Some FIFA 21 internal documents leaked earlier this week. According to these documents, EA is doing everything it can to funnel FIFA players into the game’s Ultimate Team online mode. And, since loot boxes are currently the biggest income for FIFA 21 FUT, EA issued an official statement about these documents.
EA claims that it does not “push” people to spend in its games. Instead, the publisher provides that choice to those that want to. Moreover, the publisher states that it does not encourage young players to spend in its games. Additionally, it recommends the use of family controls to manage the content that children are allowed to access, their ability to spend in games, and how much time they can play.
Now regarding FIFA 21’s FUT, EA states that Summer is a very active time in its FUT community, and that’s why it ensures more of its new content and community events in the game are centered there.
What’s also interesting here is that EA states that FIFA (or any of its games) does not involve gambling. EA claims that loot boxes are not gambling. In order to back this claim, EA said that regulators in multiple countries around the world have stated publicly that where there is no cashout method, loot boxes do not constitute gambling.
Basically, this is a PR statement via which EA wants to justify its decisions. Whether you believe it or not, that’s really up to you. You can read the full statement here.
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A whole lot of nothing, peak PR.
Basically, EA is begging for the sh*t show that happened to Battlefront II to happen again.
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EA is a an angel!
we are not pushing ppl to spend on our games.. you just have to play 1000+ hours to unlock 1 character.
EA lying? Say it aint so!
Hahaha, you serious?
Our respect for EA
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That douche has tiny little fingers, lol.
Never heard of the pr*ck. Just the sentiment applies to EA.
What an amazing concept. When a company has a way to get essentially free money from their users, they devise ways to manipulate them in to giving them more money.
Who would have ever thought it possible?
Maybe…………. just maybe, they should make all these money siphoning tactics illegal, and just fix the problem outright. Nah, we can’t have that. There are corporations to protect.
If you buy this crap i hope you have a bad day for the rest of your life.
All sports gamers are brain dead idiots.
Such BS from EA. My son went through a phase of being obsessed with Ultimate team mainly because his friends at school were and all the YouTube ads and shills that are obviously paid to promote and open packs. His Youtube page was full of it. I tried to encourage him to just play the manager mode which is what we originally purchased it for. However, no luck he was just interested in Ultimate Team. The kids love the buzz of opening the packs and hoping to get a top player. They even make it visually and audibly exciting for kids.
Thankfully as I refused to purchase the packs out of principle he got bored with the grinding and moved on took some time though.
In the end we have to thank EA for ending Lootboxes. Battlefront 2 started the movement.