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Phobia · 11-16-2017, 10:57 AM

Over the last 3 years I've moved completely away from consoles and back to PC gaming. This matters because EA doesn't bring any of their sports games to PC but Fifa so if that trend continues then I'm done with all sport games.

I have to many games I enjoy playing which don't feature any type of subscription model and I won't jump on that train now. EA created this problem of micro-transactions when Madden Ultimate team took off. They saw people were willing to drop real cash in hopes of improving their team, thus the pay to win model was created. This has now impregnated various titles from CS:GO Skins, H1Z1 loot crates, Hearthstone card decks, to naturally the sports gaming landscape aka EA Sports. It's a very troubling trend that isn't going away anytime soon.

Gamers continue to complain about it, but until they stop taking part in it (spending money) companies will continue to try to nickle & dime the industry.

11-16-2017, 10:57 AM	#11
Phobia Hall Of Fame OVR: 63 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Louisiana, Lafayette Posts: 11,634 Blog Entries: 11	Re: Sports Gaming Subscription Model Roundtable Over the last 3 years I've moved completely away from consoles and back to PC gaming. This matters because EA doesn't bring any of their sports games to PC but Fifa so if that trend continues then I'm done with all sport games. I have to many games I enjoy playing which don't feature any type of subscription model and I won't jump on that train now. EA created this problem of micro-transactions when Madden Ultimate team took off. They saw people were willing to drop real cash in hopes of improving their team, thus the pay to win model was created. This has now impregnated various titles from CS:GO Skins, H1Z1 loot crates, Hearthstone card decks, to naturally the sports gaming landscape aka EA Sports. It's a very troubling trend that isn't going away anytime soon. Gamers continue to complain about it, but until they stop taking part in it (spending money) companies will continue to try to nickle & dime the industry.