe00@4ax.com> Bytes: 1664 Lines: 14 On 10/24/2024 7:27 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > > Which is unfortunate, because I really was hoping the squabble would > sink _both_ brands. I doubt that whatever EA does in that regards would affect the FIFA brand that much. People aren't playing those games because they are FIFA games, people are playing them because they want to play football without getting off their couch. Also FIFA is just not a good brand to begin with, they have exactly one meaningful product that people are really interested in, and that's football. Gamers long have learned to expect the worst about licensed games. The FIFA brand isn't necessarily that great a boon for a game.