Modern FIFA is a casino. You spend 70 dollars to get angry at pack luck. PPSSPP FIFA 16 has "Ultimate Team" as a . You earn coins by playing the CPU. No microtransactions. No "meta." No 99-rated sweaty players.
But is it more fun ? God, yes.
Here is the weird, wonderful case for the ultimate "budget retro" soccer experience. We tend to romanticize the FIFA 14 or Fifa Street era on console, but on handhelds, FIFA 16 was the swan song. EA knew the PSP was dying, but instead of phoning it in, they delivered a miracle. ppsspp fifa 16