Electronic Arts Announces Record-breaking FIFA 22 Launch and Provides Comments on the Future of Football
October 07 2021 - 3:12AM
Business Wire
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) today addressed the global
football community through a blog post from EA SPORTS Group GM Cam
Weber:
To Football Fans Around The World,
It’s been an exciting couple of weeks for EA SPORTS, as we
officially launched FIFA 22. We’re very proud of this year’s game,
and love seeing the excitement from players around the world as you
get into the experience.
Since launch, we’ve already had 9.1 million players join the
game, 7.6 million Ultimate Team squads created and 460 million
matches played. We will continue delivering amazing experiences
throughout this season, but first - a heartfelt thank you to our
incredible community of football fans.
While we are only at the beginning of our journey with you in
this year’s game, we’re also focused on where we go from here.
We’re here to create the best experiences for football fans
everywhere. To do that, we start by listening to our players. We
hear consistently that what matters most is growing the global
community, creating innovative football experiences across new
platforms, a commitment to every level of the sport including
grassroots, and accelerating the elevation of the women’s game. As
a result, we have a clear vision for the future of football.
Through years of building our global franchise, we also know
that authenticity is essential to the experience. That’s why we
focus so much energy on the collective strength of over 300
individual licensed partners that give us access to 17,000+
athletes across 700+ teams, in 100 stadiums and over 30 leagues
around the world. We continually invest in the partnerships and
licenses that are most meaningful to players, and because of that,
our game is the only place you can authentically play in the iconic
UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, CONMEBOL Libertadores,
Premier League, Bundesliga, and LaLiga Santander, among many
others. The breadth of our partnerships and our ecosystem of
licensed content will enable us to continue to bring unrivaled
authenticity in our EA SPORTS football games, now and for many
years to come.
As we look ahead, we’re also exploring the idea of renaming our
global EA SPORTS football games. This means we’re reviewing our
naming rights agreement with FIFA, which is separate from all our
other official partnerships and licenses across the football
world.
The future of football is very big and very bright. Our priority
is to ensure we have every opportunity to continue delivering the
world’s greatest interactive football experiences. Thank you again
for your support and feedback on this year’s game. We look forward
to creating the future of football with you.
See you on the pitch.
Cam Weber, EA SPORTS Group GM
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) is a global leader in digital
interactive entertainment. The Company develops and delivers games,
content and online services for Internet-connected consoles, mobile
devices and personal computers.
In fiscal year 2021, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $5.6 billion.
Headquartered in Redwood City, California, EA is recognized for a
portfolio of critically acclaimed, high-quality brands such as EA
SPORTS™ FIFA, Battlefield™, Apex Legends™, The Sims™, Madden NFL,
Need for Speed™, Titanfall™ and F1™. More information about EA is
available at www.ea.com/news.
EA SPORTS, Ultimate Team, Battlefield, Need for Speed, Apex
Legends, The Sims, Titanfall are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc.
John Madden, NFL, FIFA and F1 are the property of their respective
owners and used with permission.
Category: EA Sports
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