I never understood why you need a new game every single year just because a few player names changed… why not just put out an online update?
Ah yes, money.
A chunk of their target audience aren't really gamers so much as FIFA players. They don't buy a lot of games, so they don't mind splurging on the newest and most up to date installment of their favourite soccer sim once per year.
Greed™
It made slightly more sense back in the days, when each update also used to bring significant changes to the game engine, graphics, etc etc. But these days those changes are so incremental they're barely noticeable, so simple yearly updates and a full refresh maybe every 4/5 years would be fine, but they figured out people don't mind paying an AAA price tag every single year so why stop.
I'm not into sports or sports games but the classic nes and snes games getting annual roster update romhacks makes me happy
I never understood why you need a new game every single year just because a few player names changed… why not just put out an online update?
Ah yes, money.
A chunk of their target audience aren't really gamers so much as FIFA players. They don't buy a lot of games, so they don't mind splurging on the newest and most up to date installment of their favourite soccer sim once per year.
Greed™
It made slightly more sense back in the days, when each update also used to bring significant changes to the game engine, graphics, etc etc. But these days those changes are so incremental they're barely noticeable, so simple yearly updates and a full refresh maybe every 4/5 years would be fine, but they figured out people don't mind paying an AAA price tag every single year so why stop.
I'm not into sports or sports games but the classic nes and snes games getting annual roster update romhacks makes me happy