“Play your own stub”: PC gamers are outraged by news of the PC version of FIFA 22

Last weekend the company Electronic Arts presented the first trailer for FIFA 22 and talked about the key technical innovation of the upcoming football simulator – the implementation of technology HyperMotion

According to the official description, HyperMotion “allowed developers for the first time in history to record the actions of 22 professional footballers actively playing on a real football field and replay them in game.”

“A state-of-the-art proprietary machine learning algorithm analyzes 8.7 million frames of advanced motion capture for players in matches, and then renders animations in real time to seamlessly convey football realism.

HyperMotion technology will allow gamers to feel the real emotions, passion and energy of the worldwide game.

With advanced 11v11 match recording technology and a patented machine learning system, FIFA 22 will be able to recreate the game of football in the most realistic, dynamic and responsive way on the next generation consoles and Stadia. “

The problem is that all of this will only be available on next-gen consoles and Google Stadia cloud service, but not on PC. PC version of FIFA 22 does not support HyperMotion and is actually based on last year’s game.

The news sparked outrage among FIFA computer fans. They write that Electronic Arts is “trying to sell them last year’s game again and again.”

The fact is that the computer version of FIFA 21 also did not have all the features of the console releases, and the developers explained this by caring about the audience on the PC

If FIFA 21 for PC was based on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S versions, we would have had to raise the minimum technical requirements, which would have prevented many PC gamers from playing the game. We measure and have data on the characteristics of our audience’s PC “, – explained producer Aaron McHardy.

In response, users accuse the company of hypocrisy.

Data on the characteristics of players’ computers does not prevent you from stuffing each new part of Battlefield with the most modern technologies, “they write in the comments.

FIFA 22 will debut October 1, 2023.

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