Ea turns off in-game microtransactions. This shows they are listening to their fanbase in more ways than one. Here’s hoping they continue to listen.



In an update on the games main page, EA, and DICE have made an announcement that they are shutting off Micrtransactions for the game until the game can be properly balanced. While yes, this means it is only temporary, but you can also bet that they will not be coming back in the same way that they were implemented before.

For now, and for the foreseeable future, everything in the game will be unlocked through normal play.

Just how they will change is yet to be seen, but for now, you guys are winning the fight. While our thoughts on the matter can be read here, this is clearly a win for everyone involved.

The release can be read in full below;

Thank you to everyone in our community for being the passionate fans that you are. Our goal has always been to create the best possible game for all of you – devoted Star Wars fans and game players alike. We’ve also had an ongoing commitment to constantly listen, tune and evolve the experience as it grows. You’ve seen this with both the major adjustments, and polish, we have made over the past several weeks. But as we approach the worldwide launch, it’s clear that many of you feel there are still challenges in the design. We’ve heard the concerns about potentially giving players unfair advantages. And we’ve heard that this is overshadowing an otherwise great game. This was never our intention. Sorry we didn’t get this right. We hear you loud and clear, so we’re turning off all in-game purchases. We will now spend more time listening, adjusting, balancing and tuning. This means that the option to purchase crystals in the game is now offline, and all progression will be earned through gameplay. The ability to purchase crystals in-game will become available at a later date, only after we’ve made changes to the game. We’ll share more details as we work through this. We have created a game that is built on your input, and it will continue to evolve and grow. Star Wars Battlefront II is three times the size of the previous game, bringing to life a brand new Star Wars story, space battles, epic new multiplayer experiences across all three Star Wars eras, with more free content to come. We want you to enjoy it, so please keep your thoughts coming. And we will keep you updated on our progress.

Keep voicing your thoughts and opinions. Keep letting them know what you want, just don’t say they aren’t listening. Also, since they are clearly listening, do yourselves a favor and buy the game now to show you are happy about this response.

Otherwise, if you don’t buy the game and it does poorly in the sales department you’re just going to show them that your voices are just that, voices, and one’s they shouldn’t be listening to. If they give you what you want, and you don’t, in turn, give them what they want, it just proves my past article correct. So please, please prove me wrong.