FIFA 17 sells 1,166,000 in the UK RETAIL ONLY!

[MikeRox]

Hiku said:

Let's say the only change in FIFA 18 is that the ball is orange instead of white (and the team roster updates) and I happen to be a huge fan of the color orange, so I love it. But instead of a team of 100-200 people working on the new game for hours and hours over the course of a year, it was 1 guy, who programmed the color change on his lunch break. It cost EA a few dollars, and in return they earned millions because they sell it for $60.

They'd need to earn millions just to break even. All those licences aren't cheap.

I don't think people realise just how much football licences for the top leagues cost. The reason PES has so few in comparison isn't just EA getting exclusivity. They also choose not to license others to cut costs.