Expensive EA Sports FC 24 Points Bundle Sparks Outrage Among Fans

With Electronic Arts continuing to put out nearly every sports game annually, fans have noticed an EA Sports FC 24 microtransaction that has sparked anger.

Every year EA Sports launches an annual edition to their ongoing FIFA franchise. Since last year, that name has changed to EA Sports FC 24 (due to branding issues), but the gameplay has remained markedly similar to what fans have expected out of the franchise except with notable visual fidelity upgrades.

A franchise staple, Ultimate Team, was introduced in FIFA 09 and has appeared in nearly every EA Sports game (even no n-FIFA -related ones) since. Ultimate Team allows fans to build their picture-perfect team to bring to the pitch, and they’ve brought it back for EA Sports FC 24 .

Some fans’ biggest problem is EA’s insistence on throwing the mode at the top of every menu (the latest EA College Football 25 also has this problem) and advertising the singular microtransaction mode in-game at all times. Fans over on the College Football 25 Reddit have pointed this out and expressed their frustrations since launch.

It’s worth mentioning how the pricing for the ultimate team’s microtransactions has changed from modest to worth more than the entire game. Fans have noticed this in EA Sports FC 24 ‘s case. Below is a photo of EA Sports FC 24 ‘s most expensive bundle, which is double the price of the game itself.

Fans aren’t happy with the constant in-game promotion of the mode, and the latest 18,500 point bundle offering and have taken to the internet to offload their fury. One X (formerly Twitter) user and notable EA Sports content creator, NepentheZ, has called the offering “madness”.

Fans have taken the opportunity to also chime in with their dissatisfaction with the ultimate team ‘grift’. User EverythingXeno says, “It’s ridiculous sports video games are probably some of biggest games on the market for yearly sales, yet EA creates a method to gamble without return,” and another fan took the time to lampoon another issue the game has. TomWells97 says, “Will this £130 go towards rectifying the fact that I had to totally uninstall the game to make textures load properly.”

While there are arguments to be made on both sides of the fence regarding microtransactions (and both sides have taken to the argument under the post from NepentheZ), fans seemingly agree a microtransaction listed as worth more than the base game is a lot. Fans can jump into the conversation here .