It seems that Google has wasted no time and has already begun to focus on "providing the opportunity for developers to take advantage of the features of our platform." And it is that EA Sports has announced the arrival of FIFA 21 to Stadia, thus being the first time that the soccer franchise has landed on the streaming game service.
Play FIFA on Stadia
On March 17, FIFA 21 will arrive at Stadia to offer the famous soccer simulator from the cloud, thus allowing you to play with your ultimate team team wherever you want In this way, FIFA finally reaches the Stadia catalog, although as always you will have to pay for the game, since for the moment the service's policy remains intact: you will have to pay the Stadia Pro monthly fee and the purchase price of the game.
The arrival of FIFA comes after Google announced the closure of its two development studios, news that does the service a disservice. But from Google they made it clear that the intention is to focus on the platform and make things easy for other developers, so launching an agreement with EA serves to calm the waters. We'll see if this relationship continues to bear fruit.
More FIFA mobile games
In the meantime, EA has also announced that they are working on 6 different games that cover both simulator and arcade modalities, so we are going to have FIFA for a while, whatever your player profile is. At the moment the details of these experiences are unknown, so we will have to continue waiting until the company rules on the matter.
FIFA for everyone
That FIFA is a gold mine for EA is something we already knew. With 325 million copies sold worldwide throughout its lifetime, the saga enjoys better health than ever, especially since the arrival of microtransactions, a modality that has a legion of followers and generates insane amounts of money in the coffers. of the company.
With the rollout of six new mobile apps, the company will no doubt be experimenting with the addition of modes like Ultimate Team in those parts, so quarterly financial roundups could get even more interesting with new titles to come. . And it was already taking EA to explore the mobile market.