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EA Stuck with $60 Battlefront II - Skullmeat - 11-26-2017
EA has managed to shoot themselves in the foot. They have "temporarily" removed lootboxes from the game after backlash. They might be able to re-add it at some point, but with lawmakers looking into if the game is "a Star Wars casino for kids" it would be unwise to do so. Whats more, is EA has promised not to charge for DLC.
Full story here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2017/11/24/ea-is-now-ironically-stuck-with-60-battlefront-2-and-no-good-way-to-re-monetize-it/#583aaa51753c
https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/22/16690182/battlefront-2-loot-crates-hawaii-belgium-banned-regulation-investigate
RE: EA Stuck with $60 Battlefront II - Oni - 11-26-2017
Removing the micro-transactions doesn't make the progression any less shit.
RE: EA Stuck with $60 Battlefront II - Skullmeat - 11-26-2017
(11-26-2017, 12:41 AM)Oni Wrote: Removing the micro-transactions doesn't make the progression any less shit.
No, it wont. But it might prevent such systems from being used in the future.
RE: EA Stuck with $60 Battlefront II - Jiggly - 11-26-2017
There seems to be some hiccups while these producers figure out what models are best.
RE: EA Stuck with $60 Battlefront II - Skullmeat - 11-27-2017
(11-26-2017, 10:38 PM)Jiggly Wrote: There seems to be some hiccups while these producers figure out what models are best.
More like extreme greed.
RE: EA Stuck with $60 Battlefront II - Jiggly - 11-28-2017
(11-27-2017, 02:52 AM)Skullmeat Wrote:(11-26-2017, 10:38 PM)Jiggly Wrote: There seems to be some hiccups while these producers figure out what models are best.
More like extreme greed.
That too but come on, that's the way of the world
Also, more profit can = reinvestment into the company if you're a clever person not a greedy one
RE: EA Stuck with $60 Battlefront II - Bish0pQ - 11-28-2017
I think they've learned their lesson after this though, and I think that a lot of big companies will think again before adding micro-transactions. Micro-transactions shouldn't alter game progress a lot.