EA and Dice in a surprising move to attempt to end the Star Wars Battlefront 2 pay to win microtransactions. EA has decided to pull the plug on the Battlefront 2's loot boxes and wipe the slate clean and start new. With Dice coming up with better solution at a later date. With these controversial seemly gone for now, but is the damage done to this game irreversible? Has EA destroyed the last bit of trust between them and gamers? Is there a bigger picture we all don't see? Is this the last we're going to see of these pay to win loot boxes in premium games?
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Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software data for Japan for week of June 2, 2025 to June 8, 2025.
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
Switch 2 – 947,931 (New)
PlayStation 5 – 14,535 (5,690,661)
Switch OLED Model – 8,040 (9,060,680)
Switch Lite – 6,089 (6,581,795)
PlayStation 5 Pro – 4,230 (218,056)
Switch – 2,482 (20,109,545)
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,017 (974,094)
Xbox Series S – 163 (337,686)
Xbox Series X – 113 (320,660)
Xbox Series X Digital Edition – 57 (20,820)
PlayStation 4 – 24 (7,929,628)
So its official. Switch 2 dethroned PS2 in Japan for the biggest hardware launch ever.
Tripled the switch launch numbers, yeah Nintendo's domination of the Japanese market is going smooth
And take note. This is just for retail sales only; sales from the Nintendo Japanese website are not yet included.
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Honestly EA is just...they need star wars taken away from them. I was really looking forward to this game too but it's been ruined.
The damage Itself to BF2 Online progression is critical, Its like look at the deluxe addition with the upgrades to Infantry cards, such as the heavy class with the shield HP upgraded to 300 - The problem as-a whole Is this isn't ip owned by EA, Interesting phone call between both executives, bad press was hitting the general public, radio updates hourly In some areas, bbc and even cnn covered this topic, this is the key point, when major outlets that hit the average general consumer talk about this, It gets the wrong kind of attention.
Outrage fatigue is my next concern, I hope In the coming weeks we apply the same pressure, even with them turned off Its a sign. Thanks to everyone kicking up a fuss :p
EA will get no more money from me...
I don't think all the anger is about SWBF2.... it's years of EA being shitheads finally adding up and coming to a head with this. They finally pushed it too far.
I think the issue is how long will they remain gone. I said the moment they announced that all future DLC would be free that the game would be loaded with microtransactions to make up for it. EA has always been big on them even when they killed off franchises. Look at Dead Space 3. They figured it was Star Wars and we can do what we want as even if they grip, fan boys and the sheep will still get it and once they do we have them. Well they underestimated how much venom there would be over this issue and I am sure depending on how sales go they will be looking at ways to get them back in and recoup money. Can you image them saying hey we promised free DLC but since you took our Microtransactions away, we now want $59.99 for a DLC season pass and oh yeah, you cannot unlock X, Y, and Z without it.