Sony was "very close close to getting the FIFA license," former PlayStation exec says, and nearly bought Peter Molyneux's studio before losing it to EA: "It was easier and cheaper to buy them"

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Sony's endured many forks in the road to become the video games powerhouse it is today. You have the early collaboration with Nintendo, the PlayStation 3's boomerang controller, and now, the revelation the corporation nearly acquired both FIFA and iconic British studio Bullfrog in the mid-'90s.

Martin Alltimes, former senior producer at Sony, spoke about it in an interview with The Game Business for the PlayStation's 30th anniversary. As he recalls, Peter Molyneux, co-founder, producer, and designer at Bullfrog, was shopping around his upcoming projects.