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I have no strong feelings about this other that that 'EA Sports FC' is a horrible horrible name. The only thing I can think of is that they want 'EA Sports' as

I have no strong feelings about this other that that 'EA Sports FC' is a horrible horrible name. The only thing I can think of is that they want 'EA Sports' as the main brand opening the way for other sports 'EA Sports Tennis' or whatever. But 'FC' really? What's that?

Sander_Marechal 4y ago
FC probably stands for "Football Club", as it does for a lot of actual football clubs. But I agree it's a bad name.
qayxc 4y ago
The FC stands for Football Club. The move is actually an excellent one, because FIFA is a corrupt organisation whose main purpose is to syphon funds out of clubs, fans, and countries into the pockets of their morally bankrupt leadership. EA should've done this years ago.
zinekeller 4y ago
Eh, it's fine for the target audience who knows what FC (football club) means, but definitely not their best rebrand.
spatulon 4y ago
They were probably trying to avoid using 'football' or 'soccer', because the former would be misleading to some North Americans, and the latter would be off-putting for some Europeans. The suffix FC is used by teams on both sides of the Atlantic, and should be well understood by fans of the sport.
- rchaud 4y ago
  I don't think it would be misleading, as EA Sports has a long-running NFL franchise game called "Madden [YEAR]", named after football coach John Madden. Cover art alone is enough to indicate the game being played. There won't ever be person with a helmet on the cover of a soccer game.
- Hamuko 4y ago
  Konami has managed to dabble in every single one of these naming conventions by calling the same game "Pro Evolution Soccer" (US-centric), "eFootball" (US-exclusionary) and "Winning Eleven" (name of the sport completely unmentioned) depending on the market/generation of the game. One year they even had their cake and ate it too with the "eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020" game.
  - dairylee 4y ago
    Don't forget that Konami also had the "International Superstar Soccer Pro" games which were named "World Soccer: Winning Eleven '97" in Japan and "Goal Storm '97" in the US.
  - robonerd 4y ago
    > "eFootball" (US-exclusionary) Calling it 'football' might confuse some fans of American football, but I really doubt any American fans of 'soccer' will be confused, let alone excluded.

Sander_Marechal 4y ago

FC probably stands for "Football Club", as it does for a lot of actual football clubs. But I agree it's a bad name.

qayxc 4y ago

The FC stands for Football Club. The move is actually an excellent one, because FIFA is a corrupt organisation whose main purpose is to syphon funds out of clubs, fans, and countries into the pockets of their morally bankrupt leadership. EA should've done this years ago.

zinekeller 4y ago

Eh, it's fine for the target audience who knows what FC (football club) means, but definitely not their best rebrand.

spatulon 4y ago

They were probably trying to avoid using 'football' or 'soccer', because the former would be misleading to some North Americans, and the latter would be off-putting for some Europeans. The suffix FC is used by teams on both sides of the Atlantic, and should be well understood by fans of the sport.

rchaud 4y ago
I don't think it would be misleading, as EA Sports has a long-running NFL franchise game called "Madden [YEAR]", named after football coach John Madden. Cover art alone is enough to indicate the game being played. There won't ever be person with a helmet on the cover of a soccer game.
Hamuko 4y ago
Konami has managed to dabble in every single one of these naming conventions by calling the same game "Pro Evolution Soccer" (US-centric), "eFootball" (US-exclusionary) and "Winning Eleven" (name of the sport completely unmentioned) depending on the market/generation of the game. One year they even had their cake and ate it too with the "eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020" game.
- dairylee 4y ago
  Don't forget that Konami also had the "International Superstar Soccer Pro" games which were named "World Soccer: Winning Eleven '97" in Japan and "Goal Storm '97" in the US.
- robonerd 4y ago
  > "eFootball" (US-exclusionary) Calling it 'football' might confuse some fans of American football, but I really doubt any American fans of 'soccer' will be confused, let alone excluded.