EA SPORTS starts the new year as the old one ended: with compensation in FC 24. The developer made a mistake with the SBC rewards in FUT – 2024 opens with mockery from the players
Good luck and happy new year: EA SPORTS announced the first FUT compensation of 2024 in the early morning of January 3. Five days earlier, the publisher had already said goodbye to 2023 with an admission of error and the prospect of improvement. At that time, it was about Jonjo Shelvey’s winter wildcard object – now the rewards of a pick SBC are affected.
Specifically, it is the “83+ TOTW Player Pick”. For successfully completing the team building challenge, the developer promised a choice of three TOTW cards, each with an overall rating of at least 83 points. However, posts and screenshots quickly proliferated on social media showing gold objects as rewards – some of them with an overall rating of less than 83 points.
SBC removed for the time being – community mocks
EA SPORTS has reacted to the faux pas and temporarily removed the SBC from FUT. Players who had already started it will keep their progress after returning. Those who had already completed the SBC and received incorrect rewards will be contacted in the coming days and compensated with the correct items. This compensation will not save the publisher from renewed ridicule.
“How is this even possible?” asked the X account ‘EAFC 24 News’ to its more than 240,000 followers – complete with a facepalm emoji. User ‘Ashish’ wished for “just one normal day” in FC 24. Meanwhile, the comment with the most likes on the original EA post came from Jonathan Yefet: “I’ve also discovered a problem: these problems seem to keep coming back. “
