It might come as a bit of a surprise, after all football [soccer] is the undisputed most popular sport in the world.
Despite this, and given that Fifa has strong competition in the Pro Evolution series, last year Fifa 13 was beaten by Call of Duty: Black Ops II to become the biggest selling franchise of the year.
In an interview with MCV, EA producer Sebastian Enrique has expressed that EA is confident that it can beat Call of Duty this year.
“We have a very strong feature set so I am very confident that we can do better in terms of sales and numbers than 13,” claims Enrique.
“We want to create the best football game but we don’t just want to be the best sports video game, we want to be the best video game period. All these numbers about what is franchise No.1 helps EA, so hopefully we can.
“It would be really rewarding for everyone working on the game.”
Enrique acknowledged that Konami produce a good game, but also that the Pro Evolution Soccer is not the only competition. EA are looking to tap into the Call of Duty market.
“Having competition is a good thing but we don’t consider competition to just be PES.
“Call of Duty is competition. People that are playing Call of Duty are not playing FIFA.
We want them to play FIFA and we achieve that by creating the best possible game that we can create. That’s what we focus on. We are a team that is very aware of what we want to achieve.
“We want to exceed everyone’s expectations, exceed our own expectations and create the best game. Competition or not, these goals are not going to change for us,” concludes Enrique.
