Why Did EA Add The Token Reward System? w Game Designer #W39.2

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Game Designer Seb is on his second podcast of the week! After 20 minutes of World Cup chat, he goes through why EA may have added the token system and what it could mean in the future.

Chapters (please note, as Spotify inserts ads into run time, these timestamps will usually be behind when the topics starts):

00:00 Week 1 of the World Cup Reviewed

21:14 What does Tokens mean for Ultimate Team long term?

33:04 Is Ultimate Team just for rewards?

40:11 Randoms Reds vs Weekly Pick of 3

51:05 Why are EA scared of repeatable gameplay grinds?

54:29 Have EA got power curve rubber banding right?

1:00:18 The biggest problem with Tokens

1:03:11 How Star Performers work

1:07:11 The future of Playstyles Lab