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Xbox named official console of World Cup 2006
posted by malloc at 04:27 pm on 24-09-2004
Extract from http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2987/040924xboxconsole/

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Microsoft Corp. has signed a sponsorship deal with Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), soccer's world governing body, that will make its Xbox gaming console the official console of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the company said Friday.

You're going to see a large amount of World Cup and FIFA-related promotions over the next few years, said Peter Moore, corporate vice president of Microsoft, announcing the deal at the Tokyo Game Show.

Electronic Arts Inc. is producing a FIFA Soccer 2005 game, which will be available for the Xbox.

The FIFA 2006 World Cup is scheduled to be held in June and July 2006 in Germany.
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News Source: http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2987/040924xboxconsole/

With the playstation have relied on heavy european football promotion in conjunction with the Uefa Champion's league , I feel it is an excellent move by Microsoft to appeal to the wider range of sports fans , watch out for Pro Evolution Soccer 4 hitting Europe soon which will be Xbox Live Enabled!

MS making all the right moves. This is huge

 

[BatiGOOOOOOL]

Does this means that the Xbox 2 isn't launching until after the World Cup?

 

[Solid]

Really good move. The heat is on!

Also, Xbox was the official gaming console here in Sweden during World Cup hockey. In fact, Xbox is the official gaming console when it's ishockey championship or whatever it's called in english. They pimp it in every commercial - especially Fable and Halo 2 during World Cup.

 

[DopeyFish]

Really good move. The heat is on!

Also, Xbox was the official gaming console here in Sweden during World Cup hockey. In fact, Xbox is the official gaming console when it's ishockey championship or whatever it's called in english. They pimp it in every commercial - especially Fable and Halo 2 during World Cup.

have you seen the rinks in sweden?

They have an Xbox logo in each teams zone taking 25% of the rink

 

[Ghost]

Microsoft might have announced it friday, but im pretty sure fifa or EA announced it weeks and weeks ago (there was a thread).

 

[alex2004]

I think what Ghost means is the "Fifa Interactive Worldcup". But this has nothing to do with the football worldcup in germany.