This year, EA Sports and FIFA ended a 30-year partnership, mostly because the corrupt sports governing body began making absurd demands for the rights to their brand. EA quit, and FIFA pretended as if everything was fine. It is obviously unacceptable.
According to news at the time:
According to reports last October, negotiations between EA and FIFA had gotten messy. EA wanted to expand the license into areas like NFTs, while FIFA wanted to retain more control so it could partner with other companies. In the end, it seems, EA wasn’t interested in paying the $US1 ($1) billion price tag that was allegedly being requested to extend existing exclusivity deal.
FIFA has pushed quickly to build these partnerships with “other companies,” resulting in an embarrassing Roblox tie-in. However, earlier today, FIFA published a press release captioned “FIFA unveils range of new web 3.0 games ahead of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022″.
In the announcement, which claims to be about esports but is actually about selling some horrible crypto/metaverse, four other FIFA World Cup games will be released with the Roblox game, all of which will include some type of nightmare web 3.0 connectivity.
The AI League: IFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Edition, which is a “4-on-4 casual football game, played between AI-controlled characters, with player input at fun and tactical moments.” This is a common feature in web 3.0 games since it is simple to build and apply. It also takes away the game’s enjoyment, which is another feature of web 3.0 games.
The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is the second event in the Upland Metaverse. According to the news release, Upland is the largest blockchain-based metaverse linked to the real world, where users can buy and sell virtual properties. Users can now collect original FIFA World Cup digital assets, such as the tournament’s famed video highlights. “It’s as if I’ve been transported back to March 2021.”
Matchday Challenge: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Edition “targets the emotional high of football fandom through a highly engaging casual social prediction game based on football cards, where the essence of the fun is derived not just from “getting it right” but by being the best among your friends”.
The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on Phygtl is the fourth. We debated the right pronunciation for a while before agreeing on “Fig-Tull.” It sounds less like a game and more like a blockchain fever dream.
Phygtl is a smartphone application for fan interaction that adds a new level to fandom. An interactive event in which fans work together to create the world’s first fan-generated digital award. Fans can extend a golden-globe-football from their palm into their real-world environment and possess a limited portion of it to attach and record their best FIFA World Cup images and videos. An electronic representation of eternal fandom
It’s impossible to pick the funniest component of all these announcements, from the fact that they were made months after the bubble burst to the reality that no one involved has any interest in actual video game design but still owns a FIFA bag.
The winner, however, is the fact that it almost makes you feel bad for EA Sports to see FIFA floundering around with no idea what they’re doing.
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