EA begins purge of Fifa games from digital stores

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Electronic Arts (EA) has quietly removed all Fifa titles from the Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation digital stores as it prepares to launch its first Fifa-less football game in three decades.

remain playable on the EA Play subscription, which is also part of the PC and Xbox Game Pass.Fifa International SoccerIt was later ported to multiple other systems and platforms — including MS-DOS, Game Boy, Super NES, and Master System.

The Fifa video game franchise became a significant revenue driver for EA, but the ending of a decades-long partnership last year means that EA will no longer use the organisation’s name or branding in its titles. The termination of that agreement came after EA reportedly refused to pay a new $250-million annual licencing fee to continue using the Fifa brand.To put that into perspective, EA made $7.58 billion in revenue in its 2022/2023 financial year, and gross profit of $5.46 billion .

 

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