Most Expensive Edition of FIFA 23 Was Virtually Free for 15 Minutes: “Hopefully I Can Keep It”

Most Expensive Edition of FIFA 23 Was Virtually Free for 15 Minutes: "Hopefully I Can Keep It"

The pre-order for FIFA 23 started yesterday evening and for a short time the Ultimate Edition with some bonuses was sold for the equivalent of 0.06 euros, i.e. 6 cents. Some fans have snapped and are now hoping to keep the game.

What exactly happened? Pre-orders for FIFA 23 started on July 20th. You can purchase the football simulation for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. The Ultimate Edition actually costs a whopping 99.99 euros. That was briefly different in India, however.

There, the Ultimate Edition in the Epic Store apparently only cost 4.8 rupees. How exactly this error came about is not entirely clear. However, the problem is said to have been resolved after about 15 minutes.

User rajat20rana shared in the FIFA subreddit a screenshot of this curious moment. In the comments, in turn, some users spoke up, who immediately took advantage of this good offer.

A first glimpse of FIFA 23 is available in the official reveal trailer:

FIFA 23: Official Reveal Trailer

“It really is the complete game”

What are the players saying? There are several users on reddit who say that the purchase worked out for 4.8 rupees. However, no upgrade or anything cosmetic was purchased, but the complete package, as Kingslayer2377 emphasizes.

The user anoopvk268 even claims to have directly purchased several games: “Bought several copies. Hope they don’t refund this and I get to keep them.”

However, there is also some mockery for EA. For example, user Kenrry wrote, “To be honest, that’s the real price the game should cost.”

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Many players criticize the practice of releasing a new FIFA every year, which requires you to pay in full and lose your acquired player in Ultimate Team. From Ultimate Team alone, EA generated $1.3 billion in net revenue in fiscal 2021 (via EA).

What did users get for 6 cents? In addition to the actual game, the Ultimate Edition also includes 4,600 FIFA Points (about 30 euros), three days earlier access to the game and several player cards as well as some players on loan for Ultimate Team.

What does EA say about this? They have not yet commented on this error. However, so far – almost 21 hours later – there have not been any refunds.

We have compiled everything about FIFA 23 here:

When is FIFA 23 coming? Everything about the release – date, trailer, cover

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