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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PeetzuhPosted:
ScantyMinecartupd8 Woman can't get angry about this, there are rarely any woman gamers. Well, that I know.
I don't know get many femal gamers either, but I'm sure there'a a lot..
There are quite a few female gamers, but in a male/female ratio of gamers it's about 100/1.
That's seems like a reasonable ratio.
yayPosted:
Minecartupd8 Woman can't get angry about this, there are rarely any woman gamers. Well, that I know.
I don't know get many femal gamers either, but I'm sure there'a a lot..
There are quite a few female gamers, but in a male/female ratio of gamers it's about 100/1.
MazurPosted:
AcedMazurScantyMinecartScantyAcedZev 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.
Lol, yeah probably.
I don't even care who I am when playing a game. :/
Exactly, no one honestly cares who's playing.
and they shouldn't because a game is a game, no matter if he, she, or it is playing the game.
Yeah, they act like changing an appearance will make a game get more copies sold, not really
lolright focus on what really matters, like graphics and gameplay and stuffs
PeetzuhPosted:
upd8 Woman can't get angry about this, there are rarely any woman gamers. Well, that I know.
I don't know get many femal gamers either, but I'm sure there'a a lot..
ImNotPhlegmAnymoreOKPosted:
Woman can't get angry about this, there are rarely any woman gamers. Well, that I know.
yayPosted:
AcedMazurScantyMinecartScantyAcedZev 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.
Lol, yeah probably.
I don't even care who I am when playing a game. :/
Exactly, no one honestly cares who's playing.
and they shouldn't because a game is a game, no matter if he, she, or it is playing the game.
Yeah, they act like changing an appearance will make a game get more copies sold, not really
If that's what they think, they're crazy.
AcedPosted:
MazurScantyMinecartScantyAcedZev 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.
Lol, yeah probably.
I don't even care who I am when playing a game. :/
Exactly, no one honestly cares who's playing.
and they shouldn't because a game is a game, no matter if he, she, or it is playing the game.
Yeah, they act like changing an appearance will make a game get more copies sold, not really
MazurPosted:
ScantyMinecartScantyAcedZev 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.
Lol, yeah probably.
I don't even care who I am when playing a game. :/
Exactly, no one honestly cares who's playing.
and they shouldn't because a game is a game, no matter if he, she, or it is playing the game.
yayPosted:
MinecartScantyAcedZev 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.
Lol, yeah probably.
I don't even care who I am when playing a game. :/
Exactly, no one honestly cares who's playing.
PeetzuhPosted:
ScantyAcedZev 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.
Lol, yeah probably.
I don't even care who I am when playing a game. :/
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