The franchise has a lot of iconic characters that go through a number of costume changes through various films, television shows, and comic books. Star Wars seems ideal for cosmetic loot, so it’s somewhat baffling that it’s not a bigger part of Battlefront II. Star Wars: Battlefront II incorporated those ideas into the core experience. You can see a reflection of that system in Battlefront II.īut even in FIFA, players can compete online away from the pay-to-win structure. You can, of course, buy those packs with real money, and that makes EA a lot of money. The publisher’s FIFA Ultimate Team enable fans to assemble a dream team by slowly building up a powerful deck of cards through booster packs. This prevents people feeling like they’re at a disadvantage because they didn’t spend money.Īt the same time, EA does have a lot of experience working in a model where players can get an edge by dropping some extra cash. Games like Overwatch and Rocket League have deep competitive modes and plenty of loot boxes, but in those games players can only win cosmetic items. What is so odd is that a lot of this was likely unavoidable. A few hours later, DICE removed the option to purchase loot boxes with real money from Battlefront II. Then, yesterday, EA chief executive Andrew Wilson and Disney executive Jimmy Pitaro talked on the phone. Since the beta, the team at Disney that oversees the galaxy far, far away tried to understand why Star Wars fans were so mad, and the sentiment surrounding the game only got worse from that point through the launch. Lucasfilm, who is very involved with EA, wasn’t thrilled about that.
Three top investment pros open up about what it takes to get your video game funded.īut while fans were focused on EA and Battlefront II, they were also generating a lot of negative buzz around the Star Wars brand.
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