FIFA 20 har naturligvis en gigantisk esportsscene, men denne blev for alvor rystet for nylig, da en kontroversiel ban-beslutning fik fans til direkte at hacke EA's community-profiler, og udgive beskeder som støtte imod den bannede spiller.
Mere specifikt så blev esportsspiller og livestreamer Kurt Fenech (Kurt0411) bannet i sidste uge efter han uploadede hvad community-holdet sagde var indhold der var "abusive, harassing, and vulgar", og han angreb da også bestemte medlemmer af community-holdet på farverig vis. De sagde følgende:
"Kurt0411 had many chances and we were explicit that each subsequent violation would result in escalated penalties. The above violations go beyond acceptable 'smack talk' as the consistent violations targeting fellow competitors, EA employees and a previous on-air talent during the live broadcast are unacceptable."
Men det var seere og fans ikke tilfredse med, så de hackede officielle community manageres konti for at udgive beskeder med støtte til Fenech. I en besked til Eurogamer fortæller EA, at de har hjulpet deres ansatte med at bekæmpe hackerne, blandt andet ved at få disse private konti slettet.
"On Monday several EA Sports FIFA team members were made aware that their personal social media channels were compromised following targeted attacks on their accounts. Employee safety is our first priority, so several staff have suspended or deactivated their channels."
Fenech er ikke tilfreds, og mener at samtlige udviklere på spille bør fyres:
"These guys [the FIFA development team] they live in this delusional world where they think they're doing a good job. They think everything's fine, when in reality it's not. In reality, every single one of these employees who has worked on the last couple of games should be unemployed right now. That's what should happen to them."