Glad someone continues to call out these scummy pricks EA. Complete cash grab every single day... W Nick

It sucks that there’s little kids who use their parents credit cards for pixels. And so many kids are getting gambling addictions for a game that sucks. I hate EA so much.

Ever since EA was forced to show the pack % due EU regulations and have a preview pack EA went all overboard. I Appreciate you always speaking up about it!

People dont buy the 25! Boycott FUT. Play seasons or wait for UFL. Fut gameplay is pointless, it turned to simple money grabbing mechanism.

Nick appreciation button Thanks for calling them out. I want to add that this is not considered gambling since you can't lose value in FUT Points, therefore you aren't risking anything of value. It is considered losing the money as soon as you put money into the game, literally.

THIS COOK SESSION IS BOUTTA BE CRAZY

“Why do you still play it if you hate it? - my friends, every single time I rant about it Because I love football and I love what Ultimate Team used to be. And I love that 1 in 100 game where the gameplay is clean and responsive I get my 7 wins in rivals for rewards, I get 9 wins in champs, I get 4 wins in qualifiers and I tap out. And I’m instantly happier once I switch the game off and go play something else. I’ve gotten back into single player games since October. I hadn’t touched a single player game since Xbox 360/PS3 days because I’ve always been obsessed with Ultimate Team and wanted to do nothing else… now I want to do anything but play this game but I just can’t seem to make a clean break from the game I’ve grew up loving and playing everyday. But I do think I’m officially over it, I truly believe I’ll NOT be buying next year’s game Thanks for coming to my TED talk

I'm in my 50s and remember saving my wages in the 90s to buy the first fifa and a megadrive to play it. Now older with a good job, kids your age Nick, it disgusts me to see how the landscape of gaming has changed. I still play this crap and I don't know why. I called it a day on cod 3 years ago and think I'll do the same to Fifa this year. Great video, peace.

The gap in pack weight is what infuriates me even more. It’s so easy to constantly pack trash like Wubben-Moy, Banza, Keating etc. You can literally pack each of them 5+ times a day. And it is genuinely near impossible to get players from the tiers above them. Where tf is Nani, Garnacho, Ben White. They’re nowhere near the best cards and even they are impossible to pack for me. I’ve done over fifty 80+ player picks and over 80 of those prem and WSL 77+ packs. I’ve gotten nothing. Nothing special from all of my big packs saved over the last 3 weeks. The only place where the good cards exist is the store packs. The pathetic, manipulative and monopolised pack weight is what’s driving me away from this game more than the gameplay. I did those big upgrade pack sbc’s that came out today and got nothing again.

That Pack is $70.70 CAD including taxes. Someone needs to fucking step in.

Nailed it Nick! Tbh i think part of the problem too is the competitive side. Everyone wants what's "meta" instead of just building a fun team they enjoy. Everyone is spending a stupid amount of money for the same squads.

Last year I spent around 300$ AU on the game and this year I haven't bought anything but the Ultimate Edition. I'm pretty happy with myself and I've been able to make a great team for free (TOTY Hansen etc.) But a big problem is that people like me who don't spend money on the game will say things like "if you don't like it don't buy it" - completely disregarding the fact that this is a predatory system that hurts vulnerable people. Not to mention it hurts the actual game to those who like FIFA, EA are more busy selling packs than selling the game. Thank you for being one of the only notable you tubers to really talk about this in depth.

I am very happy that you post these kinds of videos Nick and call out all the bs from EA. One thing I feel like that is not talked about enough though, which you talked about in this video, is how unfinished this game is. The dynamic images of players are broken, the game freezes almost everytime you buy a player while in the SBC transfer market, there are sample texts on various places and even the AI is just BROKEN AS HELL in so many ways you cannot even list them in one comment. And for that EA want a full prize for the game itself and on top of that ask for $50 for pack which might NOT EVEN give you something good. Getting a good player doesnt justify the prize, but for $50 you would at least expect something half decent out of it. This company is actually getting away with murder...

In Belgium buying points is banned. Other countries should also do this. I've spent over £4000 which is roughly $5000. I feel awful about it and next year I'll be doing RTG 100% because it's not healthy and it's a bad gambling addiction. EA need to be sued bigtime

Nick is the only big EAFC creator that will call them out and throw his bag away. Imagine if Nick took the route of the other creators and worked with EA, he could make so much more bank but he’s for the community. I love you Nick

The problem is promos, the earlier games never had them only toty and tots, maybe a couple more. You would use golds up until tots, now you have a mad team without even playing a game, ea has their entire focus on promo packs cause people want more and more special cards so they use that to empty their bank accounts, promo fifas don't even compare to what this game used to be. For people like me it's easy, don't play and I'm so glad I don't. So much more to life than this crap. I actually feel bad that your job is literally to play this awful game. How this isn't illegal just blows my mind. Teaching kids to gamble without limits from a young age and ea just see dollar signs

Can you imagine a kid asking their parents to buy an online pack to help their team. Ok how much, $50 WTF , oh yea I can do it twice, it’s a madness.

one thing you said that is so true is that this game feels like homework, I can’t emphasize this enough. If you don’t spend money, you’re basically obliged to grind the game via a terrible gameplay that drains the life out of you. It’s so sad. Thank you for voicing this out Nick

I added how much I spent on fifa points since FUT 14, £6,500. Along with 6,500 hours gameplay. What other game costs £1 per hour to play.. Not spent a penny on packs for the past year now

Guys I played 10 games in FUT champs and lost 9 of em , the crazy part is I was always up 3 or 4 goals at HT and just end up losing each game. You can say i might be a shit player but I checked the replays of all the goals I conceded it doesn’t even made sense, every mistake was made by my AI defence. I am a veteran Fifa player playing since fifa 10 but this year game is the worst ever, there is no skill gap! I have lost count the amount of times I lost to noob players just because they have a better team than me because I don’t spend money on packs. The worst feeling is when you know you deserved to win the game because you were levels above the opponent but still lose because you don’t have fucking toty mbappe !

EA care more about store packs then gameplay itself

Auzio looking at the pack like ££££££££££

i stopped playing fifa after 17 after i realized they shifted their focus to ultimate team and there was no work done for the main game. stopped playing ultimate team in 15 and only played seasons since then but they focussed all their resources into ultimate team so i stopped buying the new game. i think i was right with my foresight. this game was my childhood i would run back home from school to play this game i loved so much. its all over. same gameplay same glitches same engine year after year but repackaging and selling it as a new game

I think part of the frustration too is the overflow of mid cards they release that are so easy to pack while making the actual useable promo cards virtually impossible to pack by grinding the game while releasing these store packs that give you a chance to instantly pack them

I told my friends a few months back I’m not playing UT next year. It’s a task each week with very little reward, a time suck, and a disappointment. I’ll miss having a game to play, I’ve played every game since 13 and here I am completely disenchanted

Added all the packs in store currently around $809 total

Share play of pack openings is one of the reasons this game is like this. I remember when it was against TOS for someone else to open your rewards back in the day- they must have changed the TOS when they noticed it increased fifa point purchases

I don’t like these rant videos because so many people do them for this game this year, but I also think that’s the state of this game. So many people disappointed and all we can do is rant. Much respect for making this video Nick. I do really hope EA makes some changes. But not going to hold my breath. I decided I am not going to buy this franchise game anymore unless EA fixes/finishes this broken game.

We need a 2 hours version of this. EA deserves that.

Not to mention that 98% of these packs are Watkins and Alison walkouts!

As somebody who has suffered from gambling addiction I can’t tell you how difficult it is watching others suffer from it through a game I once loved so so much! This year I stopped playing around January and I’m so glad I did! My mental health improved drastically and I’m only playing atm because of TOTS and my friends are playing too! EA really do need to be held accountable for all the shit they’ve shoved down peoples throats the last couple years with store packs and killing the market and their constant mistakes! It’s actually criminal! Needs to be a governing body that can sort this absolute mess out! I would love to play fifa of old not just for nostalgic reasons but because it was actually enjoyable even if I lost games etc and the rewards felt respectable! Like Nick says, it seems like they know it’s so bad so the continue to double down and just try to make a pure profit from the cash grab that this game is! W Nick for calling this shit out! Loyal fans who watch you call them out for this appreciate it! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I agree totally I'm 44 years old and played all Fifa games of the past! That's why I decided last year that Fifa 23 will be my last Fifa game. I made sure that I build the best UT without spending a penny last year and play Fifa 23 casually with buffed up team till now. But wont be spending any money on another EA game. They just trying to rip off kids who will spend real money to keep up with the curve. It's sad.

This is why I still follow Nick on YT. Saying it as it is. EA is a corrupt greedy disgusting company.

It’s actually crazy how clear eFootball is nowadays.. I can’t believe it lmao

The menus is unreal. Been the worst time trying to grind them this year, the amount of restarts and disconnects just in the menu is insane. EA, get it together. Keep preaching Picholas, the community needs it

Jumping to Efootball from Fifa a couple of years back is the best decision I’ve ever done. Every time i come across your videos, it’s a negative video about EA. It says a lot about the state of that game. Getting great players on Efootball is easier. No need to grind or pay. Plays so much better as well. I’ve never had so much fun on a football game in years. It takes a good while to understand the game and how to build your team, but it’s so worth it.

Hey Nick, I 100% share your sentiment on this game as it is nothing like the old FIFA’s. I ended up buying FC late this year, about a month ago since it was on sale since one of my friends informed me that you can now upgrade some of your favorite players. I decided to buy it and played the first kickoff game with my older brother. He hasn’t played since FIFA 16 and the first thing he said was that the cuts and players dribbling were clunky and slow, the game seems more unrealistic despite the better graphics, and overall in was just a clunky game. We have been playing FIFA since FIFA 11 and it is really sad to see the state of the game now

Become full time E football, Fortnite, Football manager. I don’t even like playing this game

What a great video nick. As a old fifa player myself (from fifa 10 till 17) I can relate. I stopped with FUT because there was too much grind to get and keep a decent team. But this casino game that already cost 80 euro new price just to play it. I stepped over to e-football in 2022 just to give it a try. Now, e-football is also not perfect but it is free game. Sure the legends are better but I got now 6 of them for free by just playing the game. Too all fifa players give e-football al try, it is free;) and you don't need PS plus (or Xbox gold) to play it online.

It’s crazy how EA sucks you back in to play after you haven’t played for a while by secretly upping the pack weights. A couple of weeks ago, I hadn’t played for like a month. Then I opened 2x 2x81 packs that I hadn’t opened before and got back to back Golazo 94 Vidic and 92 Lampard. Before that, I hadn’t packed an icon EVER in over 7+ years of playing.

nick dropping the F bomb 30 times, you can tell he’s pissed

11:34 WHAT IVE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE. They don’t tell us what are the chances to get the good players, just a generic “90% guaranteed Premier TOTS” yea 88.8% guaranteed for Watkins and 1.2% for Haaland. They do this on purpose and its shameful. I mean cmon I packed 11 TOTS but only 2 from prem, those 2 being the lowest price wise. Disgusting. Something like “ 87-91 rated TOTS chance: 65% 92-97 rated TOTS chance: 35%

The worst thing is that other companies are making the same thing! Konami is going to this disgusting rout with efootball, where they don't care about graphics and visuals and gameplay, but only packs and cards! Last week they dropped 46GB update, and when you install it and log to the game you find that its literally the same game, they did not update anything, literally, the only thing they did is that they filled the data base with new cards and packs for the euros and the next competitions before efootball 25!

his name is not nick anymore, he;s Wick now

Nick, it's damn right that you are using your platform to promote this message. It's not just a cash grab, it plants seeds in the minds of young people that gambling is okay. It's not straight up roulette or blackjack or slot machines, but you don't pay your 50 dollars knowing you'll get alisson, estupinan and gold fodder. It is a gamble and it's subtly putting that addictive and reckless personality into kids. They have taken it all too far, the only reason people buy the game every year is because EA promote a huge GAMEPLAY change. People hope and pray that it's good, evo's, player lock, volta, hypermotion, they all end up being underwhelming and forgotten for the most part, and it gets overshone by the new fire vs ice, or thunderstruck or whatever. I remember the days of black friday being one of the biggest promos of the year, winter ratings refresh, then TOTY would come round and people would beg and plead and do chores or whatever just to get their parents to pay for ONE 100k pack, which was the biggest pack in fifa. Coming up against a TOTY, or a gold ronaldo, neymar, messi, even a gold naaingolan in march a few years ago was still a 70/80k card, and back then 70/80k was a difficult ask for one player. Now, new promo team that's out over two weeks, new 500k pack in store every day, it's all gambling, and their average player base will be teenagers. I am a recovering gambler. It ruined my life and I didn't even have influences growing up. I can't imagine how many kids that just love football are gonna end up becoming addicted gamblers because of the greed of EA. It's diabolical and I am so glad someone with a large following is FINALLY calling them out on their bullshit. I just hope you stick to your word nick, and keep promoting this message. People will still watch your content without you ever needing to go into the promo packs section, I hope other creators follow your lead.

Couldn’t agree more with everything you speak about here nick. FIFA is creating addiction for kids, it happened to me all the way back in fifa 13 and it translated into real life out of control gambling. Something needs too be done

Now i want a Inception re-rant

I heard sad stories like this one who a kid from a single mom who struggles to get food on the table grabbed her wallet while she sleeping and he spent $800UD on credit card.

Meanwhile Auzio has opened 50 of these already

Governments across the world need to put there foot down on games like this

I’ve been a cod grinder the last 4ish years. This was my first year really getting into FUT since 2015. I use fc24 as the “chill” gameplay but definitely have to handicap myself. Never go past div 4, quit at first sign of toxic players, quit if you see mbappe, ya know the usual

Nick is one of the only fifa UKpostsrs that don't glaze ea like those ea "gamechangers" whose job is to inform ea of any problems but I swear they don't do or say anything since they wanna stay employed by them which results in minimal criticism

All facts. Thanks for speaking out. You could easily just be an EA shill, sit back and collect the pay check. People like you are great for this community, though it may not change much or stop the decline, at the very least you are spreading awareness of the scummy practices by EA.

I'm glad you're talking about this problem, How tf is it legal to sell packs as much as a full game? Insanity with no consequences.

preach bro…i grinded world cup soccer on xbox 360 and have been since

I literally said this 12 months ago, but the community just accept it as the norm. The community are as much to blame as EA.

The problem with fifa has always been a lack of competitors in the market. You should push your MP to classified the practice of exclusive licensing as an antitrust practice, and get them outlaw. Otherwise nothing will change

You mentioned it briefly this video but the champs rewards for TOTS are AWFUL, especially at the top end. I never even got those packs but the tradeable 11 TOTS pack was one of the highlights of TOTS and now it’s removed. Completely ruins any vibe or feeling that it’s TOTS for me

EA has also been doing this on mobile... One pack on EA FC Mobile can be ~$60 to get NOTHING

Miss the days when you go to the store and the biggest pack is a 7.5k pack 😓

THANK YOU NICK! Thank you for saying that. Thank you for calling it out. Thank you for not advertising these shop stuff. PLEASE stay this way. We need someone like you and we love you for exactly that reason. Be real, dont let them buy you like so many other fifa creators.

In Belgium buying fifa points is banned because teen gambling got so bad a lot of games that you can buy currency to gamble with you are unable to buy it.

I remember asking my mom for games by getting it in separate sums, taught me patience and understanding of moneys value. Now that was for hours of game time and memories with friends... but 50 usd for a single animaton and 35 strings of coding with a chance at getting 50% of value for money back in digital coins is downright degeneracy

I think they should make players easy to obtain with in-game currency or buyable currency with an experience level bar from Lv 1 -5 that gives your player random boosts to stats as you play them in games (experience gained per the minute played). This can make players better than other versions of the same player and can be gameplay farmed or bought through the auction to reward those who put in the effort level them up(and got lucky rolls on boosts) in the auction for in-game currency. I think the game needs to focus on gameplay and not SBCs to make good teams.

I think ultimate team mode in sports games have hit beyond its peak. They feel like chores, they are riddled with micro transactions for pay to win and are just not worth playing every year. Same repetitive promo cards with crap pack weight.

You said nothing but facts, Nick. growing up playing fifa for many years and seeing how they're targeting kids nowadays is messed up.

U r not the only 1 bro. I stopped buying packs. Gambling felt dumb. I havent spent in 3 days. Thats big for me.

I'm an OG fifa player...... I have memories of playing Road To World Cup 98 the best ever edition hands down, no FUT no online nothing but pure football. Such a better time ❤❤❤

11:32 Don't worry Nick. The change for FC 25 will be better shorts and shoelace animation.

Yep I agree. Auzio won't say anything about it & push others to open it

The fact that with a simple grind I have been able to get at least 1 useable PL tots card in past few years, but not this year, while having saved packs for it (never done this for PL tots) and while already being through 700+ player picks and 150+ epl upgrades tells me, that all EA wants me to do is to open that store pack.... shameless!

So true, Nick. I can understand when you try do some kind of investing into pixels as in CS2. But with Pifa all your skins and investments will vanish at the end of the season

There must’ve been some limitations on monetization during the FIFA era from the Organization. I would not mind spending 150+ on a game that was complete and with purchases like helldivers or something

I used to buy points when I was younger that translated into gambling irl I have it under control now but it got bad at one point can’t believe EA get away with this shit everyday thanks for speaking out Nick

Would love to see Nick get into variety streaming

Been playing since fifa 94 on the megadrive when you could run away from the ref before you got a yellow or red card,. Good times lol. Haven't touched this game since early Feb

Pegi 3 game that forces €50 packs down your throat btw

Never forget that we watch your content because of you, not the games you play... You're not whining like many other creators, you're shitting on whoever deserves it. Kudos to you sir

I quit it FIFA after the TOTY scam ! When I opened over 400 packs at a lower chance of getting TOTY due to EA taking down the odds. So I quit the game

The reason why trivela and finesse shots were really popular that they had to nerf it is because u couldn’t get in the box , the only way u could get in the box was through counter attack, u can’t tiki taka ur way to the box

im pretty sure they make the gameplay worse every year and dont fix it to make people think their team is the problem and get the store packs for a chance to "upgrade" their team. Shameless behavior

Pick is PISSED today all for a good reasons thank you for speaking out

u can get the rewards that u get in store from grinding leauge sbc’s or player picks i dont understand why people paying for packs

After Toty, i un-installed the game, because of the gameplay, the change on the odds, and the way they adressed toty Messi mistake. Last week i installed the game, played for a bit and it was fun. Did 2 weeks of weekend league, was already stressed out, and considering wasting money to open packs, immediately un-installed again. First week i did 13 wins, the gameplay wasnt the best, but i was rusty so i understood. This week, I had one day with good gameplay, went 9-1, played yesterday night, finished 11-9, never felt my players so clunky, slow, games with 6,7xg against 0,9 and i would lose, winning 5-0 in 20 minutes, then suddenly i get a own goal, and a red card from a standing tackle in my opponents side of the camp, he went 5-4, and i had to sweat and pass the ball for 20 minutes, just to hold the lead. Worst game ever. And i was someone who was doing 18-2 or 19-1 regularly.

Nick as someone that never buys fifa points its getting really hard to play this game bc im an average player that cant afford to buy these packs and cannot compete with the players that do. Thank you for exposing these frauds

The biggest problem for me is this years drop rate of quality promo players. I don't spend any money, but play fairly consitently. I started playing before toty and haven't pulled a single higher tier promo player since then. All SBC players team 🤷🏽‍♂️

I remember when i was younger when the gameplay was actually good and the only special cards were totw and tots, when you came up against teams with just one tots player you thought theyd won the lottery. Disgrace to see what this game mode had become.

Glad to see your transition is going well 4 eyes

Nick one more thing, in champs the timed finishing indicator doesn’t work. It works in rivals but it doesn’t work in champs.

can’t wait for the packs to be more than the actual game 😭😭

I am so happy you started to play Efootball, switched last year and never looked back.

Bro is spitting facts! You can feel his anger and he has every right! I have to admit that fifa/eafc is the only game now and in the past that makes me rage so hard! Bouncy balls, slow gameplay, thing that annoys me the most is people quitting at 0-0 or 1-1! I totally agree with you this game is a joke, very sad to see because I have been playing fifa since fifa 98 with Bergkamp on the cover on the PS1! I hope they fix the game and listen to content creators like you and every one who have tips and solutions

was about to pack tots vvd but this changes EVERYTHING

You’re totally correct, I’ve written reviews about this subject everywhere where this game is sold. I wrote to EA directly saying this years ago but there’s no point since the support people are not working at EA. I played this game since 2002 and this game isn’t fun anymore, the worst thing is that I’ve tried putting down the controller but since FIFA is the only game I’ve been playing during the last 10 years this game is the only thing I’m good at, it’s really sad because it feels like I’ve wasted my best years of life playing this bs.

I’m 32 and been playing fifa since 2006 I started playing UT in 2009 and I’ve been playing ever since. But this game play is just so bad and all I face is people with two 99 pace wingers and all they do is run the side lanes and back pass or put it in for a header. Every game is the same it’s just so boring I use to play weekend league every week man now only when I’m bored I barely touch the game it’s so sad man they ruined the only game that I’ve had ever since childhood it’s not fun anymore and all they do is try to get me to use my money for packs…game is not enjoyable all the stupid rebounds in the game that cause the most stupid goals and decisions

Ive just stopped buying packs even with in game coins apart from common gold provisional- the player pick sbcs are the way forwards countless tots from there

Nick this is the main reason why i like your content more than any other fifa content creators, you are not afraid to speak your mind. Stay true like you always are. And the worst part of all this is eafc 25 will make this year’s game look like a blessing just like fifa 23 was a blessing compared to this year’s piece of crap.

It's just so sad we get all this 'content' in the store. Like they can be creative with the store but not with the SBC's. We could have gotten a SBC with a pack that contains 5 players of 88+ from the latest promo's. That's something that would make the content so much more unique and especially hype. However we get the crazy packs in the store with a crazy amount of FC Points. And there are people really spending it every week on this game. EA will only go more and more in this sad direction. And it just sucks...

Only solution is what happened here in Belgium. Fifa points and packs are qualified as gambling by the gambling commission. EA needed to prove that they do not sell to minors, which they could not, so they excluded the possibility to buy FIFA points here. Yes, I can only play as an RTG, but it's the only way not to lure minors into hardcore gambling (yes, you can probably avoid by changing PS5 settings or buy upfront online, I don't know, but at least there is a minimum of protection against this Pay to play )

The amount of special players that gets released killed the game a long time ago . We used to get excited for winter refresh. The game has been dead for years but we buy the game year after year because there isn’t any competition