To start the year in the football game that replaced the FIFA saga, EA chose the best players in the world to form the ‘TOTY’ or ‘Team of the Year’ for both men and women. These include such well-known names as Kylian Mbappé, Virgil van Dijk, Sam Kerr and, of course, Lionel Messi. Things didn’t go very well.
On January 30, a challenge appeared available on EA Sports FC 24 which allowed you to win a TOTY item, but Due to a mistake, players began winning en masse the ‘TOTY’ or ‘Team of the Year’ version of Messi. This is such a rare object that it is valued at more than 3 million Colombian pesos.
The challenge was active for less than 30 minutes, but it was enough for thousands of EA Sports FC 24 players to get their copy of Messi ‘TOTY’. As soon as the news began to spread like wildfire on social networks, EA stopped everything.
Rumors began immediately. Would EA take Messi away from the players who won it? Those who were left wanting to obtain the legendary Argentine player immediately began to ask that Messi be given to all the players, otherwise those who obtained him would have an unfair advantage over the others.
EA finally spoke out through its official blog. In the statement he confirmed that all players who got Messi ‘TOTY’ thanks to the error will be able to keep him, but the challenge will not return. They say they know it is not an ideal solution and apologize for the situation.
This situation once again unleashed controversy over the gaming monetization system. FIFA and now FCwhich are practically loot boxes that fans can spend huge sums on trying to get the players they want.
