God damn it! I was sitting here waiting for it to be released!

BTW. Why the can they release it on the other stores but not the European?

WTF?! I cant see it in the american store. Where is it?

Thats suck for European lol after all its their favorite sport i think

screw you EA SPORTS !!!

"there were a couple of issues which we couldn't get ironed out"

Why do USA get it then?! They're just f**king b*llsh***ing us! It's the same d*mn console in US! Why do they then get the demo but we don't?! Just release it on our d*mn store. If there were some problems for you to fix, then how can you release it in US?! I'm getting so d*mn pi*sed. What the h*ll is this b*****it about?! And why cant i download the demo from the US store?

Woohoo!! Soccer got delayed!!!!!

For one its not F**kin soccer its called FOOTBALL, you stupid yanks.

And EA sort your F**kin life and priorities out, whos gonna buy more copys? EU or USA??????...................Exactly

i can't find it in US store either .. anyone can ??

EA just pretty much spit in the face of the main region who was going to buy it :|  Good ol' EA for ya.

GRRR EA thats not fair! Not being funny or anything but us european enjoy football a little more than the americans! Why delay are version and not theirs!

I'm in the UK and I find that the demos and other updates are not there early in the day on GMT times. Check the US store later tonight.

Hesmanes:

you should be able to create an US account. Create a new log in account on your PS3, have a different email ready that hasn't been used on Playstation before. And when you sign up on PSN, state that you in the US and put in a phoney address. You will need to get the postcode right with the city your saying you live in.

psn id: gingo.... yes delay it in Europe where the highest number of people play football

EDIT: this is now wrong because i just went to Eu store and it was there so PSU get the facts right plz

Hmm.. no problem. I will just go to the US store and get it :-)

this game is available in the uk _ i think psu have benn fed false infomation!

Wow, you people need to calm the heck down.  And whats the reason for calling americans stupid cause we call it soccer?  And the reason the demo got delayed, im sure, is because there are a lot more certification and rights processes in the UK hence the delay on MOST of the demos on PSN.  How old are you richkaos?  12? grow up a little.

im not bothered, FIFA is crap im getting PES!

Hooray for the update, now hopefully you guys stop your whining and we can coexist in reasonable harmony lol

Oh noes! I hope they didn't get this mixed up and us yanks won't be playing Fifa today :o(

"FIFA 08 is in fact available to download on the European PlayStation Store. Apologies for any inconvenience."

THERE'S NO FIFA ON THE EU PS STORE! I live in Europe, and i've checked the damn store. There is no Fifa demo there, and neither in the US Ps Store.

hey richkaos! guess what....it is SOCCER...it may be called Football elsewhere, but not in the United States....its not called FOOTBALL in Italy...its Calcio...but i don't see  you complaining about that huh?....

pheww yay i downloading fifa 08

NOo!!! It didn't got delayed anyway!! Damn it!

This story is rubbish im downloading now as i type this off the U.K store ?

It's available in the United Kingdom store. It's not available in the rest of Europe yet. I created a UK account, and I'm downloading it now.

yeah everyone do what kane said

im in england and ive got the download fron psn

whoa whoa richkaos, no need to call us Americans stupid yanks (that's only in the stupid southern redneck states where bush came from lmao). and don't worry dude....your demo is available if you live in the UK. also North America is not ONLY the USA. North America is Canada, USA, and Mexico, so who's the stupid one now? :P

i was just at IGn telling everyone.... the UK PSStore has this demo!!!!! im american... but i have a UK account.... many of my friends from EU, are playing it.... so go get it guys!!!..... idk about 360.... its just football... yeah... american footbal makes no sence... why did we steal the name for a sport where your foot almost never touches the ball, compared to REAL FOOTBALL.... not NCAA bullcrap.... we are so stupi(d) in america...lol... we are mentally challenged for real.... EU people spit on the english launguage though...lol... all in all... were all just a bunch of stupi(d) crackers...

richkaos: its SOOCER in Australia and the US mate.. our football (Aus) is AFL.. so not every country has the same name for the game idiot.

and why cant EA say when it will be up on the ps store, thats just crap was lookin forward to the demo to see what the game is like

Update:

FIFA 08 is in fact available to download on the European PlayStation Store. Apologies for any inconvenience.  (As noted above)

very strange though, i am in europe The Netherlands. and i was able to download the demo just fine.

yer i know i downloaded but it wasnt put up till like 5.30 so the issues they couldnt sort out they probably just sorted it out in time. good work ea

The demo is available, but not worth it - poor framerate, sluggish controls and dodgy graphics.

Plus, all this confusion over whether the demo was or wasn't available just shows that EA haven't got a frickin' clue.

As for the 'football/soccer' argument... it just seems odd to me that America/Australia would rename a game played primarily with the FEET from FOOTball to 'soccer', and name another game FOOTball when the ball is mostly carried or thrown, and rarely kicked. Surely it would make more sense to leave football as FOOTball, and change the name of the other sports?!