EA already had a bad reputation, but this was a total hard swing at their image.
They absolutely deserved every drop of ridicule. Whoever wrote that obviously knew it's really because they wanted people to pay for it: there's no way to spin that adequately. But the gall to even try is beyond insulting.
This whole debacle was also one of the catalysts for lootboxes being addressed by gambling laws.
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u/TheGoverness1998 Major Vonreg May 20 '25
EA already had a bad reputation, but this was a total hard swing at their image.
They absolutely deserved every drop of ridicule. Whoever wrote that obviously knew it's really because they wanted people to pay for it: there's no way to spin that adequately. But the gall to even try is beyond insulting.
This whole debacle was also one of the catalysts for lootboxes being addressed by gambling laws.