Apex Legends review-bombed on Steam over Battle Pass changes as players revolt Respawn \/ SteamReviews for Apex Legends on Steam have flipped to \u2018mostly negative\u2019 almost immediately after the announcement of very controversial changes to the season battle pass, with players protesting the new system. After going unchanged for 22 seasons, the battle pass next time around in Apex will crucially no longer be purchasable with Apex coins, and instead only with real-world currency. This, along with the switch to two battle passes per season, has suffered widespread condemnation from longtime players. Along with concerns that it is a sign of the game\u2019s demise, the community of PC players on Steam have voiced their frustration by barraging the reviews with \u2018not recommended\u2019 ratings. The most \u2018helpful\u2019 rated review states: \u201cNow with the new battle pass system, I\u2019m deleting the game, as well as most players, bye!\u201d Another disgruntled player said, \u201cEA Games: \u2018Let\u2019s remove the last good thing in this game, which forces players to come in and play, and make them pay twice.’\u201d One player quipped: \u201cAt least leaving a review is still free. Right?\u201d The disdain for the battle pass change was felt immediately across social media, but there has been no response to the backlash from developer Respawn or Electronic Arts, the publisher. Some have in fact defended the decision \u2013 or at least downplayed its significance \u2013 such as pro player and streamer ImperialHal. \u201cPeople are complaining that you can\u2019t use coins, you have to pay for it now. What is the difference?\u201d he asked. \u201cThere\u2019s literally no difference. You pay for f**king coins, you pay for the battle pass.\u201d However, players are angered that they will now have to pay twice per season, and cannot use coins earned in the previous battle pass to pay for the next. In their 2024 Q4 earnings report, EA announced that Apex Legends \u201chas surpassed $3.4 billion in lifetime net bookings.\u201d EA also claimed, \u201cWe engaged with the community, increased transparency, and thoughtfully addressed their feedback, and, as a result, saw dramatic improvements in player sentiment scores around the world.\u201d That sentiment score will almost certainly have decreased following this battle pass change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends review-bombed on Steam over Battle Pass changes as players revolt Respawn \/ SteamReviews for Apex Legends on Steam have flipped to \u2018mostly negative\u2019 almost immediately after the announcement of very controversial changes to the season battle pass, with players protesting the new system. After going unchanged for 22 seasons, the battle pass next […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}