EA SPORTS hits back at accusations of \u2018driving players\u2019 to FIFA 21 Ultimate Team EA SPORTSSEA SPORTS has released a statement after a \u2018leaked document\u2019 claimed to provide evidence that they \u201cdrive players\u201d to FIFA 21 Ultimate Team, essentially to make more profit from their players. On April 26, an alleged EA SPORTS insider sent CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) a 54-page document, claiming that it was leaked from EA themselves. The document refers to FIFA Ultimate Team as the \u201ccornerstone of the game,\u201d addressing and laying out plans to \u201cdrive excitement & funnel players towards FUT from other modes.\u201d Of course, one of the biggest complaints about Ultimate Team has been the \u201cgambling\u201d aspect of it \u2014 spending real money on loot boxes in the hope of getting a top player for your team, with the devs only making changes in recent years to show what chance you have of getting a certain player. Now, EA has come out to make a statement against the accusations. Posting barely a day after the alleged leaked documents were reported on, EA released a statement called \u201cComments on Recent FIFA Ultimate Team Media Reporting,\u201d both addressing and denying the reports. Read More: FIFA 21 Premier League TOTS predictions – Saying that they \u201cfirmly disagree that FIFA or any of our games involve gambling,\u201d EA SPORTS lay out \u201cthe facts\u201d in regards to their content and their strategy. Here are the main points detailed in their statement: We always look for opportunities to introduce more players to modes in our games. Our FIFA players are expecting fresh content that makes the service exciting, so that\u2019s a constant focus for us. – We do not \u201cpush\u201d people to spend in our games. Where we provide that choice, we are very careful not to promote spending over earning in the game, and the majority of FIFA players never spend money on in-game items. – Summer is a very active time in our FUT community, and we ensure more of our new content and community events in the game are centered there. The new content that we introduce throughout the year includes extensive non-monetized rewards. Decisions to spend are always entirely optional. – Nothing in the leaked document contradicts this in any way \u2014 it shows how we are supporting engagement in our game during the summer period, not spending. – We take very seriously our responsibility to provide players a safe and fun experience. – We don\u2019t encourage young players to spend in our games, and we strongly recommend use of family controls to manage the content that children are allowed to access, their ability to spend in games, and how much time they can play. Our EA platform for PC games also includes dedicated Child and Teen accounts, so that all of our players and their parents can make informed choices about how they play. And tools like FIFA Playtime help players take control of how they play, including the ability to set limits to manage their engagement and purchasing. – Finally, they noted that they \u201chope to see these facts more accurately represented in the future,\u201d clearly unimpressed with the document that came out. Of course, it\u2019s impossible to know the actual truth of the situation, but EA are taking a step in the right direction by addressing the leak and pointing out how players can stay better protected within FIFA 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
EA SPORTS hits back at accusations of \u2018driving players\u2019 to FIFA 21 Ultimate Team EA SPORTSSEA SPORTS has released a statement after a \u2018leaked document\u2019 claimed to provide evidence that they \u201cdrive players\u201d to FIFA 21 Ultimate Team, essentially to make more profit from their players. On April 26, an alleged EA SPORTS insider sent […]<\/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-67589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67589","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=67589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}