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It’s that time of year again: EA Sports’ FIFA 17 is set to be released on Sept. 27th.
If you’re not a gamer, the FIFA franchise is what Forbes describes as “The Benchmark for Sports Games”. The top-selling sports video game in the U.S. and the No. 1 seller in the UK, the highly-anticipated launch every year is accompanied by an over-the-top commercial and lots of marketing. You can head to 7-11 right now and buy a FIFA 17 branded Big Gulp with Gyasi’s player stats.
Spotted at 7-11: FIFA 17 Big Gulp cups with @gyasinho! pic.twitter.com/snZJN0JN5X
— Mike Gray (@MikeGraySC) September 23, 2016
As part of the build up, EA likes to release the player ratings soon before launch. You can check them out here.
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A few observations:
-The LA Galaxy are the only team in the league with 4 gold players. That doesn’t include Gyasi Zardes, who got robbed.
-Steven Gerrard is the highest rated player, which is obviously wrong. (Landon received an inflated 86 as a designated FIFA legend)
-Van Damme picked up a 89 physical rating #Stud, only to be bested by Emmanuel Boateng’s 90 for pace.