Currently, FIFA 23 is in the period of pre-orders worldwide. A lot of gamers have already paid the $44 for the regular version, or the $60 for the Ultimate Edition. However, due to a mistake, those who were fast enough, they were able to get this delivery for the modest amount of $.6 cents.
Last week, the Epic Games Store in India made a serious mistake, and instead of listing FIFA 23 Ultimate Edition for ₹4,799 rupees, the game was made available for ₹4.80 rupees. This means that for only $.6 cents, or $1.21 Mexican pesos, players were able to purchase this installment. As this information became known, not only users in India took advantage of the bug, but players from the rest of the world did the same.
Although the bug was eventually fixed, and FIFA 23 Ultimate Edition once again worth ₹4,799 rupees, to the surprise of many, EA decided to respect the purchase of all those who only paid $.6 cents.. This was what was said about it:
“A few weeks ago, we scored a pretty spectacular own goal when we inadvertently offered FIFA 23 pre-purchase on the Epic Games Store at the wrong price. It was our mistake and we wanted to let you know that we will honor all advance purchases made at that price.”
At the end of the day, EA knows that the true earnings of FIFA are not in your copies, but in the microtransactions of FIFA Ultimate Team. In this way, surely these are not even losses for the company when taking into account the money that players could eventually spend. On related topics, FIFA 23 show your support for Ukraine. Similarly, EA believes that gamers love FIFA Ultimate Team.
Via: Kotaku