Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (2005)
Update : novel coverage intimate BiggSean66may have lie about being an EA employee . Take the next narration with a major grain of salt .
EA ’s developers have received death threats for their part in the controversial Loot boxes fromStar Wars Battlefront II . After the first few months of 2017 , it looked like it would be a keen year , at least in gaming . Horizon Zero Dawn , Yakuza 0 , andThe Legend of Zelda : Breath of the Wildare only three of the best games give up in within the first three months of 2017 . The yr continued make better and better - right until the latest gaming phenomenon gain steam .
Loot box , the practice ofgamblingyour real - humanity money on in - game prizes , have firmly taken hold in the latter half of the year . AfterMiddle - Earth : Shadow of War , Call of obligation : WWII , andStar Wars Battlefront II , all the promise and optimism at the start of 2017 has for the most part evaporated , collapse elbow room to a punishing backlash from gamers against these Loot boxes .
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Yet , as severe as loot box are in their predatory nature , matter could always be worse , as ( an unconfirmed ) EA developer Sean has made light . go under the grip BiggSean66 onTwitter , he exact he ’s received seven decease threats so far due to“an unpopular feature in a game " .
So I ’m up to 7 dying threat , and over 1600 individual personal attacks now ( and yes , for sound reason I ’m preserve track ) . And why , you might need ? Because of an unpopular feature in a game . — Sean ( @BiggSean66)November 13 , 2017
Presumably , he ’s refer to loot boxes inStar Wars Battlefront II , which have caught heat energy since it was pick up they would be in the game . A workweek ago , EA claimed they would alter how progression work in theonline progression of the game , due to participant feedback regarding loot boxes . However , late reviews of the open genus Beta have say the fourth dimension requirement of the game is unfair , set aside you to bear real - globe money for clear advantages in multiplayer game . ReddituserTheHotter Potato , who ’s play the undefended genus Beta , arrogate it takesover 2,300 minutesof online play just to unlock one hero . EA ’s answer to the controversy has become the most downvoted post onReddit .
How many more times are we going to drop a line this story before someone acts on one of those threat ? How many more times do we have to keep enunciate this sort of conduct is n’t okay before it stops ? Loot box are a pestilence on the industry . They prey on those with dependency problems , and mangle game that utilise them to the point where they ’re virtually unplayable if you do n’t pony up more cash . However , if our reaction to that is to ship death threat to developer - who in all likelihood had nothing to do with them to start with - then possibly we deserve loot box .
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