Star Wars Battlefront 2 Controversy Won’t Harm EA, According to Wall Street

By Paul Tamburro

Wall Street believes that Star Wars Battlefront 2‘s loot box controversy won’t harm EA, with an analyst calling the pushback against the publisher “overdone.”

EA pulled an unprecedented about-face on microtransactions after a major consumer backlash, with the publisher temporarily removing paid currency in Battlefront 2 prior to its launch. It’s unclear whether or not microtransactions will ever be reinstated in the game, but a Wall…

Paul Tamburro
Paul Tamburro

Paul Tamburro is the Director of Content at Evolve Media.

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