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| My face when I realized there's thousands of people who signed it already |
For those of you who are unaware, In 2013 EA has partnered with Disney to develop Star Wars video games. However, EA's newest Star Wars game Battlefront II has hit a HUEG-MONGOUS controversy where their entire content of progression has heavily relied on pay to win mechanics.
It was more popularized on /r/StarWarsBattlefront when they realized you can become better at someone else in the game by buying loot crates in-game with real cash.You can however earn credits by playing but compared to purchasing loot crates in the game it will be a lot quicker for people who purchased it which isn't fair. If Battlefront 2 was free I'd be ok with it but the game has a massive 60 dollar pricetag.
Now they're taking it a step further by introducing a change.org petition and as of this writing they're at 65K.
If you want revoke EA's license (which I hope you do) please do so over here.
My thoughts? I'm glad they're removing this trash. They think they can milk these Star Wars nerds dry with this scummy practice. And yes, I've heard the whole shtick of, "If you don't like it don't buy it" bullshit. No, just no.
If someone is going to vote with their wallet the person who purchases 1,000 dollars worth of loot crates.. That's 1,000 votes against one person who didn't purchase a 60 dollar game.
It's simply ruining the fun for the rest of us and if it continues it can worsen the gaming community. Imagine every game will be free to play.. B-BUT WAIT. But everything locked behind randomized RNG content, specifically better items and equipment. That is not fun at all.
If Disney does get pissed off about it I wonder who else they would sell the Star Wars license to? Anyone who won't milk it as hard as EA that's for sure.
Change.org's petition to revoke EA's Star War's license.
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