EA has added a payment season pass to FC 25, a first in its long soccer series.
The payment modality Includes exclusive content And, more importantly, interchangeable packs. This means that Ultimate Team players (the most popular and controversial mode of FC) can sell the rewards obtained in the premium pass to other players in exchange for currency of the game that they can then use for Buy the next premium pass (Assuming that they win enough currencies with the sale of those objects in the auction house, of course).
Rewards include a series of powerful letters, Like the Franck Ribéry immortal iconand powerful consumables of evolution that are used to improve the letters you already have.
Some players have already lashed out against this decision, noting that This 9.99 euros premium pass is added to what is already a premium game And, in regards to Ultimate Team, a very monetized game mode. Critics also suggest that the premium pass offers A direct way of buying powerful letters that can then be used in the competitive multiplayer.
Others, however, point out that it is still necessary to level up to unlock most of the rewards, and that You can pay the premium circuit with coins obtained only by playingso technically everything here can be gained simply playing.
And indeed, the packs of the Ultimate Team store already offer A direct purchase routesince there are now many that include guaranteed letters of a certain level of power. However, this payment season pass is the closest that has been allowing fans to buy Ultimate Team players directly.
The addition of the FC’s first payment season pass can be an attempted EA of further monetize your money to make money now that the game is available at a very lowered price and before the expected arrival of FC 25 to the subscription services of consoles such as Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PlayStation Plus.
It should also be noted that in January EA reduced its financial forecasts for its fiscal yearpointing out the “low performance” of EA Sports FC 2025 (which represented the “majority” of the deficit) and Dragon Age: The Veilguard of Bioware.
In a blog post, EA states that the premium pass is “Purely additive” and promises not to change the rewards of the standard level of the season pass to the premium pass.
“Although the rewards of the premium pass of season 7 are already fixed, we will remain attentive to your comments to ensure that We offer you the best possible experience in any way in which you play FC“she says.
The launch of the Premium pass at the beginning of the new fiscal year of EA is revealing (EA presents the results of its fiscal year 2025 in May), and seems a clear set -up for the inevitable EA Sports FC 26. The question for EA is whether the Premium Pass will do the business it needs without provoking ruptures in its community.
