{"id":178747,"date":"2020-07-31T12:23:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T11:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=178747"},"modified":"2020-07-31T12:24:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T11:24:13","slug":"does-ea-sports-care-about-its-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/does-ea-sports-care-about-its-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Does EA Sports Care About It\u2019s Fans?"},"content":{"rendered":"

EA, or Electronic Arts, are a game development company which you\u2019ve probably heard of.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

They\u2019ve developed a number of popular games, such as FIFA, Star Wars Battlefront and the Battlefield Series. And as good as they are, I, like many other FIFA fans, can\u2019t help but take issue with EA sports.<\/p>\n

FIFA is probably their best selling title yearly. Most guys in the UK who own a console own a copy of FIFA, and play it religiously. There are a number of different modes you can play, such as local kickoff, which is where you simply play games with people on your console using other controllers, or against the computer, Pro Clubs, where you make a virtual character and build his stats online playing with other virtual players to make a club, and Fifa Ultimate Team. Let\u2019s talk about Ultimate team for a second.<\/p>\n

Fifa Ultimate team is the mode most people get the game for. It allows you to build your own team with players of your choice, who also may receive upgrade cards later in the game, depending on how they play in real life. This mode could definitely be described as \u201cpay to win.\u201c What do I mean by that? Well, you can buy virtual credits with real money which you can then use to open packs that include players. There\u2019s no guarantee you\u2019ll get anyone good, but if you buy enough, you\u2019ll at least get someone, and a lot of spare coins too.<\/p>\n

The gameplay hasn\u2019t been that good this year, it\u2019s been buggy and volatile. But, we can\u2019t expect them to re code the game mechanics mid year – there\u2019s nothing we can do until next Fifa.<\/p>\n

They often update this mode regularly, releasing fixes and updates weekly, and sometimes even daily. It\u2019s obviously they\u2019ve invested a lot of their time into Ultimate team. So the question we all have for EA Sports is,\u00a0why don\u2019t you fix bugs on other game modes?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bugs on practice arena, where if a set piece hits the bar or post your player freezes, bugs in pro clubs, that messes up your players appearance, and the fact your created player can\u2019t have 5* skills, all seem to get ignored by EA. They\u2019re out there on many forums getting much attention. Those mentioned are only a few of the bugs there actually are in the game. Some of these bugs have been there for years – but I fail to see a consistent Ultimate team bug, apart from the community being bugged by the fact they only focus on the game mode that consistently makes them\u00a0more money.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

They don\u2019t listen to the community very much, especially when it\u2019s about something other than ultimate team. It\u2019s almost like they take your money, and only update a game mode where you need to spend more money to be able to play it at a decent level. And looking at twitter replies, it seems people have had enough. Some have even gone as far as saying they\u2019re not buying another Fifa. But, it\u2019s not all bad. As long as you don\u2019t play the game for long amounts of time the bugs won\u2019t bug you. But it shouldn\u2019t have to be that way.<\/p>\n

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A search of EA on twitter. These results are there regularly.<\/p><\/div>\n

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