Interesting fact:

Did you know that the FIFA franchise was almost cut by Electronic Arts on numerous occasions? Prior to its success in 1993, when it became one of the best-selling games of the entire year, management wasn’t impressed by the series and its costs. As a result, the development team was actually hiding from their managers while they worked away on the title, believing in their ideas. Turns out they were right. FIFA is now one of the biggest franchises in games.