OfficerRaichu15
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In fact I think Nintendo does have some type of marketing thing(not like bundles or anything) that they can show the game in a commercial which should help.
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FIFA Switch Info (includes Ultimate Team, missing The Journey, has PBR rendering)
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this cracks me up. The game comes out in 3.5 months. I think it's safe to say the user base will have significantly increased by then.
Few weeks ago I was discussing about Zelda with a colleague. I sent him a message later that day, telling gim to preorder the console as shortages were getting worse. He responded he would not buy a Switch, because there's no Fifa on it, and that's all he plays. So I told him it would release on Switch in September, and he could play it even more, wherever he is. He's now waiting for September to buy his Switch.
Here is a screen capture of our early exchange:
It shows there are people like him, who will jump because of their addiction to this game.
Here is a screen capture of our early exchange:
It shows there are people like him, who will jump because of their addiction to this game.
Considering the current demographics as released by Nintendo most of the NS owners currently are males between 18-25. So the odds of that group aligning with the FIFA audience is pretty good. On top of that there are a lot of lapsed gamers out there who may take another look at a FIFA game when presented with the option of playing the full game on the go. We'll see how it goes, but the potential for this game being a breakout hit is there.
VoltrefferNL
Banned
Oh man, is this some defense force comming out? Even if this gets a 10% attach rate on 10 million I'd be supervised.
Pleasantly so to say.
Nintendo, if they can, should bundle this in some key territories.
It would create goodwill with EA & address a demographic who might not normally pick up their console.
Don't know if there is some exclusivity deal regarding that though as iirc can only recall seeing Xbox FIFA bundles recently.
It would create goodwill with EA & address a demographic who might not normally pick up their console.
Don't know if there is some exclusivity deal regarding that though as iirc can only recall seeing Xbox FIFA bundles recently.
Legit curious: would EA consider that a success? FIFA is the top selling franchise in the world. Would one million be enough to convince EA to bring more games to Switch?
FIFA on Switch could turn into an evergreen title. No competition there and when people get a Switch and want to play football, they gotta get FIFA. Sprinkle in some real-life football stars sharing them playing FIFA on Switch and bam, this should do very well.
I think with the install base, they should be jumping up and down if they sell 1 million copies of the game. A third party sports game on a system with an install base of probably less than 8 million, that's flat out insanity.
forknknife
Banned
I think that this game will have very long legs and that will sell a lot via word of mouth once the switch starts increasing its presence in the market which will inevitably happen once Nintendo sorts out the shortages before the holidays.
I bet many casual players that only play fifa will find worth investing in the switch to be able to play while on trips etc.
This will only happen with a good marketing push too, of course.
I'd bet 1 million sold after the holidays.
I bet many casual players that only play fifa will find worth investing in the switch to be able to play while on trips etc.
This will only happen with a good marketing push too, of course.
I'd bet 1 million sold after the holidays.
NightwingRebirth
Member
Well, I'm actually going to pick this up now that we know they actually tried.
Selling one million without context isn't great, but considering Switch will be multiplying its userbase multiple times still, that one million would indicate a healthy userbase to cultivate imo. I hope EA sees it the same way.
In Europe, that game could very well become the go-to game to purchase for new Switch owners, so I expect FIFA 18 on Switch to have very impressive legs. That's part of the reason why I expect Switch to punch quite hard compared to its install base, also since it adds something that XB1 couldn't over the PS4 version.
It is an evergreen title in Europe on PS4/XB1 (and other markets), so I don't see why that won't happen on Switch too.
Defence force? Naw, I just think it's a silly way to analyze the possibility. If you don't think it'll hit 1 million, that's completely fine.
Jaded Alyx
Member
It seems EA doesn't have any Docked demo units at E3? That's a bit unfortunate. No direct feed video...
Ah. That's a bummer. Hopefully Nintendo has some in their booth.
Nintendo is targeting the 18-25 audience really hard, it's quite surprising seeing that focus but it makes a lot of sense. The Switch is perfect for university students for example, specially those that live outside their parents home on weekdays.
I think it'll sell quite well too. FIFA is really popular in Europe, and I think the way the Switch is designed would make it a popular choice. Them having a single joycon control scheme is a really good decision.
Time will tell though.
lwilliams3
Member
In terms of performance the Switch's CPU is probably roughly closer to 50% of the PS4s due to the usual diminishing returns of splitting tasks among more than 3 cores.
Not quite. With the benchmarks Blu posted, the combined score average was closer to 80%. A full power X1 would have easily surpassed the Jaguars CPUs in the XB1/PS4.
BTW, most consoles (with infamous exceptions like the N64) has sound co-processors to offload those tasks off the GPU and CPU.
Considering their complete abandonment with Nintendo in recent years?
500k should be their goal by Christmas. But since it's EA, I imagine it's 1 million. I think that's a tough hill to climb, unfortunately.
Good to have that confirmation but that's always been the case. It's never been an issue of the Switch being capable but that this was a choice by EA.
bumpkin
Member
I'm not a soccer fan in the slightest, but that looks pretty darn good. Better than I was expecting.
chicken_pasta
Banned
That eurogamer interview sold me on this. The game sounds great. Unfortunately I still don't have an answer regarding the damn Pro Clubs mode.
I always knew Zlatan loved eating booty.
Nintendo Switch...
Share the joy.
I always knew Zlatan loved eating booty.
Frostbite would not have been able to run in 1080P in docked mode, unless they scaled it down so much, and then you would have complained about "LAZY!!!11ONE! RAAH! DEVS!". Now they even made a custom engine, to run in a high resolution when docked, and give the Switch something comparable, putting in far more dev time then just porting it to Frostbite and scaling down all features and effects until it ran at 30fps or even just 20fps.
There just is no pleasing some people. What do you want? That they put in more manhours than they give the PS4 platform that has like 60 million potential customers? vs 5 million (if that!) at the Switch? They need to do a cost vs profit analysis here too you know. If you want more EA on switch, make sure you buy this one. If you don't.. then don't whine that they didn't try.
I mean I agree, the game looks fine so the discussion should be done. But I doubt that's the full answer, just the PR answer. For the amount of time they had, it probably would cause problems to port the frostbite engine over and wouldn't be nearly as optimized due to time or cost.
Gamecocks625
Member
Awesome. Someone asked about the 11 v 11 mode and it's not in this version. So kind of a bummer for them. Game looks great it looks like they really wanted to give NS owners a good version of the game.
NintendosBooger
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potatohead
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It looks like an excellent looking WiiU game so I mean that's not terrible. It looks good for the hardware for sure.
Also seems like a great game to find people to play against on the bus or subway and stuff.
Also seems like a great game to find people to play against on the bus or subway and stuff.
Right I'm sold. Fifa will be on Switch for me this year!
jack_package_200
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For those of you aren't spanish speakers, all of those comments are quite positive.
wonderful103
Member
"Custom engine"
Frostbite is an engine, not a set of graphics settings. Scaling is a thing.
mavericktopgun
Member
The interview is basically the one Eurogamer did.
Also, the interview is in English.
Oh, in that case please ignore!
Jaded Alyx
Member
Think he meant the YouTube comments.
names2hard4you
Member
Now to the real issue. Do I buy this physical because my home country's own Ronaldo is on the cover, and you don't get that every day, OR do I go digital for that extra portability...
I love it, looks like my FIFA.
jack_package_200
Banned
This is probably going to do pretty well in europe.
Imagine playing a game of Fifa in your pub with your mates.
I did.
Imagine playing a game of Fifa in your pub with your mates.
I did.
Yeah, this is going to be great for things like that, or having a quick match while on your lunch break with your colleagues.
This might actually look pretty good when docked :O
Day One!
It looks like a real effort of making a proper game.This could be a hit in Europe at least.
My roommate's only games are fifa, and even though I have a passing interest in the game and know a few teams, Fifa(and pes) gave me a better understanding and overall more enjoyment of nohandball.