I don't know.. Forza 7 now this... EA no less...
Hopefully the message will get across now, this will only happen more now imo.
What about Forza 7? Forza 7 doesn't have micro transactions (yet) and while i don't like some of the loot boxy stuff they added its is in no way anything like this debacle. The worst thing that can be said about it is some of the cars can only be randomly got from loot boxes or when they appear in the time limited vendor. That said you can still buy them from the auction house or chuck your in game credits at loot boxes. its not like money is hard to come by in Forza and there is definatly no pay to win in there.
Thin end of the wedge maybe but as ive said in a few threads I had no issues with Forza 7 or Shadow of War, I could have lived without the orcs in boxes and would have preferred it but it didnt ruin the game.
This model does ruin the game and its a shame cause its not a bad game, Battlefield 1 had a way to shallow progression system battlefront 1 had total rubbish like the Diorama thing and a few heads. Its like DICE have forgotten how to do it.
HOWEVER with regard to how long weapon/hero unlocks take, anyone remember Battlefield 2? that took some SERIOUS time to unlock all the weapons, people do just want everything right away now. people complained that battlefield 1 only took a week to unlock everything. I dont think the complaints would be so high if you couldnt pay to skip the grind.