 While the development team of "FIFA" within EA Canada had transitioned to the Frostbite engine from Ignite for that year's entry, the "NHL" development team continued to use Ignite, though Ramjagsingh speculated about possibly using Frostbite in future installments of the series.The game also dropped support for the older seventh generation of video game consoles for the first time, following the "" port of the previous year.Ramjagsingh cited the increased player base on eighth generation consoles as a reason why the developers wanted to not port the game to the consoles of the previous generation.