[Update] Lucasfilm Weighs Inward On Star Wars Battlefront Two Loot Box Ordeal

Disney unhappy alongside how scandalize "reflected on [its] marquee property."

Over the weekend, nosotros learned that Star Wars Battlefront two developer EA told investors that the removal of the game's controversial microtransactions volition non convey "a fabric impact" on its projected earnings. On Friday, the Disney-owned Lucasfilm issued a argument inward back upwards of the withdrawal.
In an argument provided to the Washington Post (via Eurogamer), a Lucasfilm spokesperson said: "Star Wars has ever been virtually the fans—and whether it’s Battlefront or whatever other Star Wars experience, they come upwards first. That’s why nosotros back upwards EA’s determination to temporarily take away in-game payments to address fan concerns."
Despite EA's before claims that Battlefront 2's loot crates did non institute gambling, they were temporarily removed final calendar week off the dorsum of a turbulent Reddit AMA betwixt the publisher as well as the game's players.
The Washington Post reports that Jimmy Pitaro, the chairman of Disney's consumer products as well as interactive media division, voiced concerns to EA virtually Battlefront's in-game transactions hours prior to EA's determination to line them. The Post says this telephone telephone "was to limited Disney executives’ unhappiness at how the scandalize 'reflected on their marquee property.'"
Lucasfilm as well as Disney's opinion seems clear, then, despite the fact EA plans to reinstate microtransactions i time the game's progression arrangement has been tweaked.

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