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CTOnews.com Tom Stone, EA's former vice president of European marketing, recently accepted an interview with Time Extension, revealing that Sony had the opportunity to take over FIFA's global licensing.

According to Tom Stone, ISL, the company responsible for FIFA brand licensing, contacted EA and PlayStation Europe behind their backs and offered them FIFA's exclusive global license.

Tom Stone said: "FIFA was at an important crossroads in the gaming world in the 1990s when they contacted Sony to offer them a license. Chris Deering, then president of PlayStation Europe, told me at the time that they had a FIFA license, and I thought he was joking because we had paid a lot for it, and I was really angry! Chris Deering assured me that they would not accept the deal and said they would not seek FIFA's license unless FIFA reached an agreement with EA. "

Time ExtensionTime Extension added: "Sony had long-term ambitions in Europe at the time, and they didn't want to jeopardize their partnership with EA. "If Sony had chosen to accept the deal, football games today might have been a different story.

However, EA's relationship with FIFA has not been so stable over the years. The two sides announced the end of their cooperation last year. As the license contract with FIFA expired, EA could no longer put "FIFA" in the game name.

Renamed "EA SPORTS FC 24" has been officially launched a few days ago, the national price of 248 yuan, CTOnews.com query SteamDB learned that this work is currently rated as "mixed," the positive rating is only 54.13%.

▲ Source SteamDB

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