Loot boxes finally being classed as gambling to protect kids in UK??
June 8, 2020 2:06PM
edited June 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/jun/07/uk-could-class-loot-boxes-as-gambling-to-protect-children
How do yous feel about this. Sounds like this casino is finally coming to an end at last. This can only be a good thing for the fifa community. What's your views?
How do yous feel about this. Sounds like this casino is finally coming to an end at last. This can only be a good thing for the fifa community. What's your views?
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Season pass system, this archaic loot box system needs to go.
A massive grind that people will give off about.
Or
A complete gutting of the game, why would they bother to run promos throughout the year if they can't make money from them.
Or
Buy players for a set amount of £ and everyone has the best team day one
What is a season pass system? Wil they not just make it over 18
Could goto a subscription based system or something similar to the battle bass system in the likes of CoD. My opinion is EA already know this is coming and them introducing the season progress is in preparation for moving forward with the times and away from loot boxes.
They could have great content in that pass that you have to pay for but also have free tiers for people who chose to play without spending money. They won't make as much as they did with the slot machines (packs) but they will still make alot of profit from this game.
Things are changing and EA will be forced to move with the times. When this eventually happens it can only be a good thing for us as gameplay will then be their priority to keep people renewing their subscription or season pass. Right now their priority is selling packs and everyone can see that
Anything will be better than this current system. It's morally wrong.
Rather than looking at the negatives I personally think this will be a positive move. They will still run promos to keep people engaged and to keep people upgrading their passes or subscriptions. This isn't a bad move in any way.
for example, when the game comes out;
Messi; £79.99 or 1,000,000 coins
CR7: £79.99 or 1,000,000 coins
KDB; £65.00 or 750,000 coins
...
...
and so on.....
each season the price could drop
obviously the market then shouldn't exsist, but i don't think thats a wild theory.... there's people making thousands from patreons... obviously EA don't like people making money from trading.... because they don't spend the money.
Also all packs could still be there but be untradeable... (like they have been given us in some SBCs, i think that was obviously on purpose to see how the community would react)
FIFA would never let them make this game 18+ and alienate all the kids from the game. Would be a PR nightmare and EA would end up losing the rights. But this wont happen as EA will be well aware or FIFA will have told them 18+ isn't an option.
They can move away from loot boxes, make a season pass, still make tons of profit and keep everyone happy. Everyone wins in this scenario.
Yes, finally.
Let’s make them pay for every time they exploited us customers and provide evidence on their gambling mechanic.
That would be straight up pay to win, they'd alienate a large majority of the community. Doubt they'll go down that route.
This is also a possibility but then packs would have to be removed as buying them with coins would be the same thing.
A season pass seems the most realistic as it looks like it's already in place. Remember EA will have known this was coming for a long time their legal team will no doubt have advised them to start preparing for the future without loot boxes. Most games have done the same and are moving away from loot boxes as they all know it's coming to an end and will want to be ready for the transition.
They could also sell things in the store like kits, badges, tifos, balls etc. People will still buy the cosmetic items aswell as the season pass. There's still alot of money to be made from this game mode without loot boxes. If I can come up with alternatives I'm sure EA are well prepared and have plans for the future.
It will most definitely be a season pass system with cosmetic items in the store. This keeps everyone happy and still makes EA alot of profit and it seems they have it in place already. The season progress we have now can be turned into a season pass that you need to pay for to get the good content but can still get the likes of players on the pass for free. Similar to CoD where you get the guns in the free tiers but if you buy the pass you get the emblems and accessories and stuff.
Maybe I'm wrong but I can't see them going a different route than this it just makes sense from all angles.
You're not seeing the bigger picture here. I don't buy points either but I'm pretty hyped about this.
The reason the gameplay is so inconsistent is because EA put all their efforts into selling packs instead of improving gameplay. If it moves to a season pass or subscription they will then have to put more effort into gameplay to keep people renewing every month or two. Loot boxes are a big reason the gameplay is in the state it's in.
the current system is also pay to win..... but instead of spending 80 quid to get messi or cr7 you have to spend a grand in the first week.....
That's a possibility but I'm pretty confident that they will have a season pass system and only sell cosmetics in the store like kits and such.
You could still get packs from rewards for playing the game but just won't be able to buy them with real money. Then you could have players available to unlock through challenges and unlocking tiers in the pass. There's so many ways EA could go with this but a season pass will definitely be a part of it imo. How you access players and such I'm not so confident about but I don't think EA will sell them in the store as the prices they would charge would most likely cause an uproar and be another PR nightmare. Imagine the likes of Gullit costing hundreds in the store the media would cripple EA.
There's so many ways EA can keep this game mode profitable without loot boxes and without bring bad attention to them. And most importantly the community will most likely benefit in many ways.
This could actually save this game as it's rapidly going downhill. The new era of FUT could be great as the current gen has been shocking.
But by that logic they would have had to improve gameplay to keep people spending on loot boxes and not give up on the game. But people keep on spending anyway.
Nowadays you need those new promo players because otherwise you'd lose your playerbase but back in the day the people just enjoyed playing so there was no need for them
They've a transfer market, you can trade to a stacked team if you know what you're doing. It's more like pay to progress faster at the moment.
I honestly think that the season objectives/milestones have been a way for EA to measure the success of a season pass and a way to implement it into Fifa. Grinding for players through objectives and combined with better rewards in league SBC’s gives players a reason to play. Put that together with better gameplay and servers, you could have a much better game than in its current state.
Their attention now is fully focused on selling packs, we can all see this. Remove loot boxes and they go back to focusing on gameplay and start making great games again like they did for so many years. This company has lost their sight and maybe if we go back to basics they will start to see again.
As if anyone would pay £80 for 1 player.
The whole game costs less than that lol.