EA isn\u2019t being extortionate with their upcoming release of Star Wars Squadrons, which is very weird. In fact, EA not charging $60 and injecting boatloads of microtransactions into a new game is such a cause for concern that they\u2019ve had to explain just what\u2019s going on.\u00a0 Due to the game\u2019s shorter development cycle compared to [\u2026]<\/b>
\nEA isn\u2019t being extortionate with their upcoming release of Star Wars Squadrons, which is very weird. In fact, EA not charging $60 and injecting boatloads of microtransactions into a new game is such a cause for concern that they\u2019ve had to explain just what\u2019s going on. Due to the game\u2019s shorter development cycle compared to EA\u2019s blockbusters like Battlefield V, the title won\u2019t be treated as a blockbuster title despite launching with both single-player and multiplayer modes. Sweet! While that summarisation is short and concise, EA COO Blake Jorgensen has quite a lot of words to explain the situation. \u201cGames all have different scales and most of our games right now have huge scale,\u201d Jorgensen explained. \u201cWe designed this game to really focus on what we heard from consumers, which is one of their greatest fantasies and that\u2019s to be able to fly X-Wing fighter, TIE-Fighter and be in a dogfight and so it doesn\u2019t have the breadth of some of our games but it is still an incredible game and so that\u2019s why we chose to price it at a slightly lower level to also allow access to as many people as possible who had that Star Wars fantasy.\u201d While Star Wars Squadrons is a recent example of EA decreasing game prices for certain titles, it is certainly one of its higher profile cheaper examples. With the game not including external modes like FIFA\u2019s microtransaction-filled Ultimate Team, EA believes it\u2019s worth less. \u201cThis is a very deep and immersive game and that $40 felt like the right price point given the breadth of the game, very proud of what we are doing,\u201d said EA CEO Andrew Wilson. \u201cWe wanted it to be a wholly self-contained experience that was deeply immersive in that fantasy.\u201d Okay.<\/p>\n