FIFA 23 Legacy Edition Will Have Women's Football, But No New Features

Well...shocker.😒

I honestly don’t know how EA can justify this to their investors

@Zeldawakening

Nintendo Public: You couldn't possibly make the Switch Legacy Edition any worse.
EA: Hold my cocktail!

LMAO 😅😂🤣

As the article stated, at least they are no longer trying to hide the fact it is the same rehashed version.

They have got so lazy that they can't even bother to try pulling the wool over people's eyes anymore.

Probably some poor person in PR cringes every year when they have got to publish news on the switch version.

The actual game is still decent and there is no reason they couldn’t do a fuller fat version for Switch. The only reason they don’t is because EA are the laziest bloody devs on the planet.

..... Anyway, didn't EA go on record a few years ago to say they had multiple switch games in development. I didn't expect any new IP but haven't we just got FIFA and NFS??

@Duncanballs they released Apex Legends, Unravel 2, Plants vs. Zombies, Fe, Lost in Random and Knockout City too, which is most of their recent games. Only their sports games other than fifa, and games like battlefield aren't released on switch, but they haven't been that good lately, so not really a loss.

New Women’s league update means I am buying. Granted the last fifa i bought was ‘16 so I guess I am overdue.

Sometimes people treat Nintendo like second-class gaming. It's sad, but I'm used to it. Also, don't care about FIFA. This could be FIFA '02 as far as I'm concerned.

... I do like PLAYING soccer though. #KeeperLife

FIFA 23 Legacy Edition will feature no additional interest for purchase from me. This means I have zero interest in actually purchasing FIFA 23 Legacy Edition. Please understand.

If you have Fifa 22, there is already a 50% off discount available in game, making it £17.50. Don't think I'll consider it this time unless I start to struggle to get any online matches, but time will tell!

Would be amazing if they could give us a version of the World Cup DLC, even if its just a roster update of the version on Fifa 18. I still go back and play that now from time to time.

NL hasn’t given a 1/10 for awhile

If FIFA 22 gets discounted when FIFA 23 is released, at least it makes it more tempting to buy the (not so) old game.

Not even a World Cup mode?

Thank god this is the last fifa if I'm nor corrected... ! Such a shame this will sell!!!

They are sugar coating it a bit by referencing FIFA 22, as this is actually FIFA 19 with roster updates.

Just give it a month after release and it’ll drop by about 60% in price.

For AU$22 (down from $60), the asking price for the updated content is a lot more reasonable, and an even better deal for those picking up FIFA on Switch for the first time.

I don’t particularly blame EA for rehashing the same game year in and year out, but I wish they would at least add a Mii mode or something (like the Wii instalments of old) to distinguish it from other versions/instalments.

Absolutely bonkers how low effort they treat releases on what's probably going to become the most popular console ever. Token gesture at best...taking the licence for granted at worst.

The thing is, I’d rather EA did treat their game more like a legacy product, and sell a cheaper updated roster (especially now that Fulham are back in the Premiership!). And then update their core game with new mechanics every couple of years for a full-priced new release

Rereleasing the same game with a different name should be made illegal. This is basically an asset flip.

And sadly it will still sell, EA get money for doing very little. Such a shame.

People forget the only reason we have a FIFA release is because the license agreement with FIFA forces them to port it on all modern consoles. I would be more curious to see if we see anything next year when they drop the FIFA title. EA have no loyalties to Nintendo... anything, and without a forced contract pushing for a release I doubt we will get another.

But then who knows Android Wilson was so excited by Activision being bought out maybe they will be bought out by then and someone actually business savvy will make use of what terrible IP they have left in the bank.

@XenoShaun

But Switch is by far the most successful current console.
For EA to compound their mistake of dismissing the Switch initially by still not reconciling themselves to the error, just looks foolish.

I hope a real company gets the FIFA license now.

@Franklin I think EA is incredibly dumb with how they have handled anything related to the Switch.

Didn't they promise a whole bunch of titles would arrive by a couple years back and we only got like 4 or so of them? They are just doing the very bare minimum to appease whatever investors push the subject.

What has been frustrating for about this whole situation is no one stepped up and provided an alternative.
I’m basically looking at Konami, before they went eFootball, in fact if they released a PES Legacy it would probably sell really well as the eFootball transition hasn’t started all that great.
EA could be lazy while there was no competition.

@Franklin
I don't know if it is different on the Switch version, but World Cups are usually just part of the career mode and not so much their own thing.

@Zeldawakening
Not much they could do anyways. This would theoretically be their final FIFA game regardless of how bad the Switch version is.

When it comes to Fifa, EA barely cares about PC gamers either.
Last year, PC only got the last gen version and only now PC gets the same as PS5 and Series X. This isn't even unusual for them to do...

The situation on Switch is of course much worse than that.
It seems like EA only really cares about PS/Xbox though.
Perhaps there are the players who pay all that money for Ultimate Team mode. Ultimate Team literally brings EA billions after all, so that might make them prioritise the biggest spenders.

@Knightrider1 It's a shame they went the eFootball route. It wasn't too long before they were saying the PES games would launch on Switch as well. Then Konami flip flopped to live service tosh, typical of them.

@XenoShaun It is. As someone who grew up with PES on PS2 it really was so much more enjoyable than FIFA. EA did the same trick they did with NFL, just buy an exclusive license knowing people want to play as their favourite players and clubs because that is a lot easier than actually trying to develop a decent game

EA at one time was the home of the best developers who took pride in making high quality games that almost looked like "art" (hence the name Electronic Arts).

Now, it's just a lazy cash grab, online all the time, microtransaction, games as a service garbage.

It must be tough for Trip Hawkins to see what has happened to his baby.

End of an era, the last FIFA game made by EA. Could be a good thing for Switch owners... if we're lucky

Do not buy this.

Send these a-holes a message.

I just wanna know who keeps buying these?

They must be selling well, because EA would do it if they didnt

great fifa 23 gameplay

At least soccer fans have decent (if whimsical) alternatives in Mario Strikers and Rocket League. I'm still waiting for a credible hockey game, which is baffling because hockey would seem to transfer to a video game really well.

Well hopefully good things will happen after this game since EA will no longer had the FIFA license all to themselves after 2022 so even if their soccer game sucks at least we still get to see what other devs are doing with FIFA going forward.

I mean why should they add features when they will still sell millions of copies and top the charts by doing nothing? I'm glad I dont like sports games

I'm not about to Defend Fifa here bout correct me If I'm wrong... Isn't adding Womens Football an actual feature? Seems like one to me...

Well, EA's doing a great job keeping FIFA 19 playable. Score a point for game preservation I guess.

@Bondi_Surfer : I’ve heard people make that argument before, but I think that the current model is ultimately a better deal for consumers as one can easily pick up a full game for AU$22-$30 as opposed to the $30-$50 that EA would likely charge for annual DLC (and that’s in addition to whatever the base game would cost).

But some new features, or hell, improving upon existing features, would go a long way, but if only EA cared.

@JAGleics Don't worry. Whatever they call it next, they'll still reuse the same Legacy Edition rubbish as always, but at least it'll have a new hat.

It’s sad that we’re wishing for the level of effort of a normal fifa game to be put into the switch version and they can’t even do that

@Franklin they will probably add it at a later time.

@Zeldawakening this is exactly the kind of ***** they love. minimal development cost so every sale - and there are probably tons - has a large return. it is absolutely shameful though. they're absolutely the worst. i had a healthy 10 year career there. would rather leave games entirely than ever go back.

You guys might as well put out your review of the game now. It's not like you're going to get much wrong as this has been the 5th time EA's put the same game on the Switch.

@Kirgo

We used to get whole games around major tournaments.
Halcyon days.

By this stage I actually feel no sympathy for people who buy FIFA on Nintendo consoles, unless they are a first time buyer into the franchise. They have been doing lame half-backed EDITIONS for years!!!

dont know weather to fault EA for making the legacy edition or fault Nintendo for not putting out better hardware

I bought FIFA 22 last year because I’d never gotten it on the Switch. Don’t think I’ll be getting this year’s edition, unless it’s really cheap…