Electronic Arts announced that it has made a record start for the new episode of the FIFA 22 sports simulator, but there are no specific numbers. However, the company provided statistics for the first week after the game's release. Thus, 9.1 million football fans managed to play in futsim, Ultimate Team mod7.6 million teams were created and a total of 460 million matches were played.
The broadcaster also reported that they, together with the International Football Federation, were reviewing the rights to use the FIFA name for the franchise. It is unknown why this happens. It also states that the changes should not affect the rest of the licenses.
FIFA 22 was released on October 1 on all available platforms. A day earlier, rival Konami's eFootball 2022 was released, which received devastating reviews.
