EA admits to errors in FIFA 09 online code, promises FIFA 10 fixed

by Xav de Matos { Jul 14th 2009 at 8:15PM }

FIFA 10 line producer (for the Wii version) Sid Misra has told footy fans that troublesome connection issues found in last year's edition are being addressed for the 2010 version of the game. In a forum thread on the official EA Sports site, Misra admitted that online connection problems encountered in FIFA 09 were due to errors in the game's code and are currently being ironed out for silky-smooth online gameplay in FIFA 10. That is great news ... unless you're one of the many people who bought FIFA 09 and were unaware of your unofficial status as an EA Sports beta tester.

According to Misra, EA is confident it can sew up holes in FIFA's online system -- citing an impressive 95% completion rate during internal testing. We think that's swell, but seeing as though there is a major difference between testing in a controlled environment and the real thing, we're waiting to see how it performs in our own home before we get excited.

[Via GoNintendo]

Tags: bugs, connection-issues, connection-problems, ea-sports, fifa-10

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

MystileArmor @ Jul 14th 2009 8:52PM

I don't know what's more baffling, the fact they sent this game out the door like that and do nothing to correct it, or the fact they admit to it.

Jack_Jackington @ Jul 14th 2009 9:39PM

I like how they admit it... when the newer version is coming out

TheTjalian @ Jul 15th 2009 8:10AM

You do realise this is only on the Wii version, where there's no decent way to patch the game? They probably didn't know about some of these bugs when they sent it out the door.

Besides, if they had delayed it, investors, fans and probably everyone else would complain. Can't have it both ways.

daniel-kun @ Jul 15th 2009 4:13AM

Man I'm so pissed at the FIFA-guys at EA. I played FIFA 09 at a friend's on his XBox 360 and it was really nice. So I bought it for the PC and was eagerly awaiting it to arrive over the weekend, just to find out that it's a completely different (read: worse!) game on the PC.
It's not just looking FAR worse; the whole menu system is different and it seems they used an old version of the physics engine, too. I already re-packaged and returned the game after less than half an hour gameplay.