Battlefield 2042 players slam EA over bizarre \u2018product placement\u2019 playercards Electronic ArtsBattlefield 2042 players are flaming publisher EA after they\u2019ve noticed the addition of playercards with incredibly obvious (and borderline obnoxious) product placement. It\u2019s fair to say that EA DICE\u2019s latest addition to their flagship franchise, Battlefield 2042, has got off to a rocky start. Despite the advent of Season 1 on the horizon, the game has become so unpopular with players that they\u2019ve decided to revisit older games. If that wasn\u2019t enough to dissuade players from picking up 2042, the discovery of blatant product placement has others up in arms about the divisive game. Battlefield 2042 players slam EA\u2019s approach Product placement isn\u2019t an alien concept in modern media, but it can infringe on having a fun experience if done wrong. In the case of Battlefield 2042, EA has seemingly begun implementing adverts for brands such as Logitech. The Logitech playercard is part of a pack that includes \u201c2 weapon skins and an EABB Wildcat skin\u201d, according to user u\/Arkonungr. It also takes up a substantial portion of the screen during a pre-game lobby. U\/VagueSomething posited that Battlefield\u2019s marketing at least ironically fits with the game\u2019s nightmarish tone: \u201cYou\u2019re paying to see this ad in-game but someone else likely paid to show you this ad on their profile. At least this part of the game\u2019s atmosphere is a dystopian nightmare like the lore claims the world is.\u201d \u201cWait until you start seeing FIFA card pack advertisements within the new maps! On buildings and all!\u201d added fellow player u\/PavlovDoes. This isn\u2019t the first time that the franchise has displayed ads within the game either: \u201c2142 had advertisement billboards as well. And that was a decade ago.\u201d For player u\/Ratdogkent, Battlefield 2042 seems to be the nail in the coffin for the franchise, as they commented that \u201cthis game is so sh** and it hurts to say that honestly. I love battlefield but f**k they have just wrecked it.\u201d Hopefully, EA can set the game on a correcting path in the New Year, but it remains to be seen whether the disgruntled players will give it another chance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Battlefield 2042 players slam EA over bizarre \u2018product placement\u2019 playercards Electronic ArtsBattlefield 2042 players are flaming publisher EA after they\u2019ve noticed the addition of playercards with incredibly obvious (and borderline obnoxious) product placement. It\u2019s fair to say that EA DICE\u2019s latest addition to their flagship franchise, Battlefield 2042, has got off to a rocky start. […]<\/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-21256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21256","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=21256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}