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FIFA 23 will reportedly include cross-play and expanded women’s leagues | VGC

FIFA 23 will reportedly include cross-play for the first time in series history.

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FIFA 23 will reportedly include cross-play for the first time in series history.

That’s according to Xfire, which claims that the series will allow players from PlayStation, Xbox and PC to play together for the first time.

The report also claims that EA’s Hypermotion Technology has received a large upgrade and “now allows the development team to capture animations from real footballers in real matches using stadium cameras, eliminating the need for Xsens suits.”

The updated tech will seemingly be able to capture “over 100 times more” data in one season of football footage than EA has captured in the history of the franchise. This claim comes from an internal meeting.

FIFA 23 will also feature both the men’s and women’s FIFA World Cup, and it’s also claimed that EA plans to expand the licensing agreements currently in place with women’s leagues and teams.

Last week we reported that Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson told his staff in an internal meeting that he believes the FIFA brand has ‘impeded’ the franchise.

In comments provided anonymously to VGC, Wilson claimed that FIFA had precluded EA from expanding its games into modes beyond traditional 11v11, or “broader digital ecosystems”, and suggested that the only value EA got from the licence in a non-World Cup year was “four letters on the front of the box”

In a public statement released in October, EA implied that should it cut ties with FIFA it would still retain all its other league, player and stadium licensing because those deals are arranged separately.

FIFA fired back later that month in a statement of its own, in which it suggested it was open to working with new video game companies.

It also emerged that EA had filed multiple trademark applications for ‘EA Sports FC’, which could potentially be the new name for its football franchise should it choose to rebrand the series.

 

[AJUMP23]

I wonder if it will have the u17 Dallas boys club so I can go beat the women’s World Cup champions with them.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

Someone with a PS4 is going, YES FINALLY.

 

[FearlessBelgian]

Nobody care of women football, stop forcing... Seriously...

 

[Portugeezer]

I wonder if it will have the u17 Dallas boys club so I can go beat the women’s World Cup champions with them.

Fake news. they were 15.

 

[Craig of War]

Nobody care of women football, stop forcing... Seriously...

No one forcing you to play as woman team if you don't want to lol it the 21st century not 19th century anymore

 

[ReBurn]

Nobody care of women football, stop forcing... Seriously...

If they make them look like wiafus this will be the most popular game of all eternity

 

[FearlessBelgian]

No one forcing you to play as woman team if you don't want to lol it the 21st century not 19th century anymore

They loosing their time with women football and the game need a big overall update to be way better...

 

[ByWatterson]

I don't what they put in as long as they take the Russian team out.

 

[Craig of War]

They loosing their time with women football and the game need a big overall update to be way better...

Bro stop your showing your sexism man we all came from a woman vagina if you don't like woman football don't play it it simple

 

[FearlessBelgian]

Bro stop your showing your sexism man we all came from a woman vagina if you don't like woman football don't play it it simple

That not sexism, is realism.

 

[STARSBarry]

Nobody care of women football, stop forcing... Seriously...

No dude this makes me more likely than ever to play FIFA...

Now for the real questions, will there be an ass & boob slider for custom players?

 

[Craig of War]

That not sexism, is realism.

It really not they not forcing anyone you are saying it is forced how? it is optional you don't like woman football ignore that part of the game again it optional for people that like that

 

[Louay]

cross-play would help PC and Xbox in area when they aren't popular. overall it's good move for the game but i don't expect progress transfer when you switch to other platform.

 

[FearlessBelgian]

It really not they not forcing anyone you are saying it is forced how? it is optional you don't like woman football ignore that part of the game again it optional for people that like that

Because their is no popularity at all of theses modes

 

[EverydayBeast]

Cross play is tremendous it feels like a shot at fanboys every time

Cross play confirmed

Xbox fanboys:

PlayStation fanboys:

 

[Sleepwalker]

Don't have anything about womens football but its true that almost nobody plays the modes. Still the mode is there and adding a tournament isnt really resource heavy.


With that said, I'm over FIFA for good so wont be buying.

 

[mitch1971]

Will the ladies swap shirts at the end?

And can I dye my hair purple?

 

[Captain Toad]

Can we please remove the outdated terms "Men" and "Women" and make them Type A and Type B?

Spoiler

On the other forum, this would be a serious question

 

[Thanati]

Because their is no popularity at all of theses modes

6.2 million people watch WSL broadcast matches in 2021.

1.12 billion people watched the women's World Cup.

It took me all of 2 seconds to google these facts. Do that next time you want to bestow your knowledge upon us.

 

[FearlessBelgian]

6.2 million people watch WSL broadcast matches in 2021.

1.12 billion people watched the women's World Cup.

It took me all of 2 seconds to google these facts. Do that next time you want to bestow your knowledge upon us.

Lol

 

[nush]

6.2 million people watch WSL broadcast matches in 2021.

1.12 billion people watched the women's World Cup.

It took me all of 2 seconds to google these facts. Do that next time you want to bestow your knowledge upon us.

Now how many of them are going to drop $60 to actually play the game if they had no interest in buying it before womens teams were included?

 

[OZ9000]

6.2 million people watch WSL broadcast matches in 2021.

1.12 billion people watched the women's World Cup.

It took me all of 2 seconds to google these facts. Do that next time you want to bestow your knowledge upon us.

There was a woman's world cup? I'm honestly surprised.

 

[reksveks]

Dumb fuckers everywhere.

1) why do you think EA is going to spend additional resources on the game if they cut out the female mode? They ain't, they would just take it as profit
2) why does a mode that you can ignore bug you?
3) why does everything a company have to do maximize profit? Especially as a consumer.

 

[reksveks]

Onto the interesting thing, now there is crossplay, wonder if that includes cross platform progression.

 

[Cao Cao]

at least give me boob and ass slider thx

 

[Roufianos]

I'd love to see the percentage of Fifa games played using the women's teams.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

I just knew before i clicked to get in here what kind of posts i'd read here.
Predictable at this point.

No one is forcing you to play as women...you can still play exactly like you used to. Don't worry.
Not everything is about or for you. I'm sure there's a lot of people out there that will enjoy this.

 

[Daytonabot]

I'd love to see the percentage of Fifa games played using the women's teams.

You can see related stats for NBA 2K by looking at achievements. Hint: It's basically no one.

 

[Thanati]

Now how many of them are going to drop $60 to actually play the game if they had no interest in buying it before womens teams were included?

Do a survey of the billion people, and you’ll find out

 

[Thanati]

There was a woman's world cup? I'm honestly surprised.

Doesn’t matter if you don’t know about it. Over a billion people did.

 

[Swift_Star]

Nobody care of women football, stop forcing... Seriously...

Says who?

 

[Thanati]

Nobody care of women football, stop forcing... Seriously...

You do realize you can choose between hundreds of other teams, right? It’s not as if EA made it women only,

 

[godhandiscen]

Nobody care of women football, stop forcing... Seriously...

As a fan of Barcelona, I've started to follow our women's team. They won the last Champions League.

 

[SirKicksalot]

Will the female AI be accurate to real life?

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

I wonder if it will have the u17 Dallas boys club so I can go beat the women’s World Cup champions with them.

Correction: The U15 team, not the U17 team.

 

[blakdecaf]

Nobody care of women football, stop forcing... Seriously...

I mean the women/girls of this world that play football and/or play FIFA probably do, mate

 

[MudoSkills]

According to my trophies for Fifa 2020 (the last one I played) 7.6% of PS players got the trophy for playing one match with a women's team.

 

[12Goblins]

I just knew before i clicked to get in here what kind of posts i'd read here.
Predictable at this point.

No one is forcing you to play as women...you can still play exactly like you used to. Don't worry.
Not everything is about or for you. I'm sure there's a lot of people out there that will enjoy this.

yes, sadly the incels can't control themselves. their knee jerk reaction anytime womens sports is brought up is a dumbfounding and effective way to let everyone know you are never getting laid and have never played sports in your life

you know who respects female athletes? the male athletes, which tells you everything

 

[12Goblins]

There was a woman's world cup? I'm honestly surprised.

nobody cares that you live under a rock

 

[Mibu no ookami]

I wonder if it will have the u17 Dallas boys club so I can go beat the women’s World Cup champions with them.

What woman hurt you?

 

[chonga]

6.2 million people watch WSL broadcast matches in 2021.

1.12 billion people watched the women's World Cup.

It took me all of 2 seconds to google these facts. Do that next time you want to bestow your knowledge upon us.

Just to preface I have no issue with the inclusion in the game - but 1.12 billion people did not watch the World Cup.

The World Cup 'reached' 1.12 billion people. If you were somewhere where any of the matches was displayed for at least 1 minute this counts as being 'reached'.

The average viewership for the final was just 82 million. The ratio between that and the total 'reach' is half of that of the men's World Cup. Pretty telling.

 

[Brigandier]

1.12 billion people watched the women's World Cup.

 

[AJUMP23]

What woman hurt you?

None, it is just one of the funniest things ever.

 

[Thanati]

Just to preface I have no issue with the inclusion in the game - but 1.12 billion people did not watch the World Cup.

The World Cup 'reached' 1.12 billion people. If you were somewhere where any of the matches was displayed for at least 1 minute this counts as being 'reached'.

The average viewership for the final was just 82 million. The ratio between that and the total 'reach' is half of that of the men's World Cup. Pretty telling.

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019™ watched by more than 1 billion

FIFA has published the key findings of a comprehensive audit of the final audience data for the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™.

www.fifa.com

Kinda tells a different picture to what you're saying.

• • 1.12 billion viewers watched coverage of France 2019 on TV at home, on digital platforms or out-of-home
  • 993.5 million watched on TV alone, 481.5 million accessed coverage on digital platforms
  • Final seen live by over 260 million viewers, average live match audience more than doubled from the 2015 edition

 

[Thanati]

Nobody care of women football, stop forcing... Seriously...

SIgh.

 

[NickFire]

There are a lot of girls and women who play soccer, so this makes a lot of sense to me. Worse case it doesn't move the needle. Best case is it moves a lot of extra copies. And its pretty much risk free for EA.

 

[Boss Mog]

Nobody care of women football, stop forcing... Seriously...

I gave it a shot at the last World Cup and the level of play was embarrassing to say the least. From a technical side they were just awful which you wouldn't think since men's biological advantages shouldn't necessarily translate into better skills but in this case they definitely do.

Just for some perspective: a local team of 15 year-old boys beat the Australia women's nation team 7 to 0. I'm not one to endorse trans athletes competing in women's sports but for football (soccer) I would make an exception, it might at least make it watchable.

 

[jasondefaoite]

As a fan of Barcelona, I've started to follow our women's team. They won the last Champions League.

I can understand that given the state of the team.

 

[Hinedorf]

I'm sorry but the women bullshit in sports games geared towards MEN needs to fucking die a sexist death.

Give them their own fucking game but don't tell us you're "adding features" and really just putting tits on Lionel Messi

Same thing with NBA's inclusion of women, if you want them to have their own game FINE BY ME, stop putting bullshit filler in your game nobody actually wants.

Sorry women but if there was a great clamoring for women to have their own sports title it'd exist. Instead all females are being completely marginalized by their halfass inclusion in another franchise up until now where they only existed in the stands.

Either give women their own sports title and let the sales #'s decide or stop fucking with sports titles for men.