In a twitter exchange with a journalist from The Wall Street Journal, EA CFO Blake Jorgensen revealed that microtransactions will be returning to
Star Wars: Battlefront 2. This decision was made because the game shipped a lot less units than the developer had anticipated. In the Holiday Quarter, 9 million units of the game were sold. This came as a disappointment to EA as they had anticipated a figure in the 10 million range.
Mr. Jorgensen pointed out that loot boxes will be back in a few months and will only be cosmetic in nature.
Check out the tweet below for more details:
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Star Wars: Battlefront 2 is currently available on Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC.