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Why not doing it the NeedForSpeed-way?
So here is my suggestion for future FIFA games...
I was just thinking about, how it would be if EA would handle the FIFA-series similar to the renewed NeedForSpeed series. Three new NFS games will be released all together nearly on the same date. Each of the 3 games is meant to be for a own group of gamers, which is a good idea in my opinion. For example there is first of all, NeedForSpeed Shift, which is a core gamer's racing game on next-gen standart, there is NeedForSpeed Worlds Online, which is, well of course, an online game and last but not least NeedForSpeed Nitro for Wii and DS, a game for casual or younger players. So I just thought if this wouldn't be a good concept for FIFA, too.
This is just an example how this could look for FIFA10:
(NOTE: Of course, this picture shows nothing official, it's just something I made up)
The idea is, that now everyone has more variety and is able to decide for himself which of these game-philosophies matches best for him.
This model could also solve many PC-gamer's complaints about not beeing able to get into next-gen experience. Now, people with a strong enough PC could enter it whereas gamers with a PC not good enough are still able to buy FIFAonline, a current-gen game. Through this way, the argument, that making FIFA on PC a next-gen game makes loosing consuments, gets abrogated. In an era of online games such as WoW and GuildWars, it wouldn't be wrong to make a FIFA online game anyway, especialy when you take in mind that the asian market has already its own FIFA online. FIFA online could be either a free to play game, financed through ads and/or DLC, a regular no free to play game with annual updates (like from FIFA 08 to 09), or a no free to play game which gets a new version after 2-3 years and wich gets financed through DLC in the time where no complete new version is available. I'm sure, for the developers this system would also have an economical advantage.
I really hope, that FIFA will go this way in the near future. If it's posible for NFS, then why not also for FIFA?
The first step into this direction is already done with FIFA 08 All Play on Wii.
I for myself, speaking as a PC and part-times console gamer, think this would be a great concept!
Please let me know what you think of this...
So here is my suggestion for future FIFA games...
I was just thinking about, how it would be if EA would handle the FIFA-series similar to the renewed NeedForSpeed series. Three new NFS games will be released all together nearly on the same date. Each of the 3 games is meant to be for a own group of gamers, which is a good idea in my opinion. For example there is first of all, NeedForSpeed Shift, which is a core gamer's racing game on next-gen standart, there is NeedForSpeed Worlds Online, which is, well of course, an online game and last but not least NeedForSpeed Nitro for Wii and DS, a game for casual or younger players. So I just thought if this wouldn't be a good concept for FIFA, too.
This is just an example how this could look for FIFA10:
(NOTE: Of course, this picture shows nothing official, it's just something I made up)

The idea is, that now everyone has more variety and is able to decide for himself which of these game-philosophies matches best for him.
This model could also solve many PC-gamer's complaints about not beeing able to get into next-gen experience. Now, people with a strong enough PC could enter it whereas gamers with a PC not good enough are still able to buy FIFAonline, a current-gen game. Through this way, the argument, that making FIFA on PC a next-gen game makes loosing consuments, gets abrogated. In an era of online games such as WoW and GuildWars, it wouldn't be wrong to make a FIFA online game anyway, especialy when you take in mind that the asian market has already its own FIFA online. FIFA online could be either a free to play game, financed through ads and/or DLC, a regular no free to play game with annual updates (like from FIFA 08 to 09), or a no free to play game which gets a new version after 2-3 years and wich gets financed through DLC in the time where no complete new version is available. I'm sure, for the developers this system would also have an economical advantage.
I really hope, that FIFA will go this way in the near future. If it's posible for NFS, then why not also for FIFA?
The first step into this direction is already done with FIFA 08 All Play on Wii.
I for myself, speaking as a PC and part-times console gamer, think this would be a great concept!
Please let me know what you think of this...