You lot talking about Andrew Wilson the CEO of EA? I'm enjoying the World Cup mode but I think a few additional features need to be added to make it more immersive. Like I real life - The option to be able to pick players from the full FIFA roster, not just the world cup mode I know offline game modes don't get a lot of love nowadays. But the majority of those features already exist on career mode when you manage a national team. Little things like that would make the game feel so much more authentic! We should also talk about the Final celebration. Here's a compilation of past celebrations: Why is the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals celebration so lackluster? I'm considering another reason EA did not release a proper World Cup game is related to the US national team not qualifying. They probably figured that Americans would care even less about the tournament if their team isn't even in it, so they had no reason to make a separate game. Half of the dev team are not from USA or can It's not about the creators. It's about the market and the marketing. The United States didn't qualify, and that's a huge blow to the 2018 World Cup's merchandise sales. Considering the way things are going, and how bad the US is performing, the next time we'll get a proper World Cup stand-alone game will be in 2026, and that's if and only if the North American World Cup bid goes through instead of Morocco. Europe is biggest seller of Fifa. Show me the stats. The US alone has the world's third biggest population. Football is only the favourite sport for 7% of Americans. Sources: Well, it not being the favorite sport for Americans is not a strong factor. Americans have multiple favorite sports for example, baseball, hockey, UFC, and WWE that aren't featured in the top 10 selling games. America has the world's third biggest population size. FIFA could be in the top 20 selling games, and it still could still help account for being the third highest selling-game globally. People that buy NBA 2K or other of the top 10 in America aren't unlikely to also purchase FIFA or any other game. Americans also have larger money reserves for leisure games than does most of the rest of the world. That's purchasing spending power that makes the American market juicy for game developers. It's simply not a coincidence that EA decides not to release a World Cup game after the Americans don't qualify for the World Cup. And that's what's most disturbing, because clearly the rest of the world cares about the game more than do the Americans. Yet, we have to face the consequences of EA's marketing decisions. It speaks volumes about the state of FIFA that people have no idea who is even in charge of FIFA anymore. Rutter and Channon used to to interviews and videos all the time and they've disappeared and it's not even clear if they've disappeared don't work there or they've been taken out of public view for some reason. We have no idea if anyone specifically works on one mode or another. We should also talk about the Final celebration. Here's a compilation of past celebrations: Why is the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals celebration so lackluster? I'm considering another reason EA did not release a proper World Cup game is related to the US national team not qualifying. They probably figured that Americans would care even less about the tournament if their team isn't even in it, so they had no reason to make a separate game. Half of the dev team are not from USA or can It's not about the creators. It's about the market and the marketing. The United States didn't qualify, and that's a huge blow to the 2018 World Cup's merchandise sales. Considering the way things are going, and how bad the US is performing, the next time we'll get a proper World Cup stand-alone game will be in 2026, and that's if and only if the North American World Cup bid goes through instead of Morocco. Europe is biggest seller of Fifa. Show me the stats. The US alone has the world's third biggest population. Football is only the favourite sport for 7% of Americans. Sources: Well, it not being the favorite sport for Americans is not a strong factor. Americans have multiple favorite sports for example, baseball, hockey, UFC, and WWE that aren't featured in the top 10 selling games. America has the world's third biggest population size. FIFA could be in the top 20 selling games, and it still could still help account for being the third highest selling-game globally. People that buy NBA 2K or other of the top 10 in America aren't unlikely to also purchase FIFA or any other game. Americans also have larger money reserves for leisure games than does most of the rest of the world. That's purchasing spending power that makes the American market juicy for game developers. It's simply not a coincidence that EA decides not to release a World Cup game after the Americans don't qualify for the World Cup. And that's what's most disturbing, because clearly the rest of the world cares about the game more than do the Americans. Yet, we have to face the consequences of EA's marketing decisions. I think the main reason why they didn't release an individual World Cup Game is simply because they wouldn't make enough profit to justify a new game. FIFA has changed drastically over the last few years from traditional game modes to just focusing on FUT. It's EA, they can make a fortune from it. Yes, there was a World Cup game back in 2014 but FUT hadn't quite reached the current stage of micro-transactions that we have just yet. If they were to release a World Cup Game, how would they convince the mass audience to stop playing regular FIFA and effectively play a FIFA-lite version of the game? It was fine back in 2006, 2010 and 2014 because regular non-FUT related game modes were still popular enough. But now everyone just wants to play FUT. There's no money or micro transactions to be made from them so why bother? It's a shame because classic FIFA was what I loved about the game.... It speaks volumes about the state of FIFA that people have no idea who is even in charge of FIFA anymore. Rutter and Channon used to to interviews and videos all the time and they've disappeared and it's not even clear if they've disappeared don't work there or they've been taken out of public view for some reason. We have no idea if anyone specifically works on one mode or another. They've been put into witness protection. When did David Rutter leave? According to what I've read, he was still the producer for FIFA 17. The countdown begins now. You can play FIFA World Cup for free in FIFA 18 on May 29th! Which country will you be playing as to try and get your hands on the ultimate prize in world football? How to edit and save default Team Sheet? You lot talking about Andrew Wilson the CEO of EA? The video I posted the other day mentions Star Wars 2. The video I posted the other day mentions Star Wars 2. It's not the people that work on the game, really. They just do as they're told. It's the people at the top that make the decisions and they get passed down. Just like how every company does things. I just read a FUT topic that was posted here in General Discussion. Someone spent pretty much £1,500 on FUT in Fifa 18. There's no way things will change. You lot talking about Andrew Wilson the CEO of EA? The video I posted the other day mentions Star Wars 2. It's not the people that work on the game, really. They just do as they're told. It's the people at the top that make the decisions and they get passed down. Just like how every company does things. I just read a FUT topic that was posted here in General Discussion. Someone spent pretty much £1,500 on FUT in Fifa 18. There's no way things will change. You lot talking about Andrew Wilson the CEO of EA? The video I posted the other day mentions Star Wars 2. It's not the people that work on the game, really. They just do as they're told. It's the people at the top that make the decisions and they get passed down. Just like how every company does things. I just read a FUT topic that was posted here in General Discussion. Someone spent pretty much £1,500 on FUT in Fifa 18. There's no way things will change. As crazy as it sounds... I'd definitely spend extra money too. With cash investments there would be massive changes to the mode and we'd probably get addicted somewhat. But, at least it's nice to have a choice. You lot talking about Andrew Wilson the CEO of EA? The video I posted the other day mentions Star Wars 2. It's not the people that work on the game, really. They just do as they're told. It's the people at the top that make the decisions and they get passed down. Just like how every company does things. I just read a FUT topic that was posted here in General Discussion. Someone spent pretty much £1,500 on FUT in Fifa 18. There's no way things will change. As crazy as it sounds... I'd definitely spend extra money too. With cash investments there would be massive changes to the mode and we'd probably get addicted somewhat. But, at least it's nice to have a choice. One thing I would consider spending on Career Mode would be stadium packs and that is only if EA add a good number of new real stadiums as standard instead of just a few new stadiums per year. When did David Rutter leave? According to what I've read, he was still the producer for FIFA 17. His twitter is locked now and it still says he works for EA on fifa. Guessing its locked due to the amount of people moaning about FUT. You lot talking about Andrew Wilson the CEO of EA? The video I posted the other day mentions Star Wars 2. It's not the people that work on the game, really. They just do as they're told. It's the people at the top that make the decisions and they get passed down. Just like how every company does things. I just read a FUT topic that was posted here in General Discussion. Someone spent pretty much £1,500 on FUT in Fifa 18. There's no way things will change. As crazy as it sounds... I'd definitely spend extra money too. With cash investments there would be massive changes to the mode and we'd probably get addicted somewhat. But, at least it's nice to have a choice. Kids play and spend on FUT. £1450 on fifa points or something. I know loads of people who spend more than that. And that is why offline will always be trash. Fifa is over for the offline gamer. Game should be renamed to FUT 19 I'm enjoying the World Cup mode but I think a few additional features need to be added to make it more immersive. Like I real life - The option to be able to pick players from the full FIFA roster, not just the world cup mode I know offline game modes don't get a lot of love nowadays. But the majority of those features already exist on career mode when you manage a national team. Little things like that would make the game feel so much more authentic! Is it possible to organize a vote to include these features? I think many would be glad at least to be able to change the incorrect squad numbers. Kids play and spend on FUT. £1450 on fifa points or something. I know loads of people who spend more than that. And that is why offline will always be trash. Fifa is over for the offline gamer. Game should be renamed to FUT 19 What exactly are FUT players getting when they buy FIFA points? Is it only players that already exist in the game?
