Wrong advertising on the EVO, legally liable according to lawyers
There has been a false advertising case from EA. There is an evo out of the hundreds of thousands of possible evos that just so happens to be glitched because it is a very meta player for free (see file attached). The player is advertised to reach an 87, however, upon completion of the second evolution the player gets a (confirmed) visual bug that gives him one too much dribbling and disqualifies him from the last evo. The community has reached out multiple times for weeks but EA has refused to fix it (but when it is store packs or an sbc bug EA fixes these in mere minutes) since he would be too good of a card. The evo expires today and he was never able to be reached. EA has repeatedly in help chats just told players it would forward it to the development team but no compensation nor fix was brought for multiple weeks.
According to online lawyer forums, this is legally liable.
Yes, you may be able to sue EA for compensation or false advertising. If EA advertised that the player would be able to reach an 87 overall through 3 evolutions, and they failed to deliver on that promise, they may be liable for damages. Additionally, if EA knew about the bug and intentionally failed to fix it, they may be liable for false advertising.
In order to succeed in a lawsuit against EA, you would need to prove the following elements:
1. EA made a false or misleading statement about the product.
In this case, the false or misleading statement would be that the player would be able to reach an 87 overall through 3 evolutions.
2. You relied on that statement in making your decision to purchase the product.
In this case, you would need to show that you purchased the player card because you believed that you would be able to evolve it to an 87 overall.
3. The false or misleading statement caused you to suffer damages.
In this case, your damages would be the amount of money you spent on the player card.
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