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EA’s problem with the Ultimate Team sales scandal | This Week in Business – GamesIndustry.biz
The publisher is investigating reports that an employee is selling rare cards in FIFA’s loot box game mode, but its objections don’t hold much weight
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Last week we said some nice things about Electronic Arts in this space, so in the interest of balanced reporting, this week we’ll talk about loot boxes.
There was a scandal in the FIFA Ultimate Team fandom this week as people on social media began passing around screen captures of chats and videos that purportedly show an EA employee trying to sell rare Ultimate Team cards to players for hundreds or even thousands of euros. (It’s unclear how rare those cards are — EA only tells…
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