FIFA 09 PC Facts & Details

[Rush09]

I also have an answer. FIFA PC same like PS2 only a few new animations.

[The Doctor76]

I've been looking at some more screenshots and, when the sun is actually shining fully on the pitch, the colour looks quite good. It's when it gets a bit more cloudy that it takes on the astro turf look.

[miharuhk]

I think PC FIFA 09 just a patched fifa 08. So the robotic movement still here.

[The Doctor76]

Come on, we haven't seen any proper videos yet, so you can't say anything about the movement.

[BLaZiNgSPEED]

Originally Posted by DoctorWho76P

Come on, we haven't seen any proper videos yet, so you can't say anything about the movement.

I can most probably esure you that the movement will be the same! Only graphics has been developed! And that's again EA's strategy to manipulate through fancy graphics.
If gameplay was differenet EA will automatically classify it as next generation despite the fact that it would still be current gen. But since they don't mention anything about the gameplay and that its still in the current gen category then its most likely that little or nothing has changed at all.

[piggeh]

Originally Posted by piggeh

anyone know??

anyone?

has EA sold out again and just improved graphics? Or have they actally improved sometihng worthwhile this time!

[The Doctor76]

Well, one the EA guys, Weepler, has claimed to have played it on PC and put his neck on the line:

http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/f...ml#post5511176

and I've given him a bit of a grilling. Let's see if he answers...

[akmal3393]

i don't like pes..i play all fifa version..i hope fifa 09 have a big change..i hope fifa 09 have good graphic and more realistic,linesmen and refree more action and more realistic..plezzzz make a change..

[miharuhk]

I just want to know why this lalalalaing ea sport series can use the same engine on several years even NG console released. Other EA series such as need for speed pc ver is exactly the same as NG console

[The Doctor76]

Exactly! I mean, look at games like GriD and DiRT!! What is EA's problem with the PC? Nearly every other game, the PC version is the same as the consoles (apart from Spiderman etc).

[akmal3393]

yes..why ea can't do the best for pc..i hate fifa 09 if it same to fifa 08..i want fifa 09 pc new engine..same to ng or beat ng

[Digw33d]

dream on guys...this ain't gonna happened to soon so we can keep talking on these forums for years to come 'cause all they'll ever do is ignore most of our requests

[Mamadu]

[TheKingRH]

Originally Posted by miharuhk

I just want to know why this lalalalaing ea sport series can use the same engine on several years even NG console released. Other EA series such as need for speed pc ver is exactly the same as NG console

The most shocking thing about it is how so many people, including myself, have accepted it for so many years.

Then there was a rumour circulating around on the internet last year that NG would definitely come to the PC this year. But surprise, or no surprise, EA are still holding back. They just can't do it. They would rather shoot themselves in the foot and force you to play their competitor's game: PES.

Then they talk about wanting more people to always think of sports games as being something that MUST be played on a console. Why? There is no good reason why a sports game shouldn't be played on a PC.

The argument about complex AI in Fifa gets quite thin when you look at the bigger picture and notice that EA have the same policy of producing lalalala PC versions of their whole entire sports catalogue. Most of that PC sports catalogue is now scrapped. Another shot in their own foot.

Even Golf, which doesn't use a quarter of the AI that Fifa uses, EA Sports will produce an excellent so called "Next Gen" version on consoles, but keep on reusing the same old out of date tired engine for PC. The engine will be patched and patched and patched year in and year out so many times untill I feel sorry for it.

But the dilemma is this:

Either, people are put off buying the extremely poor quality from EA Sports, then EA Sports use the low sales argument to justify having low numbers of employees working on the next year game. Which they then use as a point to justify continued laziness. Which reduces sales even further. Then when the sales are low enough, they discontinue production for the PC platform.

Or, people continue to give healthy sales to EA Sports, which sends the wrong message to them that their poor treatment towards PC gamers is acceptable. PC gamers have been treated so badly for so long by EA Sports that even the addition of some super tall 3D grass creates waves of excitement on the forums. It's like starving a dog for months, and then giving that dog a single bread crumb.

So now they know they can continue to get away with it, because they don't really have any intention of ever changing.

I think the sad truth is this: EA Sports have a very difficult to remove, stone cold mentality and very odd tradition from (Peter Moore and also previous presidents), that simply views the PC in a completely different way than all other games companies. Including other divisions of EA, such as the excellent Need For Speed producers.

They just can't let go of that old mentality that says "we can't take our own sports games on PC seriously, so how should the consumer". This is where the catch 22 thing starts, because if they don't take it seriously, then PC gamers can't.

[Digw33d]

The PC version is still very far away from the NG gameplay and graphics...it's not even a 50-50% mix between the two generations.

[Anubis2612]

Originally Posted by TheKingRH

The most shocking thing about it is how so many people, including myself, have accepted it for so many years.

Then there was a rumour circulating around on the internet last year that NG would definitely come to the PC this year. But surprise, or no surprise, EA are still holding back. They just can't do it. They would rather shoot themselves in the foot and force you to play their competitor's game: PES.

Then they talk about wanting more people to always think of sports games as being something that MUST be played on a console. Why? There is no good reason why a sports game shouldn't be played on a PC.

The argument about complex AI in Fifa gets quite thin when you look at the bigger picture and notice that EA have the same policy of producing lalalala PC versions of their whole entire sports catalogue. Most of that PC sports catalogue is now scrapped. Another shot in their own foot.

Even Golf, which doesn't use a quarter of the AI that Fifa uses, EA Sports will produce an excellent so called "Next Gen" version on consoles, but keep on reusing the same old out of date tired engine for PC. The engine will be patched and patched and patched year in and year out so many times untill I feel sorry for it.

But the dilemma is this:

Either, people are put off buying the extremely poor quality from EA Sports, then EA Sports use the low sales argument to justify having low numbers of employees working on the next year game. Which they then use as a point to justify continued laziness. Which reduces sales even further. Then when the sales are low enough, they discontinue production for the PC platform.

Or, people continue to give healthy sales to EA Sports, which sends the wrong message to them that their poor treatment towards PC gamers is acceptable. PC gamers have been treated so badly for so long by EA Sports that even the addition of some super tall 3D grass creates waves of excitement on the forums. It's like starving a dog for months, and then giving that dog a single bread crumb.

So now they know they can continue to get away with it, because they don't really have any intention of ever changing.

I think the sad truth is this: EA Sports have a very difficult to remove, stone cold mentality and very odd tradition from (Peter Moore and also previous presidents), that simply views the PC in a completely different way than all other games companies. Including other divisions of EA, such as the excellent Need For Speed producers.

They just can't let go of that old mentality that says "we can't take our own sports games on PC seriously, so how should the consumer". This is where the catch 22 thing starts, because if they don't take it seriously, then PC gamers can't.

best post i have read so far.

[miharuhk]

Fortunately, I haven't buy PC fifa since 2006 and move to PES now. I think I will still ignore PC ver fifa untill it completely move to NG.

[d32123]

Well at least they're not discontinuing FIFA like they did with Madden for PC. I still am not forgiving EA for that I wanna kill the lalalalalala who made that decision.

[GFX1O1]

Or like GTA IV 4 pc this year.I don't know whats gone into the guyz its like microsoft brain washed them all

[chelseaman5]

i agree

[Mamadu]

Well gta at least will be on pc......

[The Doctor76]

Originally Posted by d3123

Well at least they're not discontinuing FIFA like they did with Madden for PC. I still am not forgiving EA for that I wanna kill the lalalalalala who made that decision.

I'd like to have a 'quiet word' with the person who's responsible for Fight Night not being released on PC.

[ManonskyPly]

every EA sports game is really just annual shoverware with updated rosters

[Brcln930]

anyone knows will works FIFA 09 on my PC? 2000 Mhz, 1 GB , and 128 video ?

[The Doctor76]

128mb video card might struggle, what make and model is it? Also, say '2ghz'. No one uses mhz anymore. Better to have 2gb RAM for games these days as well.