Related: It's Too Late For Star Wars: Battlefront 2's Progression Overhaulīattlefront 2 suffered from a PR nightmare, but EA hopes that it can right the wrongs of its past. As a result, EA temporarily suspended microtransactions in the game and only brought them back after it revamped the system. There was so much negative feedback that it even affected EA's stock prices, driving them down.
Many players complained that this gave some players, those with bigger pocketbooks, unfair advantages over other players, mainly when it came to the multiplayer element of the title. The title immediately garnered criticism with its loot boxes, which were crates of in-game items that players bought with real-world money that gave them advantages in the game.
Star Wars Battlefront 2 released initially in November 2017. There was so much blowback on Battlefront 2's loot boxes that some countries began to classify loot boxes as illegal gambling, permanently banning them. The release of Battlefront 2 arrived with controversy, especially over how it handled loot boxes in the game. Now that the end of the year is quickly approaching, video game publisher EA Games is taking a moment to think about the trainwreck that was the Star Wars Battlefront 2 release and look ahead to how it can keep players interested and happy.
