

But that doesn't mean the developers at EA Canada could've gotten away with another mediocre effort this fall. Despite the growing popularity of Konami's Winning Eleven series of soccer titles, FIFA is still one of the powerful trio of games that Electronic Arts relies on year after year to carry the company. The arrival of FIFA Soccer 2005 on PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube ends up being a bit of redemption for the franchise that had slipped a bit last time we saw it. There was a time when simply getting the new roster update was enough. The challenge for every sports game, especially from EA, is to introduce enough newness year after year to make said sports game worth the purchase.
