EA Sports will release FIFA 17 recently. It’s said that FIFA 17 has increased 10 kinds of new content at least, including defensive strategy, defensive formation, midfield control, and other unique skills. We all know that EA has added women’s football firstly in FIFA 16. And FIFA 17 will perform the motion capture for them. FIFA 17 will be sold in North America on September 27, on sale September 29 in the world, landing platform for the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC. Let’s learn the new content of FIFA 17.
PES Series and FIFA series two football games are always competed drastically and want to defeat each other. A number of new elements are added over the years, it has more perfect gaming experience. Over the years, the two football games have given each other some real stiff competition. However, by margins big or huge, FIFA has always emerged as the popular one. No matter what Konami did, it could never dethrone EA. Things looked to have changed when PES 16 got better reviews than FIFA 16. However, when the sales reports started coming in, FIFA still was more popular. This year FIFA 17 also added a lot new features. Today we will compare this two games.
The fact that EA is ready to invest more money than Konami is a major reason for FIFA’s higher popularity. The fact that FIFA has an exclusive deal with more than 90% of the clubs. This means that instead of iconic clubs like Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal etc. we have Merseyside Red, London FC and North London FC. As if this was not enough, clubs like Borrusia Dortmund, VFL Wolfsburg etc. are absent altogther. This acts as a major spoil sport for a major population in the gaming community.
The end result is lesser sales. Another thing that has hampered PES’s popularity over the years is its player licensing terms. Instead of signing a deal with FIFPro, PES instead opts for license players through clubs. This creates a major problem because now, Konami can’t put players from unlicensed clubs in PES. This reduces the pool of players available in PES. The fact that some major absentees are also there is a further let down. FIFA played smart with this thing. By having a FIFPro license, it can have players from unlicensed teams and leagues. The final result is that PES has a fraction of the players that are available in FIFA.
Before PES 16, you could’ve played any PES game and you would’ve found one thing in common, a lack of feel. The gameplay felt too robotic. On the other hand, the gameplay of FIFA felt faster and more fluid. There was a distinct, realistic vibe to FIFA’s gameplay. It was a damaging thing that PES’s better graphics couldn’t hide. Konami addressed this issue in PES 16. However, 20 years of bad history can’t be wiped out in a single game. One of FIFA’s USP is its Ultimate Team feature. Most of the gamers buy FIFA for the sole reason of playing Ultimate Team. While PES continues without a similar feature, FIFA keeps surging forward in the popularity charts. Why Konami is not developing a similar feature is beyond me. MyClub is good but it is no Ultimate Team. Konami needs to either modify it or come up with something new. Unless and until it comes up with something similar, Konami ought get used to EA looking down at it.
