The Shocking Fallout That Forced College Football 27 to Axe Microtransactions Overnight
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On July 9, EA Sports announced on its forum that it heard the feedback and was planning to put faster coach progression sliders back into the game in a future patch. And in a post on social media July 10, it said that during server maintenance Saturday, July 11, all paid progression options would be removed from both Dynasty and Road to Glory.
“In College Football 27, we aspired to deliver the deepest experience to date with all-new Dynasty Blueprint, new positions in Road to Glory, and the best College Football gameplay yet,” read the July 10 post. “However, your feedback on Road to Glory and Dynasty is that we’ve missed the mark with the introduction of paid progression options. This was added independent of deeper mode progression with the aim to give players more choice, but what you’ve said is that they’re not adding the value we intended.”
What are microtransactions in CFB27?
Microtransactions, or small purchases made in games, have become an unwelcome regular feature in modern video games, forcing players to continue to spend real-world money to advance through games and improve characters rather than by simply getting better by playing. Gamers see it as a way companies continue to milk money from their audience.
In College Football 27, gamers found that building up experience for their coaches in Dynasty mode and players in Road to Glory wasn’t as fast as it was in College Football 26. In last year’s game, XP sliders were available to more quickly gain experience, something valuable for players who don’t have dozens and dozens of hours to kill grinding away in order to get good enough to compete.
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