EA Defends UEFA EURO 2012's Lack of Licensed Teams and Players
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The UEFA EURO 2012 add-on for FIFA 12 is out today and it has already stirred up controversy. As well as reported crashes and freezes on the Xbox 360 version of the DLC, fans are complaining that nearly half of the 53 international teams featured in the game have fake names and strips.
The unlicensed teams include one of the co-host nations, Ukraine, as well as Belarus, Estonia, Macedonia, Slovakia and Wales. In addition to this, players are also complaining that the add-on lacks a qualifying round option.
In response to the fan outrage about the news, EA has been forced to issue a statement. Basically, the publisher is saying that licenses for all of the teams and players would have cost too much money.
“The national teams in Euro 2012 are a combination of teams officially licensed or covered by our FIFPro license, and generic teams,” said the statement. “While we would like to have every national team officially licensed, of the 53 national teams in the game, 29 are licensed. The remaining ones are generic.
“The inclusion of national teams is negotiated between EA and each national football association, which we need to license individually. Licensing teams and leagues is a business decision based on market size and limited resources, and within these parameters, we were not able to negotiate an agreement with every football association to have their national team included within the game.”
So there you have it. Not entirely sure that’s going to make anybody feel better though.
UEFA EURO 2012 marks the first time that the tournament spin-off has been made available as a download instead of a standalone, disc-based game. Unfortunately, it would seem that the reduced price also comes with reduced content.