Yin-Poole, Wesley. “Now FIFA 19 Discloses Pack Odds, the True Horror of FUT Is Laid Bare.” Eurogamer.net, Eurogamer.net, 29 Sept. 2018, www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-09-29-now-fifa-19-discloses-pack-odds-the-true-horror-of-fut-is-laid-bare.
In regards to the actually percentages (chances) to receive the best players in the games (FIFA in this case) from these card packs is absolutely ridiculously. A new feature was implemented into the game called Show Pack Probabilities. The picture below which comes from the article shows percentages for a chance to get a increasingly better player through the packs. Wesley Yin-Poole the author gives a really good point regarding that less than 1% in the picture," According to EA, there's less than one per cent chance of getting a Ones to Watch player from a pack in FIFA 19. Less than one per cent. This may be an even more dire situation than it looks at first glance. The wording of "less than one per cent" probability is clearly deliberate - it may be 0.01 per cent, for all players know." This may be one of the first times a game company let alone EA gave our the actually numbers regarding a players chances, which is a good thing but it ended up causing even more backlash. Those Ones to Watch Players include Cristiano Ronaldo, and Riyad Mahrez very high profile players, yet then can't give specifics on them. Instead they leave it deliberately vague saying less than 1%, who knows how far down it can actually be, but from this chart its clear what EA's intention is from these packs. The chance to get these high profile players is so small and of course there are die hard fans out there who will spend a lot of money to get them. If the chances are lower then players will spend more and more trying to get them, draining the life force (money) from their wallets. But then comes the question what if EA needs the money? What is the business model behind microtransactions, is it actually worth it to implement them?
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