EA successfully predicted World Cup winners fourth time in a row as Argentina lift trophy after nail-biting Finals
In the action-packed FIFA World Cup Finals, Messi proved EA's predictions to be accurate by getting Argentina's third World Cup win after the Latin American team beat the defending champions in penalty shootouts. This is the fourth time in a row that the developers have correctly predicted the tournament's winners, having declared Spain, Germany, and France as the victors of the last three World Cups.
Last month Electronic Arts ran a detailed simulation in FIFA 23 and correctly foretold that the Argentine squad would take home the Cup, granting Messi the long-coveted trophy. However, that is about all that EA got right because most of the knockout stages played out quite differently in real life compared to what the developer had thought would happen.
While the predicted Final was between Latin American giants Brazil and Argentina, it was the French side that took on La Albiceleste in real life. The match saw a nail-biting finisher after Mbappe's hat trick took the game into the penalties. However, EA's simulation in FIFA 23 said the Finals would end 1-0 in Argentina's favor.
FIFA 23 is EA's latest football game and has been fairly well-received by players around the world. With many new state-of-the-art features added to the title, it is probably the closest a game has ever been to simulating real-life sports. The offering lived up to this claim by once again predicting the winner of the World Cup.
Having said that, there were quite a lot of things that the simulation was incorrect about. Here are some of the biggest differences between what Electronic Arts had predicted and what actually happened in Qatar.
While Messi's contribution to Argentina's victory is undeniable, EA had believed that the GOAT would receive the Golden
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