It’s unclear if this is simply for launch, or a permanent reduction. To remedy this, and help save the launch of Star Wars Battlefront 2, EA published a blog post to explain it had slashed the cost of heroes by 75%. This led to EA issuing a statement on the matter, which then became the most downvoted Reddit post in history. It’s more than likely that EA is going to need to do a lot of hard work to get fans back on side.Īfter it emerged during the EA Access/Origin Access 10-hour trial that heroes were only unlocked after around 40 hours of play – or by ponying up a wad of in-game cash – EA suffered a lot of backlash from fans. Currently tracking at 60% down compared to 2015’s Star Wars Battlefront, it doesn’t seem likely digital sales will be able to account for the shortfall. That’s why we support EA’s decision to temporarily remove in-game payments to address fan concerns.”ĮA has stated that this is a temporary removal until they manage to find a solution that works for everyone.ĭespite EA backpedalling on microtransaction costs, and then completely removing them, it seems physical sales of Battlefront 2 aren’t great. “Star Wars has always been about the fans,” a Lucasfilm spokesperson stated, “and whether it’s Battlefront or any other Star Wars experience, they come first. The Wall Street Journal reports that call was to “express Disney executives’ unhappiness at how the outrage ‘reflected on their marquee property'”.įollowing this news, Star Wars creators Lucasfilm chimed in on the matter, saying to The Washington Post that it supported EA’s decision to remove microtransactions. VentureBeat reports that Disney CEO Bob Iger dropped a call to EA boss Andrew Wilson only hours before EA made the call to pull all microtransactions from the game. In fact, the controversy has been so bad that Disney supposedly forced EA’s hand and made them remove transactions entirely.

Star Wars Battlefront 2: Microtransaction debacle, as it happenedīecause of all the loot box and microtransactions controversy surrounding the launch of Star Wars Battlefront 2, it didn’t go down too well on day one.

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