EA Sports FC 24 has seen an issue addressed by its developer that saw the Team of the Year Lionel Messi item acquired by thousands of players due to an in-game challenge bug. The item has a real world value of over £700 and was available earlier this week as part of a challenge, and for just over 20 minutes it was possible to get a high probability of obtaining the cards despite it usually being extremely rare. The news of this quickly spread on social media, resulting in EA taking the challenge offline. However, players responded angrily, suggesting that the publisher compensate all those with the item, since failing to do so would mean that those who logged into the game during the bug would have had a big advantage. Related Content — Upcoming PS5 Games 2024: The Best PS5 Games Coming Soon A SBC was released on 30th January at 10 am PST with an 86+ OVR untradeable reward from 13 leagues that featured at least one TOTY Player Item. Two of those leagues had only one Item matching the 86+ OVR threshold (Rest Of World and MLS). The SBC was live for 24 minutes, prior to its removal following the identification of a design issue. In that time frame an estimated 0.7% of Ultimate team players obtained a TOTY Messi item.We understand this has caused frustration within the Ultimate Team Community, and we apologize and appreciate your patience. We have explored several scenarios for how to proceed in a way that is both fair and would preserve long-term game health.We can confirm the following: Players who completed this SBC while it was available will keep their rewards. The SBC will not be returning as originally designed. We know that this is not a perfect solution, and we will continue examining our processes with the aim of minimizing such issues in the future.EA Sports FC 24 is now available for PS5, PS4, PC, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One.[Source – EA Sports via VGC]
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