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EA pulls Star Wars Battlefront II microtransactions (CNET News)

2017-11-16
ei is ditching microtransactions in Star Wars Battlefront 2 for now at least the company released an online statement on Thursday afternoon admitting the micro transactions in Battlefront 2 overshadowed and otherwise great game the game isn't due to officially launch until Friday but players who got early access were quick to point out issues with in-game payments saying hero characters like Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker took up to 40 hours to unlock unless of course you were willing to pay to play players quickly took to Reddit saying EA had gone way too far EA responded saying it would reduce the credits needed to unlock the top characters by 75% but the Fuhrer didn't die down and now EA has gone further we've heard the concerns about potentially giving players unfair advantages the company said this was never our intention sorry we didn't get this right but if you're expecting to say goodbye to in-game payments we have bad news while the option to purchase so-called crystals in-game is offline for now EA says this option will become available at a later date after it's made changes to the game it seems micro transactions are just like sandpeople they'll be back so did EA go too far let us know your thoughts unless of course I already know them I'm Claire Reilly for Cena
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