CVG: FIFA 11 has sold over three million copies in the UK alone - out performing its nearest rival, PES, by almost 10:1. We caught up with FIFA Creative Director Gary Paterson, Scottish ex-pat and Aberdeen fan, to learn about how EA approached FIFA 11, where they felt it succeeded - or failed - and what lessons can be learned for the inevitable announcement of FIFA 12, with expectations higher than ever.
Online support for a number of 2010 EA Sports titles is set to end next month.
NBA Jam ? w00t 0_o Thankfully I don't buy any sports games. I hope they are talking about NBA Jam disc based version not the On fire downloadable one
I can understand the need to shut down servers. But doing it for games that only came out last year is a bit ridiculous.
I normally try and defend EA on here because I don't think they are as bad as many people make them out to be but but this would annoy me if I owned any of these games.
They're probably following 2k's lead. 2k has already shut down nba 2k12 servers. Which means the average life expectancy u can get from playing nba 2k13 (if u were to buy it now) would be about 10 months. Don't expect to play online longer than that. That means there product is a NO buy for me. If they offered LAN option on the pc side u could always use Tunngle to play online, but they don't so there's no way to play online.
wow they shut down 2K12 servers already???
at least EA gives people 2-3 years to play online, wow. nobody can complain about EA now
and to be fair to EA they shut servers down based on what percentage of people still play online. I remember them saying that they shut servers down which make up less than 1% of traffic across all EA servers, at least that's what they say.
"nobody can complain about EA now"
- torchic
Yes we can. 2k sports are also on my "no buy" list.
"The decision to retire older EA titles is never easy." That's also what they said when they shut down the servers for BF2: MC.
I think maybe with the release of pay for your own server on BF3 this is what EA might continue to use for all games giving an option for people who want to play it online.
I'm so sick of EA and all the BS, i'm sick of a lot of publishers anymore.
DSOGaming writes: "This article was inspired by a video that Elias Peppas shared with me. YouTube’s member ‘HelixSnake’ made a compilation of some epic physics fails from Skate 3. And this made us wonder; what could possibly go wrong in a video-game when physics engine go insane? Well, the answer is quite simple. You can get some gay stuff thanks to the Impact Engine of Fifa 12 & 13, spinning cars, boobs that can go up and down, and games with non-existent collisions (yeah, we’re talking about the legendary ‘Big Rigs’ game)."
Lol the Skate 3 vid looked more like a Garry's Mod vid
Lol @ one of the youtube comments
"Go home Physics, you're drunk"
I used to play a lot of Skate 3, so watching that entire video made me cry laughing.
Idk why you got 7 disagree's. Although I thought the skating vid was funny especially when the guy fixes the bench and puts it back in place and another guy runs into it and knocks the bench and him over
Meh doesn't worry me much anymore. People disagree just to do so, to rile people's nerves or something else. I've come to expect it
*shrugs*
LOL! That freaking Skate 3 video collection was just amazing... I want that game now...
LOLOL THAT was the funniest thing I've ever seen!!! Especially the Skate 3 compilation!!!
That was good times. Laughed so hard it made me want to search for more.
Go Nintendo - When EA was contacted about FIFA 12 being largely repackaged as FIFA 13 for Wii, here's what a rep had to say.
Go Nintendo seems to be scratching for news here. Sure, it probably is the same game, but what do you expect with Wii?
this has been going on the PSP for so long! why complain now? it's no surprise that EA is not going to invest too much for a console that is in its way out and Wii versions are always just like the PS2 and PSP versions - cheap money grabbing ports! for FIFA, the money is always on 360 and PS3 since 2008!
I'm not defending EA here but that's what happen when even Nintendo has abandoned the Wii now!
The problem is how much they ask for it.
$20-$40 is steep for this lazy repackaging and they take advantage of the ignorance of those who buy it.
if you don't want to invest in a dying system then don't bother at all, but don't rip off those who's still game on these systems and expect nobody to complain.
lol EA repackaging old games into the new version each year?
Wait until the Madden fans find out...oh wait nevermind.
They literally mean the same game, with just updated rosters and logos. No other changes whatsoever.
Wow EA and here I actually gave you a little credit for Fifa 13.
Now I feel stupid. How are companies able to just rob people like this? Actually getting away with it being caught red handed also?
Can someone sue these basterds already, charging for online to play in old games, now this? Is this not enough proof they are greedy as shit?
Or am I missing something here?
They probably don't even sell enough copies on wii to justify any major effort. They just release it with an updated roster for those who missed last years or new comers.
Fifa Is & Always Will Be Better Thank PES
Every year they say it's a challenge and were adding this and that, yet every year it's nearly the same game with updated kits and rosters. It's our fault we keep buying a game that could really be updated each year with a patch, but ain't that the same with a lot of games. Don't get me wrong I'll still buy it lol, but just fancied a rant.
I feel they update the engine enough to warrant my money each year.
How to make fifa 12 better isn't hard though.. support their damn product post launch better, LISTEN to their community and they'd already be on a winning way. So many little things that could be changed to make a better football experience. Things that come immediately to mind are:
1: Remove the quit game option from the pause menu online.
2: Have it so that playing players out of position has a significant impact on how they perform.
3: Fix the pressure abuse so that people actually have to defend properly without just holding down pressure.. this includes tweaking the 100/100 defensive tactic.
4: Penalise people with stupid formations which would never work in real life.
Sort these out and I'd be a happy fifa player.
Make sure in this game there is no scripting for online! its stupid! if a team is better then an other they should win!
I prefere PES 2011 over Fifa 11......