FIFA wants $1b for 4 years and more from EA *update* FIFA pulling exclusivity

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The core of the dispute is financial. FIFA is seeking more than double what it currently receives from EA Sports, according to people with knowledge of the talks, a figure that would increase its payout from the series to more than $1 billion for each four-year World Cup cycle.

The dispute is not just about money, though. The talks have also stalled because FIFA and EA cannot agree what the gamer's exclusive rights should include.
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FIFA would prefer to limit EA's exclusivity to the narrow parameters around use in a soccer game, most likely in an effort to seek new revenue streams for the rights it would retain. EA Sports, meanwhile, contends the company should be allowed to explore other ventures within its FIFA video game ecosystem, including highlights of actual games, arena video game tournaments and digital products like NFTs.


For FIFA, a break with EA Sports, and the loss of its nine-figure licensing payments, could threaten some of the innovations proposed by FIFA's president, Gianni Infantino. He is seeking to raise as much as $2 billion, for example, to finance a new expanded World Cup for clubs. At the same time, he is trying to persuade members to back his plan to increase the frequency of the World Cup to every two years.
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To find those new revenues, FIFA officials have studied the possibility of selling licenses to video games and digital products that are not soccer-related. A partnership with another company like Epic Games, the maker of the hit Fortnite franchise, for example, would broaden FIFA's reach but dilute the exclusivity for which EA pays a premium. That, according to former gaming industry insiders like Moore, could be why his former company is considering walking away.
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this is like the apple vs epic case, i don't even know who to root for.

its clear FIFA is strong arming EA on the license (thats a terrible deal and theres no other way to cut it) but EA kind of been giving their fans half assed annual releases for years, especially on nintendo.
 
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ForeverLurking said:
Can you elaborate, friend?
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Footballer all my life. Born and raised Trinbagonian. Front row seat for Jack Warner's rise to FIFA VP under Joao Havelange and then Sepp Blatter. As a polyglot, he made for an exceptionally effective hatchet-man for both men and FIFA in general. He got sloppy and US officials went after him (and others) to get US the foothold they've always wanted in the machinations of global football.


The thing is: you don't just throw money at it and think you control FIFA. It will never be enough. The sport is too embedded into cultural psyches, it literally dictates the welfare of some nations. You might as well try to saddle a hurricane. America is going to learn the hard way.
 
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Gizmo_Duck said:
the FIFA name is very valuable.

look what happened to tiger woods golf. it was super popular and then once they rebranded the franchise fell apart.
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That has nothing to do with it, gameplay is why it's going downhill, just like live, just like Madden. PGA Tour golf didn't lose it's license, tiger still in the game
 
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