Metro reports that the interest by those investors to talk to FC 25 Coins about taking over the video game franchise was expressed to 2K's boss Strauss Zelnick. He was reportedly asked point-blank whether he planned on attempting to go and get the license, should EA decide to drop it. Notably, he didn't answer yes or no, but instead seemed to talk around the question.
Instead of making it clear whether 2K Sports wanted to be the company that made the next FC game, he talked about a mobile soccer game that is quite a bit less popular. The game, Top Eleven, is produced by a company 2K recently acquired in Nordeus. Strauss talked about how happy he was to have Nordeus in the 2K family, claiming the company is "crushing it" and that he couldn't be happier with his firm's recent acquisition running the soccer manager business.
However, those same investors apparently understood that wasn't really an answer to the question of whether or not 2K would like to take over the FC franchise if EA goes another direction. When he was pressed for a yes or no, he still didn't directly answer the question. However, Zelnick did divulge that he'd at least given it some thought, saying it would be a big step forward for the company and it'd never been in the soccer video game business before.
Of course, while the rumblings inside the industry point to a divorce between Electronic Arts and FC, that divorce is not yet official. All this talk of other companies could actually end up being nothing more than talk. This may be one reason why Zelnick isn't committing to making a play.
It may sound ridiculous considering this year‘s installment only released over a month ago, but EA is most definitely already planning out next year‘s FC title. Considering it needs to release a new entry every year, production probably started before cheap FIFA Coins was even out. There are plenty of questions surrounding the FC 25 Ultimate Teamure of the FC series at the moment, but it at least sounds like EA plans on doubling down on customization content.
