EA Sports FC correctly predicts FIFA World Cup winner again

EA Sports FC has predicted the FIFA World Cup winner for the fifth time in a row. Interestingly, it’s not even the first time they predicted that it would be Spain.

Following their tradition, EA ran simulations inside EA Sports FC and predicted on June 6, 2026, that Spain would win their second World Cup this year. On July 19, this became reality.

EA’s franchise has previously also predicted victories of Argentina, France, and Germany in 2022, 2018, and 2014, respectively. In fact, when Spain won for the first time in 2010, it was also a prediction come true.

Given that EA and FIFA severed ties back in 2022, the publisher’s last two games were called EA Sports FC. After Spain took the victory, the publisher took to their X post to celebrate the occasion.

“We called it. You played it. Spain made it a reality. Five predictions in a row, and @SEFutbol lifted the trophy 11M+ times across #FC26 and #FCMobile. Congratulations on your second star,” the X post read.

EA Sports FC predictions work by using the game’s vast data on player attributes and team performance. The developer’s AI then runs simulations to come up with a winner.

Simulations for EA’s Madden and NHL run similarly, but neither matches FC’s accuracy.

That being said, since FIFA and EA split, the new official game representing the tournament is Netflix’s FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition. Like other Netflix games, players can use their phones to play it after scanning a QR code.

It isn’t exactly like a console or PC game experience, but it’s the official video game available for fans presently.

What EA said about letting go of the FIFA license

EA and FIFA failed to agree on licensing, and therefore, FIFA 23 was the last game that carried the name. On May 11, 2022, EA CEO Andrew Wilson explained what it meant for the company going forward.

“When we think about the future of football right now, we really made this decision on the basis of being able to deliver experiences that our players wanted,” he said in an earnings call, as per IGN.

“They told us they wanted more modalities of play. They told us they wanted to see more commercial partners in the game that are representative and authentic to the broad global world of football.”

Overall, splitting ways with FIFA essentially allowed EA to experiment more and incorporate other ways to play within their recent games.

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