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FIFA is optimistic looking into its future growth in the gaming and eSport industries. This comes after they ran a strategic evaluation into the interactive and gaming markets.
Football stakeholders need to have more than one party who not only controls, but doesn’t end up taking advantage owning all rights to the intellectual property.
This follows a pivotal moment for FIFA and EA, as EA’s licensing deal for the FIFA game will come to an end following the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. FIFA is reportedly seeking more than two times its current cut from EA ($1 Billion over the span of four years) in return for the licensing of the FIFA game with the hopes of limiting EA’s rights to the game. The decision about the FIFA games will be made by the end of 2021, so we’ll just have to wait and see what agreement FIFA and EA might agree on.
FIFA is looking forward towards taking a new place in the gaming and eSport industry to better place itself in making decisions that’ll be in the benefit of all football stakeholders. In addition, FIFA is thrilled regarding the future of these industries for football as it needs to become occupied by more than one party. In addition, many companies in the mobile and tech industries are contending to have an association with FIFA and its platform.
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