EAFC 24 starhead thread

We might be lucky and get them all over about 10 updates but I won't hold my breath. EA are shameless.

Have EA given up on trying to build hype for the game these days? This place is dead and the lack of content from EA is telling

Pretty much. There is no hype. The hype was post beta. Once the beta dropped everyone's hope and hype dropped with it. A partial La Liga scan and a couple of customs it's disgraceful from EA. Unless tons of scans are added post launch then I can see it being the worst game since the covid Fifa with just a partial Premiership scan. If this is as good as it's gonna get then the game is finished before it's even released.

@jtswfc93exactly. Whatever hype there was is now nonexistent. They couldn’t even show if Lille was scanned so any optimism for Udinese, St Pauli scans has gone out the window and the stadiums are virtually pointless without scans.

The thought of waiting for a title update in 2024 for Bundesliga players scanned in 2021 is mind numbing.

Who exactly did EA scan in the 22-23 season aside from La Liga and some Serie A teams (that won’t be coming until FC 25)? At present they couldn’t even scan Chelsea who was a virtual guarantee based on the last few FIFA’s.

For La liga the lack of updates to existing scans is also shocking. Griezmann, Martinez, Zubeldia, Valverde, Gimenez and on and on… 

No additional Lyon faces so Gusto and Lukeba are just randomly added 🤷‍♂️

Overall has to be the most half assed attempt ever. 

I don't know if he had this tattoo when he was scanned at Cruz Azul, but it could be an indication of new scans, although Sporting Cristal is closed with Konami.

@grn1989 I mean it's probably not pointless to everyone but to most in the stathead community it's pretty pointless. 

I won't start s career mode with Arsenal because I don't like Ben White's custom or with Villa because Carlos isn't scanned. I will never ever sign a generic player in career mode and I barely ever buy customs. Just quality scans. If a team has a scanned stadium but not players then I'd never ever use that team. So to me the stadium would be pretty pointless.

Transfer Ben white out and buy someone else. Can believe one face stops a career mode. Unreasonable comments like that this will be what EA will see and then sort of understandably think ‘well nothing pleases them so what’s the point’. 

@scfatotboyland I never criticised EA for not scanning Ben White? There was obviously a reason they didn't scan him and they made a custom for once becuase they didn't scan him which is great but I can't used a team with a custom that is so poor. I also can't transfer out an important 1st team player in the first season. I'm happy to transfer out reserve players that barely play but certainly not an important player like Ben White. My point was about scanned stadiums without scanned players nothing to do with criticising EA for not scanning Ben White. 

I criticise EA enough for doing a half arsed job all the time when it comes to scans. Half of La Liga scanned in a year is in no way acceptable in 2023. We should be seeing partnered leagues and teams scanned on a yearly basis. The starhead thread on the other thread was the biggest thread in there with people complaining about EA's lack of starheads for the past 10 years +. No matter what we put in here it will never change. EA won't read this thread and suddenly decide to scan more leagues and clubs. EA will always do what EA does every year. Charge full prices for a half arsed product. 

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@SambaFutbol22 wrote:

... any optimism for Udinese, St Pauli scans has gone out the window and the stadiums are virtually pointless without scans.

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As a St.Pauli supporter, I'm beyond happy should my club get it's own stadium scanned. I'm still carefully skeptical of it, tho. Don't mind if there are no scans. Wasn't expecting any, really. We have Dapo scanned, and Nemeth. That's a good start. I'm usually playing my one long running career save with FCSP trying to rebuild, anyhow. Making the transfers I believe we should've done. All that with proper athmosphere in our real stadium would be a blast.

I could bring back former players like Gyokeres or Halstenberg. Sure, out of the current squad to have Irvine, Smith, Hartel, Saliakas and Saad (watch out for this kid) scanned would put me over the moon (I'd swap the rest with proper youth talent in a season or two anyway). But do I get mad that these players aren't scanned? No. I'd much rather have them get promoted anyway, so they might have their scans in the game. After all, the real football still means more to me than EA's casino game.

What the F in the update for the beta pep is now generic!! Eric ten Hag best have his face back on release too

😅🤣 Given up already. Cancelled my pre order. I'll just check if there's any good updates post release and then I may buy.

@TomLeadbetterit would be great if St Pauli was promoted. I had hoped they would make it two seasons ago and they would get scans + stadium. 

I’d be happy for Millerntor-Stadion to be in the game but for me you need both the scans and the stadium to enjoy it fully in MC. It’s never fun to have to replace 90% of the team with starheads from the very start of your MC as generics /customs are a non-starter for me. I also like to only do realistic/likely transfers so that’s another factor. 

If the stadiums is in the game maybe we will get scans as well but on current evidence (Lille + the beta mess) it seems unlikely. 

I will only buy if Serie A stuff arrives and if the Al Ahly rumor from Egypt is true.

@SambaFutbol22 Lukeba and Gusto were left over from the

previous Lyon scanning before FIFA 21.

Electronic Arts and FIFA partnership ends: new opportunities or missed opportunities?

The long love affair between EA Sports and FIFA has come to an end in 2023. "EA FC 24," the new name for the FIFA series, is just over a month away from release. Now that the astronomical license fees are out of the way, the question of where EA will spend the money and how it will improve the quality of the game is accelerating.

The license fee situation
The license fee that EA Sports pays for FIFA is not known to be an exact number, but it is known to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. In this situation, where this money is spent is not just a matter of business; it's a matter of how it will affect the quality of the games, the user experience, and soccer fandom.

Expansion of women's soccer leagues
One noticeable change is the continued investment in women's soccer leagues and players. How do we view this? On the one hand, it's a good move to increase diversity and inclusion. Women's soccer is booming, and so is the interest in it. However, these decisions are not without controversy.

Women's soccer vs men's soccer
FIFA started out as a men's game, and many of the people who love it are centered around men's soccer, and the majority of people who actually play the game are men. In this situation, it has been argued that to continue to invest in women's soccer is to impose a semi-forced politics that does not reflect user opinion.

Facial scanning and game quality
There are over 10,000 players in FIFA games, but most of them have simple faces that look nothing like their real-life counterparts, and less than half of them have actually had their faces scanned. If they're saving money on licensing fees, shouldn't they be paying more attention to this? The number of clubs that are partnered is high, but their stadiums and players are not represented, so it's fair to say that they are simply "partnered". Also, players want a more realistic experience as a soccer game, not a card odds adjustment, and that's what EA should be providing.

The Ultimate Team odds issue
Some have suggested that the addition of female soccer players was introduced to reduce card odds in Ultimate Team mode. This is of course unconfirmed, but if true, it's a very controversial issue.

Bottom line.
The elimination of license fees presents a new opportunity for EA. However, it remains to be seen how this opportunity will be utilized. It's not just a question of money, it's a question of what EA values and how they will communicate that value to their users. Expanding women's soccer may be a welcome change, but it shouldn't come at the expense of the existing user experience.

If the licensing fees are no longer a burden, perhaps it's time for EA to invest that money into improving the quality of the game and supporting not only the women's soccer league, but also the men's league and its players.

When is next announcement? No hype for this game at all. Nothing happening after underwhelming beta

Wha tdo yo umean? They've released all  the trailers now. Only one left is probably the launch trailer and that' s generally not released until the week the game comes out.

Licensing - stadiums etc. music