Yesterday I was watching videos on YouTube and, scrolling down the home page, I saw a video about the history of a video game and I thought: "Why don’t I do something like this for my favorite video game?". Well, not a video, but a post with its history. Anyway, here’s the story of my favourite video game: FIFA
THE BEGINNINGS
EA Sports
began the FIFA series in 1993, hoping to develop a hold on football in the same
way that they dominated the market for American gridiron football gaming with
Madden NFL.
This video
game started with the title of “Fifa International Soccer” because the game
included only national teams.
In the offices
of EA no one believed in the explosion of this game but, one evening in
September, in the various offices, something happened.
Jan Tian, the
main developer of the video game, in fact said that the demo of the game had
started circulating in the offices and, one evening, an EA executive watched a
game between two employees, being stunned and forcing the game to be released
early.
So,the
long-awaited moment arrived and the game was released.
WHY
THE NAME “FIFA”?
During the
creation of the game, some executives considered what to call the game and, in
the end, it was decided to go and deal with FIFA itself to have its name in the
videogame.
We are at the
end of the summer of 1993 in Lucerne we are talking about buying the brand.
The
negotiation was really very short and inexpensive, although Tom Stone (EA
executive) will never reveal the figures of this negotiation.
The name of
the first video game was “Fifa International Soccer”(also known as “Fifa ‘94”) and, it became the best selling
game of the year.
THE
TURNING POINT
The boom comes
with FIFA: Road to World Cup 98, a video game that marked an era. EA introduces
a new graphics engine, all national and club teams and the "Road To World
Cup" mode. Furthermore, this is the first chapter to have an online mode.
The cover of the Italian version with Paolo Maldini is historic. The next two
editions are the last for the older generation consoles (with FIFA 2000 which,
in particular, stands out for its high quality soundtrack).
FIFA 2001, on
the other hand, represents a turning point: it was not only the first game to
use the official uniforms of the teams but also the first to debut on PS2 and
next-generation consoles. With the chapters 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005, FIFA
adds "football" to the title and continues to proliferate with new
gameplay, despite a graphics resolution that is not always impeccable.
FIFA
NOWADAYS
Now FIFA has
far surpassed its rival PES and has impeccable graphics, with the faces of the
players the same as the real ones.
Simone, 3scB
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