^What a load of *, you don't have to grind for hours to progress in payback, I made 2million yesterday just by replaying drifting the block. The payouts are now larger, as are the bets as you progress.
The 'loot crates' in payback are pretty much useless, they are strictly for visual customization as bank and rep can be easily earned.
'Madden cards' do not NEED to be bought, it' is to my knowledge that FIFA and MADDEN are relatively similar in that respect, you can play the game and have just as much fun without getting out your wallet.
Payback is getting a lot more negative feedback than it actually diserves, if the ONLY reason you wanted payback was the online free-roam, what the problem? Pretty much everything else is there, and for the things that aren't, they may come later on in updates.
Sitting here behind your screens typing out your deepest desires for a game every day isn't going to help the developpers speed up any potential additional features to the game, nor will it give them any more authority to talk about said features.
Give it a rest and wait for news, if you don't get any, come back in a week.
Please note : firstly, EA probably do care more about cash, but they are a COMPANY, money is litteraly the ONLY thing that keeps them going and developpers employed, secondly, video game prices since 1990 have barely changed , if they can make money of extra purchases so be it. unless it renders a game COMPLETELY unplayable *cough cough* GTA V online *cough cough* then there is no reason to moan.
It's not like you have to purchase the Mazda Rx-7 in payback with your own money, it will come for free when added (this is to say that the loot crate systems don't always make a game bad)
Kbye