Sure, if all they want to do is slap 'Womens League' on the back cover and appease the people who are complaining. I would argue that is even worse than not having it at all, though, as it would not be done properly - there would be no player likenesses, no proper stats, no motion capture etc. You might as well just create your own players in the Pro mode.
Danica Patrick? She was in some kart game, I think. I dunno if they actually make NASCAR games anymore.
Probably a pretty big futbol fan, the actual target audience of the fifa series. If he/she can't even name a single female player the inclusion seems kind of weird, and doesn't benefit anyone but a semi-vocal minority.Who are you, and why does your inability to name a female player mean it's pointless to give this a try?
I want it! They could make FIFA Women's World Cup that will be held next year. But I really doubt they will do anything.
Speaking of which, why there's no volleyball game?
I don't think there would be a market for this. Football is typically a male dominant sports around the world.
They should. Women's Soccer seems to be one of the most popular women's sports (in the US at least) - and it's really only a matter of additional character models.
It's not like there's much else for them to add into the base game.
Interesting idea.
Where's my fucking futsal/five-a-side though. Fifa would win me over with that. To think they had it in 97...
I'll be honest, I think from a business perspective they'd be better off polishing up the teams they have and adding some of the missing male domestic leagues like Greece and Japan.
However, I'd love to have a women's side to the game, even if only the women's national teams to start out!
While I'm no game developer, I really doubt the leagues and rosters that are the barrier to entry here, it's likely the player models and game flow logic that require significant development time. EA couldn't just do a palette swap (well, they could, but they'd get horrible PR for it.)I think there's a fair middle ground. You don't need to sink millions into this feature to do it right - the content wouldn't even have to be as encompassing as the main game. Just a side mode focusing on the women's leagues, with accurate rosters, and decently recognizable likenesses. It's foolish to expect an experience on-par with the main game, for a league that isn't aware close to the same scale.
Absolutely do not care, and it would be a huge waste of development money & resources
This petition won't do anything let alone get anywhere close to the 20,000 goal that it set for itself. As many others have pointed out, unless you can show EA that there is a definitive market for women's FIFA (let's not shit ourselves, there isn't), they won't do anything. The amount of money, time and resources going into it would a fucking waste.
EA isn't in the business of social change
They put women in the NHL series. They added a few licensed players, and put a few head models into the player creator. Minor investment of time/money. They didn't record new audio or animations. In most respects, it comes across as half-assed. But it can mean the world to little girls.
I'm sure EA has done some sort of research or inquiries on how well received adding women teams/players to FIFA would be, and they likely found that it would make zero difference to their bottom line or to the game's sales projections. There probably just isn't a market for female sports games.
Ultimately, the game of football is changing - whilst i don't envisage a unisex league in the next 10 years, there's definitely a sea change in the UK, USA, Germany and Japan where the general public are starting to realise that, gasp, womens football is pretty high standard.
Putting the women's game into Fifa , regardless of any other angles, gains Fifa yet another angle over competitors - the womens game is gathering pace and the inclusion of womens leagues doesn't seem like -that- big of a burden : player modelling aside, you are adding modes that are most likely 1-2 days of xml fiddling to control how the system works. Not sure about commentary but i can't imagine it adds that much $ burden.
This all brings in new players who may not have touched Fifa in the past - EA "not being in the business of social change" or -any- company for that matter taking the same line is largely unlikely to change across the board. Flexibility and adaptability to the market are massively positive traits - wonder if we'll see people morph to the changing climate?
You won't see it in 100 years either, because separate leagues for different sexes is something that has nothing to do with issues of social perception and everything to do with males and females being extremely uneven in terms of physical capabilities.Ultimately, the game of football is changing - whilst i don't envisage a unisex league in the next 10 years
They put women in the NHL series. They added a few licensed players, and put a few head models into the player creator. Minor investment of time/money. They didn't record new audio or animations. In most respects, it comes across as half-assed. But it can mean the world to little girls.
Very sad how so many of the men/boys on GAF don't seem to care at all. Only thinking about themselves and (for some reason) EA's bottom line. It is definitely a niche, but that's nothing special for GAF.
To those people who proudly announce that they don't know any women players, the FIFA series is where a lot of people learn about players and leagues outside of their own country and area of interest. If they added women into FIFA, guess what? You'd learn about some of them! Amazing how that works.
I can't name a single character in any anime show, so why bother making anime based video games or continue making anime at all?
That's some pretty awful logic*.
*That's if it can even be called logic at all.
Indeed.
Dang there is a lot of anger in this thread at the mere suggestion of adding women to the game. I can understand the economic side (although I think a lot of people are just repeating "it would cost too much" without any actual knowledge of the costs involved or the potential market AKA pulling numbers out of their ass) (not that those numbers don't possibly exist somewhere).
But people suggest economically impossible things all damn day long on this message board that don't provoke this kind of reaction. You don't see Sonic fans saying "I would hate it if Sega localized the newest Yakuza game because then they would have less money to spend on Sonic."
Why do you think this suggestion gets this kind of hate, then?
if i can't name any player, Why Bother?
Hahaha he's not coming back here. At least not with his integrity intact.
That said, there's nothing *wrong* if EA wants to add female soccer in their FIFA games.
Integrity is won and lost in threads on Neogaf each day...great point.
And yes you are right - Nothing *wrong* with EA adding female players and teams to their game.
Well, you were caught in a classic pot calling kettle black situation there, so yeah
Anyways, yes, nothing *wrong*, but like I said, they most likely wouldn't do that, because of reasons numerous people already stated in here.
I mean, it'd be great if they do it, but pretty unlikely. But we'll see, I guess?
You shouldn't beat around the bush and just directly say that people that refused the idea or think it unfeasible as sexist--I mean, it's clear as day that's the angle you're trying to pursue here.
Also, the same reason why Sega wouldn't localize the newest Yakuza game is most likely the same as why EA most likely wouldn't add female soccer in their FIFA games: why bother with so little potential market?
That said, there's nothing *wrong* if EA wants to add female soccer in their FIFA games, but we're here to discuss possible reasons *why* EA most likely wouldn't do that, right?
As someone who watches Women's soccer here and there, it just makes no sense financially to include this.
Yes it would be cool and progressive, but I'd be straight out lying if I said I believe this would bring out an untapped market of hundreds of thousands of female soccer fans.
That and personally, I'd play a few matches and then just switch back to the faster, harder hitting men. It's why most people don't just play the lowest rated teams in the first place.
The EA SPORTS NHL franchise took a big step last year by including female characters to create a more inclusive experience for female hockey fans, said Hayley Wickenheiser. Im excited to be a part of NHL 13 and hope that the addition of womens hockey legends will encourage greater participation in hockey from young women everywhere.