An issue with FIFA 22’s pre-order bonuses has led to many players not receiving their OTW item, something EA intends to address.
Anyone who has pre-ordered FIFA 22’s Ultimate Edition likely already knows that one of the bonus items included with it is a special Ones To Watch player item.
These items weren’t supposed to be distributed until later today, but it appears many players received theirs early. And, upon opening the pack, were disappointed to find, not the OTW item as promised, but a regular gold card instead. This is because OTW items technically aren’t in the game yet.
Naturally, this has sparked some panic among those who think they’ve missed out on one of their pre-order bonuses. Thankfully, EA is not only aware of the issue but is already working to fix it.
As it explains in a Twitter statement, the pre-order packs are now locked and can’t be opened while it investigates the issue. Furthermore, anyone unfortunate enough to have already opened the pack will be gifted a new OTW pack in the coming days.
For anyone unfamiliar with the OTW items, they are basically special player cards that are meant to reflect real-life performances. So, every week, EA releases a Ones To Watch team of player cards with upgraded stats.
Since these are improved versions of existing players, it makes them quite the coveted item, so getting a free one was something of an incentive to pre-order the more expensive Ultimate Edition.
There is no word on whether those who didn’t open the pack will be compensated with a free player card as well. Some players argue that, since those who did open the pack are essentially getting two free cards (the gold one and the OTW one), then they should be gifted a free gold card to keep things balanced.
This is hardly something EA or the players want to be dealing with now that FIFA 22 has officially launched. But it’s not as bad as the situation Konami’s eFootball is in, which sits as the lowest rated game of all time on Steam.
It released only yesterday, obviously to compete with FIFA 22. But despite being free-to-play, with none of the microtransactions implemented yet, eFootball was met with near universal scorn and mockery for missing so many features and being riddled with more bugs than the cast of both A Bug’s Life and Antz combined.
FIFA 22 is available now for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PC, and Stadia.
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