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This year is pretty significant in football since it is THE World Cup year. EA released dedicated World Cup titles from 1998 and it became almost a tradition. Yet it is almost april and there hasn't been any announcements made so far. Isn't it weird?
World Cup 2010 was announced in January and released in late April (27th to be exact).
World Cup 2014 was confirmed in October 2013 (interview with Andrew Wilson of Electronic Arts), officialy announced in February 3rd and released in April 15th.
And this year as of 29th March - nothing.
What do you think, are there any chances for separate title or are we pretty much doomed to DLC or even worse, FUT-only expansion?
It isn't actually something EA hasn't done before: in 2012 EA released DLC for European Championships, and in 2014 on next-gen and PC World Cup was introduced only in FUT.
Did previous World Cup installments flop in terms of sales and revenues and EA is hesitant to take risk of losing money or what? Or are they making so much money from FUT that they simply don't care? Is it possible that in 2014 they made more money from WC-themed FUT packs than from PS3/X360 games combined?
World Cup 2010 was announced in January and released in late April (27th to be exact).
World Cup 2014 was confirmed in October 2013 (interview with Andrew Wilson of Electronic Arts), officialy announced in February 3rd and released in April 15th.
And this year as of 29th March - nothing.
What do you think, are there any chances for separate title or are we pretty much doomed to DLC or even worse, FUT-only expansion?
It isn't actually something EA hasn't done before: in 2012 EA released DLC for European Championships, and in 2014 on next-gen and PC World Cup was introduced only in FUT.
Did previous World Cup installments flop in terms of sales and revenues and EA is hesitant to take risk of losing money or what? Or are they making so much money from FUT that they simply don't care? Is it possible that in 2014 they made more money from WC-themed FUT packs than from PS3/X360 games combined?