FIFA 23 may become the biggest hit in the history of the series. EA: it’s on the right track

Released in September 2022, FIFA 23 is the 30th and at the same time the last game in the entire FIFA series. Electronic Arts has now admitted that the game has a good chance of becoming not only the biggest hit of the series, but also the biggest franchise title in history.

EA: FIFA 23 has a chance to become the biggest title

The fact that EA will not publish any more FIFA games has been known since May 2022. The Californian manufacturer did not get along with the international football organization FIFA, which meant that the license to use its rights was not extended, e.g. names.

Now EA has summarized its financial results for the third fiscal quarter (i.e. ended December 31, 2022), revealing in the report how FIFA 23 is doing. It turns out that the game is very popular among electronic ball fans. EA admitted that the latest installment of the series enjoyed “record engagement (players) in the third quarter”.

What’s more, the producer of the game stated that FIFA 23 “has a chance to become the biggest title in franchise history”. If this actually happens, FIFA 23 will not only be the highest-grossing game of the entire series, but also of all games that use licenses for lending, among others. image of third parties. Especially since FIFA 23 is still selling well.

According to North America alone, sales of the game increased by 50 percent. compared to the previous installment. In the first week of release, FIFA 23 sold 10.3 million copies. In comparison, FIFA 22 attracted 9.1 million fans in the first ten days.

Apparently, fans of football games want to keep the last title in the FIFA series that has been published for almost three decades. Fortunately, EA is already working on a new EA Sports FC game, which is supposed to be a continuation of the popular series, but it is supposed to bring a lot of interesting novelties that could not appear in FIFA.