The big sticking point for a number of college football and gaming fans was the introduction of microtransactions, a practice involving paying real money to unlock features in the game.Microtransactions have become increasingly prevalent in modern video games, but the idea of putting them into the latest College Football game seemed absurd even a year ago.YOUTUBER BORDEAUX GOES IN DEPTH ON EA SPORTS COLLEGE FOOTBALL 27'S 'MICRO TRANSACTIONS'The move comes as 'NCAA Football 24' is set to be released in the summer.(College Football Hall of Fame)Many fans pushed back on the concept of microtransactions and voiced their displeasure on social media, and none were more vocal than YouTuber Bordeaux.The content creator became the tip of the spear in a grassroots campaign to get EA to remove microtransactions from the game entirely, even adopting the hashtag #CFBPlayDontPay.Bordeaux wasn't the only content creator attempting to hold EA Sports accountable, but he was one of the biggest and earliest to do so, a move that could have been disastrous for his career as a college football video game YouTuber.I asked him whether that had any impact on his decision to lead the charge against EA in our conversation last week, but Bordeaux insisted it never entered his mind.Fans sought an EA Spotrs college football game release date.
(Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)"No matter what, I have never needed a partnership to do something," Bordeaux said, referring to his multi-year collaboration with EA."The game is good, I'm never going to backtrack on that opinion.
It's just the fact that they're putting those microtransactions in, is where I have to draw the line and say, 'Do not spend money on this.'"It would appear as though Bordeaux's efforts paid off, as EA announced that it will be doing away with microtransactions for this year's version of their game in a lengthy post on X late last week.While the move was (and should be) seen as a win from the online commu...