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Do the New ‘FIFA’ Covers Look OK to You?

Vice: Look at the new FIFA covers. These aren't internal mock-ups – these are released to the public, presumably final sleeves for FIFA 16. The one with Jordan Henderson is the UK release – the newly installed Liverpool captain and England semi-regular came top of a public vote for which player should appear beside Lionel Messi – and the other is the US version, featuring women's national team striker and World Cup winner Alex Morgan. Something's just not right about these, is it? They just seem... well, like Photoshop bodge jobs, with neither of the "guesting" players looking as realistic as Messi.

crxss3190d ago

glad i'm not the only one who noticed this. this isn't the first time EA's done this either

no_more_heroes3191d ago (Edited 3191d ago )

They don't look like real people. They look like some machine's idea of what a human being looks like...

AgentSmithPS43190d ago

Well, bouncing thousands of balls off your head can't be good for a brain that already leaves a lot to be desired. /s

rainslacker3190d ago

So you're saying they look like EA sports in-game models?

spacedelete3191d ago

stop making a big edeal over the covers. its just marketing tactics to get more people buying the games. why you think they have a woman on the US cover ? because sex sells and US is the least popular country for FIFA games.

by making a big deal over the covers you are getting people talking and controversy sells and all this over a yearly sports game. EA is manipulating the lot of you.

BlackPanther3191d ago

Or... The US women just won the World Cup and they are already in the game so it makes sense to add them to the cover.

You think people are going to buy this game simply because there is a female on the cover?

spacedelete3191d ago

you would be surprised. why do you think EA added women this year ? because they know it will help sell even more copies.

LightofDarkness3191d ago (Edited 3191d ago )

They added the women because the US market has little interest in men's football. It's considered a girl's sport there. So, they figure they might be able to break into a previously untapped market and boost their sales in the US by adding their World Cup winning women's team, with the potential knock-on effect of fostering a culture of football/soccer in the US among the female demographic and creating a larger market for the sport in general.

They've been trying to break the US with football for decades, this seems like a golden opportunity. It has practically NOWT to do with sex. They aren't trying to lure male gamers in with this cover, they're trying to hook young females with dreams of being world cup "soccer" stars. Like they've been doing with young male gamers practically everywhere else since the 90s.

Legion213191d ago

How does putting females in a game automatically equal using sex to sell the game? That is ridiculous

spacedelete3191d ago

its a marketing tactic and it does work.

Legion213191d ago

@spacedelete using something sexual is a marketing tactic. But just because she is a woman does not make her sexual. If they were wearing skimpy outfits that would be a different story.

Nightmar3Demom3191d ago

Because when I think about sex, I think FIFA!!
OMG.

BlackPanther3191d ago

"you would be surprised. why do you think EA added women this year ? because they know it will help sell even more copies."

EA added woman because it enhances the game like any other feature they have. But that isn't the same as what you just said that "sex sells"...

Implying that EA added the female so people who like seeing females will now suddenly play FIFA. No.

EA isn't manipulating anyone, it added a feature that is important to people and they added someone relevant to the cover. If anything you are looking at a reason to discredit EA for adding them into the game.

AgentSmithPS43190d ago

Lol I guess you're trolling because most of the soccer women I've seen from EA look kinda manly.

medman3190d ago

You need to take a gander at Morgan Press or Sydney Leroux.

wellard3190d ago

I personally would be more upset at the all the fifa logos. They go around like footballs mafia (hell they even have the murder of a south African politician under their belt) they've pulled the sport into the realm of farce for the sake of their bank balances. If ever there was something worth being boycotted for real it should be fifa. Help clean up our beautiful game and give anything fifa endorsed a big middle finger. We're so close to getting rid of them all. Don't give them your money this time around

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Antifan3191d ago

Becuz controversy = bigger sells for EA

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Who Wore It Better: FIFA vs Pro Evo Covers, 2001 to 2020

Like all great photographs, the covers of the FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer video games capture a moment in time. But which ones have been best?

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What a Game's Trophies Can Tell You About its Players

If you factor in how PSN also shows the total percentage of the playerbase with the same trophy, it's almost a database of behaviour.

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Gamist2dot02666d ago

For a "difficult game", I'm surprised almost 64,000 people got the platinum for Bloodborne. That game was worth it!

CocoaBrother2666d ago

One of my proudest platinums next to Velocity 2x, Digimon: Cyber Sleuth, and Killzone Mercenary.

joab7772665d ago

I think they patched it, but K2 was one of mine b/c of the fight with Radek on elite! Insanely hard!

Liqu1d2665d ago (Edited 2665d ago )

Aside from the chalice dungeons it's actually not that hard. Souls games platinums aren't actually that difficult really.

Imonaboat12665d ago

Yup .. Just unforgiving when it comes to mistakes

-Ghost2665d ago

SharePlay could also be a factor in many getting the platinum.

FITgamer2665d ago

Hell I've got the platinum for every Soulsborne game.

joab7772665d ago

Platinum wasn't too hard, but it wasn't easy either due to the Chalice quest. Still haven't played the dlc. Want to buy the complete edition and play it from the start, w/ the addition of all the new weapons of which many should have been in the base game.

Epic game and they are one of two devs that are currently working on my next favorite game. Can't wait to see what it is. Wouldn't mind a BB follow up though!

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FallenAngel19842666d ago

I still can't understand how there's not one Trophy with a 100% attained rate, especially when there are games that give them to you just for starting up the game

crazychris41242666d ago

Ratchet & Clank tutorial which only takes likes 2 minutes only has 97%, I just platinumed the game yesterday after finally getting the Death by Disco trophy on my 4th playthrough. Only 6% have gotten it.

FallenAngel19842665d ago

R&C: FFA gives you a Trophy just for starting up the story mode and even that doesn't have a 100%

Soldierone2665d ago

I'm always curious if these people just never sync, or if they legit got the game, installed it, boot it, then never go further.

rainslacker2665d ago

Games install their trophy list before they start. Probably not everyone actually actually starts up past the menu where it pops the trophy. Weird, but it happens I suppose.

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OB1Biker2665d ago

I understand its cool for gamers who like it but I hate the attitude of some people digging into others trophies and try to deride others. I even saw that happen for journalists trying to deride gamers who were giving their opinions.

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FIFA 16 Ultimate Team of the Week September 14th - TOTW 53

FIFPlay: FIFA 16 TOTW 53 is available on September 14th, 2016 from 6pm UK time.