EA Sports added paid progression to Road to Glory and Online Dynasty in EA Sports College Football 27, and as you can imagine, that decision did not sit well with the gaming community. Players, reviewers, and content creators immediately called EA out for putting microtransactions into modes that are supposed to reward people for actually playing the game.
Because apparently paying full price for College Football 27 was not enough, EA also thought players might want to spend additional money to speed up their progression. This is EA we are talking about, so none of this should come as a surprise. The company has spent decades making terrible monetization decisions, getting dragged by the gaming community, and then acting surprised when players refuse to accept them.
Thankfully, after being called out ever since reviews for College Football 27 began appearing, EA has announced that it is removing all paid progression options from Road to Glory and Online Dynasty. The announcement was posted on the official EA Sports College Football Instagram account.
According to the College Football 27 development team, the paid progression options were added separately from the deeper progression systems found in both modes. EA claimed the goal was...
