

This may go the way of the Medal of Honor series.įlashback: Need for Speed Payback launched in 2017 alongside Star Wars Battlefront 2 with a similar loot-box model - random draws, available for real money, that upgrade your experience and drive your career progression. But the fact EA launched this without any microtransaction marketplace is the strongest sign the publisher has little to no expectations for it. Don’t get me wrong, having a clean game, free of that kind of icky, pocket-picking influence, is a fundamentally a good thing. In Need for Speed Heat, the elephant not in the room is microtransactions.
