Women's football is something EA "would love" to do

"Ladies football in itself is something that we often discuss here," Prior told Gamereactor, "as it is growing. There's certain key territories where it's massive. In the US they're real stars over here, the ladies team. In Canada it's big, I think in Germany it's pretty big. So it's definitely on the rise and it's something that we - time and resources allowing - would love to get in."

[PSN-JeRzYzFyNeSt]

make fifa for women's keep away from the actual fifa game

[SilentNegotiator]

Frankly, its a sport that could manage being bi-gender.

[3-4-5]

Two Options:

* Include it in Fifa & could help boost sales because more female gamers might want to play it, especially female soccer/football fans.

* If it gets it's own game, it's just not going to sell as well as anybody wants. It just won't, there aren't enough soccer loving, console video game playing women out there for this game to sell anything over 500,000 copies.

I do think though, that NOW is the right time for a female soccer game to exist though. Support for the US Women's team has never been higher and if they want to gain more exposure for their sport it could only help.

[WeAreLegion]

Include it in FIFA. It might even help kickstart it in countries that don't have a women's league.

[candy_mafia]

...and you jus earned ya'self a Bubblelicious :))

[WeAreLegion]

Well, thanks! A bubble for you, too!

[Mikefizzled]

I completely agree with you Legion. Problem is there potential pitfalls in the idea. One word. Sexism. There is no way you can appease both sides of the argument when your giving players subjective numerical values. Is Manuel Neuer better than Nadine Angerer? Yes. But they are the best goalkeepers of each gender. Do they deserved to be ranked same? I don't know as this is where one problem lies.

[liquidhalos]

I think its a good idea, if EA spent more time playing womens football they would have less time to develop buggy games. /jk

[SteamPowered]

That might be hitting a Niche Market there. I can think of quite a few sports games that they should invest in first. *Ahem, Boxing for one*

[Psychotica]

Women's American Football would be fun too (Lingerie League )

[MaxwellBuddha]

When I saw the phrase "women's football" that's the first thing that came to mind, lol.

[donscrillinger]

Let's hope not because I feel they haven't made a real pure Sim what I see on TV type of football yet .probably would be a good game if 2k made it

[candy_mafia]

Soccer sucks, but having more (positive) females in games can only be a good thing :)

[SniperControl]

"Soccer sucks"

1) Correct name is "Football" not soccer
2) 3.2 billion people. 46.6% of the global population (who tuned in to watch the World Cup final in 2010) would strongly disagree with your above statement.

OT: Big yay, for ladies "football", has a strong following over here in the UK.

[candy_mafia]

Oh okay, we call it Soccer in U.S. and I still don't like 'Football' but thanks for correcting me, and for not being rude about it :)

[SilentNegotiator]

The "correct name" is regional. Don't fight ignorance with ignorance (even when the "ignorance" is someone not liking something popular).

[SPAM-FRITTER-123]

Think this may help,

http://9gag.com/gag/a75NRVb

[TheSaint]

Biggest sport on the planet would disagree with you.

[calis]

The idea is admirable but no one would buy it if it is a stand alone game.

[Majin-vegeta]

Lingerie football league anyone :D??

[TheAmazing_OMEGA]

XD well this would certaintly fit in with the demographic that plays their games

[GamerEuphoria]

90% of the people demanding women's football is covered in Fifa games won't even be able to name a full squads worth of pro women players.

I'm all for equality, some people just want to point the sexism finger everywhere they can

[bandit905]

women play football??

[TheSaint]

Kind of.

[Ninver]

Dat physics...don't act dumb you know what i'm talking about.