How Cristiano Ronaldo’s contract with Juventus will affect FIFA 19

When EA announced FIFA 19 at its annual E3 event last month, it confirmed Portuguese and Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo (before signing with Juventus) would be the game’s cover star. Game boxes, trailers and many other promotional content all use the image of Cristiano Ronaldo in Real Madrid costumes. But after E3 2018, the star moved to another club.

In the World Cup semi-final between France and Belgium, information has confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo will play for Juventus next season, with a transfer fee of about $117 million. While the deal created excitement among Juventus fans, many FIFA fans began to wonder how it would affect FIFA 19. As the game was marketed around Cristiano Ronaldo and fans wondered if EA needed it. must change the promotional image to emphasize this transfer.

While the images can be easily changed using Photoshop, the way Cristiano Ronaldo appears in FIFA 19 has to be adjusted. In FIFA 19: The Journey (the storyline in FIFA), the main character Alex Hunter joins Real Madrid and the key point is that Hunter will play with Cristiano Ronaldo. EA can change the content for Hunter to join Juventus, but this will take a lot of development. Or they can keep the plot and let the fans complain about this inaccuracy.

EA usually releases updates after the game launches to improve FIFA and add any changes that happen during the transfer window. These patches can change gameplay, with FIFA 18 also updating gameplay while shooting and holding the goal. Although EA may update later, but the decision to debut Cristiano Ronaldo as a Real Madrid player is difficult to accept. EA wanted to make the FIFA series as realistic as possible, and it included the roster of players – especially when a famous name in the football world had just transferred.

Obviously, if EA doesn’t make any changes, it will severely affect the revenue of FIFA 19. When it first launched, FIFA 18 reached 1.6 million players over the weekend. FIFA 19 hopes to reach similar numbers. But given the importance of the FIFA brand, EA certainly won’t want to upset fans.

FIFA 19 will launch on September 28, 2018 on PC, PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One.

According to Gamerant