I think that you are wrong to have this attitude about Apex, you DO NOT deserve to get lots of progression,unlocks, skins, and everything for FREE whilst the developers have spent millions to make this game. I work in the software development industry so let me explain;
A game developers salary is anywhere between 25,000 - 70,000GBP per year depending on their experience and coding skills. There will probable be about 20 programmers working on the game, meaning they are spending 500,000-1,400,000GBP per year just on programmers salaries. Then you have graphic designers, Music, art, producers, etc; and on top of that they will have software license fees, bills, HR staff, etc meaning they are now spending millions of GBP per year making this game. probably running into the 10's of millions per year to make the game, and since the game isnt finished whilst they are making it, they are spending their own money in the process to get a finished product, taking a chance on a game that could fail.
They have been working on this game for a few years, starting as Titanfall 3 and then eventually shaping into Apex. I could put the estimated cot of the project as anywhere between 30-50 million GBP as a rough estimate, and they are allowing millions of players around the world to play for FREE....their starter pack only cost 3.99GBP, and you absolutely CANNOT buy anything that is considered P2W or gives you an advantage. They give you some customisation for free, on top of everything else you have had for free. A sweet game, not P2W, balanced, and it doesn't cost you a penny. If everyone of their 25 million players bought the starter pack, which as of a few days ago was 100% of the playerbase, after taxes and stuff they would probably only break even. If you enjoy Apex stop being such a cheap * ******** and support the game, buy the supporters pack, founders if you like it that much. Get the battlepasses, etc; but you have no room to complain when you have committed NOTHING to EA/Respawn and yet are expecting everything in return.
They are part of a multiBILLION company. Nobody said making a game is free or that it does not require time, but the money and the time it takes to develop a game varies based on the type of game you develop. So the costs of any game depend on the type of game it is.
On top of that, NOBODY develops * before they get funding and a green light from the CEO of a company and the board of directors.
That means that all the costs and the man hours needed plus the expenses for any extras like marketing etc. are calculated, analyzed, preseneted and agreed upon before a single line of code is typed in the company's keyboards.
Stop presenting them as if they are victims or saints that are underpaid and do not make a profit but they just barely cover expenses. If that was anywhere near the truth they would have siezed making games years ago and they would have shifted to providing coding services and data analysis tools. Since that is not the case you can bet they make more than enough money to not only cover the costs of the game, the bonuses of the CEO, the dividents of the investors but also have a ton of cash to re-invest on themselves to grow the company further.
That is how economics work in any company of this sector. But i guess you need to have worked in the industry to know how things are instead of blidnly repeating like a parrot what shills say to try and shift public opinion on lootboxes and gambling addiction issues they cause.
