早些时候我们报道过「FIFA」系列或将更名的消息，当时外媒猜测这可能与授权费用有关。今天《纽约时报》援引消息人士说法报道称，国际足联向 EA 开出了翻倍的授权费报价，高达十年 25 亿美元，并且想把「FIFA」向《堡垒之夜》等其它游戏贩卖授权。据知情人士透露，国际足联和 EA 的续签合同谈判已经进行了至少两年，双方一直谈不拢的核心分歧是「钱」。按照目前执行中的合同，国际足联给「FIFA」系列的授权价值每年 1.5 亿美元，而这次续约向 EA 开的价翻了一倍以上。如果双方达成共识，国际足联在每四年的世界杯周期里都能从中获得 10 亿美元以上的收入，十年合同的总收入就超过 25 亿美元。但授权费用不是双方唯一的分歧。国际足联倾向于限制 EA 对 FIFA 的经营范围限定在足球游戏，据说目的是为保留更多权利寻求新的收
Earlier, we reported that the "FIFA" series might be renamed. At that time, foreign media speculated that it might be related to licensing fees. Today, the New York Times quoted sources as saying that FIFA has doubled the licensing fee to EA, up to $2.5 billion over a decade, and wants to sell "FIFA" to fortress night and other games. According to informed sources, the contract renewal negotiations between FIFA and EA have been going on for at least two years. The core difference between the two sides has been "money". According to the current contract under execution, FIFA's authorization to the "FIFA" series is worth US $150 million a year, and the price for this renewal has more than doubled to ea. If the two sides reach a consensus, FIFA can obtain more than US $1 billion in revenue every four-year World Cup cycle, and the total revenue of the ten-year contract will exceed US $2.5 billion. However, the authorization fee is not the only difference between the two sides. FIFA tends to restrict EA's business scope of FIFA to football games. It is said that the purpose is to seek new revenue for retaining more rights
