EA says 'no current plans to introduce women's football in FIFA'
Including female players could open up a whole new target market, perhaps most significantly in the US, where women's football is increasingly popular and the national team is consistently successful.
But FIFA executive producer David Rutter told CVG: "We get literally thousands upon thousands of suggestions from our fans for new features and we have to evaluate those suggestions, such as the inclusion of female players in the game, against our resources, priorities and overall fan feedback. At present, we don't have plans to include female players in the game."
We got in touch with EA after being pointed toward a Change.org petition which argues that excluding female characters from FIFA "makes no sense". The online petition has been signed by over 2,800 supporters.
"The US Department of State says that over 40% of soccer players in the US are girls," it reads.
"By offering just men's teams as playable options on FIFA we're not only denying these girls a chance to relate to the characters they play on a videogame, but we're also wasting a great opportunity to encourage those same girls to be who they are, develop their passion, motivation and promote a healthy image and relation between women and sports.
"Young girls can't be portrayed by male videogame characters. We want them to be able see themselves in the games they love, as the soccer players that inspire them. Don't restrict our choices to Messi, Rooney, Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo. Allow girls and boys to play with Wambach, Sawa, Morgan, Cristiane, Miyama, Rapinoe, Marta, Hope Solo, Mia Hamm, Birgit Prinz."
European PlayStation boss Jim Ryan said last year that female consumers are the "untapped holy grail" for game publishers.
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Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/362588/ea-says-no-current-plans-to-introduce-womens-football-in-fifa/
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yayPosted:
AcedZev You do get woman that play Xbox and play Football... So I think they should just introduce it.
You do but i doubt it would change a womens mind on playing fifa or buying it
If a girl really wants to play fifa, I don't think shes really gonna care if shes playing a male or a female. I would assume she just wants to play the game.
AcedPosted:
Zev You do get woman that play Xbox and play Football... So I think they should just introduce it.
You do but i doubt it would change a womens mind on playing fifa or buying it
deekyPosted:
You do get woman that play Xbox and play Football... So I think they should just introduce it.
MazurPosted:
Permanent-Meow- i think that the most used team would be usa
Probably USA or Japan
yeah i would assume USA would be the most used team
PeetzuhPosted:
Permanent-Meow- i think that the most used team would be usa
Probably USA or Japan
Yeah, I think USA though. :P
Zer0Posted:
i feel like why make a womens game when you know theres not much of a gaming fan base for it
thats why womens sports games are not marketed
expect for vollyball i think
thats why womens sports games are not marketed
expect for vollyball i think
CearnsyPosted:
Derpson Truthfully, i don't think many women would be really interested in a video game, whether or not it could relate to them. It's just a matter of time before a game studio tries this and it crashes and burns.
Well i hope it aint ea who tries it
Android_Posted:
-Morais Honestly, adding women's football is pointless, its boring to watch, the players are worse, like no ones ever heard of any of the players or teams and why shouldnt women be inspired or look up to the top man's football players
I totally agree. Womens would fail.
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