Angry controversy and profanity, this may be the right word to explain the conditions of the gaming industry over the last few days when it comes to Electronic Arts (EA). How come? The giant company that has been famous for "money earners" brings their level of greed to a higher level through the release of Star Wars: Battlefront II which ends up carrying a system like a free to play mobile game. All game systems are designed to encourage you to spend real money to buy the offered lootbox as a foundation, which also opens Pay to Win concerns. After an open war by fans to oppose this policy, a bright spot finally emerges.
With fan objections loudly voiced in big forums, even making mainstream media like CNN and BBC even aware of the problem of Star Wars Battlefront II, EA finally began to "conscious". Through their official blog post, EA mentions that they hear clearly what gamers are complaining about. Therefore, they decided to uproot the system of microtransactions from Star Wars: Battlefront II today. No more options to buy Crystals - currencies that in the past few days could be used to unlock the heroes and buy lootboxes to strengthen existing Star Cards. All progress must now be achieved by playing the game
Nevertheless, this struggle is of course not over. Why? Because this retraction is only temporary. EA mentioned that they will re-implement these microtransactions in the future once they have changed and customized the content of Star Wars Battlefront II itself. It remains unclear as to what this new approach is and whether it will address the concerns of Pay to Win or not later. Gamers themselves in cyberspace, at least in Reddit, are still wary of this one statement. Because it is not impossible, EA can end up cheating gamers by re-starting the same system microtransactions so gamers buy it later.
But still to be recognized, this is of course a progress that deserves to thumbs up. That the loud and loud voice of gamers who refuse to be victims of the exploits of their beloved game franchise can bring their own changes, especially if followed by real actions like boycott and cancellation of pre-order process for example. How about you? How many of you will be interested in tasting SWBF II after this "minor" change?