The Untold History of EA's Long (and Rich) Pay-2-Win Love Affair

This video started out as a review for Star Wars Battlefront II, but as I researched the commercials behind it, I began to uncover a consistent pattern from EA that began as early as 2006, and has since come to define much of our industry as other publishers have sought to recreate EA's success. This is the story of Andrew Wilson's golden goose and how it saved EA but cost us AAA gaming in 2017. If you'd like to support what I'm doing, the best way is over on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/skillupyt MyTwitch channel is here: https://www.twitch.tv/skill_up_gg Skill Up Gaming Facebook Page! https://www.facebook.com/groups/2029370630658327/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SkillUpYT?lang=en (@skillupyt) Join us on the community Discord: https://discord.gg/Q728ewv Check out my second channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwpmyAEOxIFmiXHFk4XbLMA If you'd like to donate to show support, you can do so at: https://strexm.tv/user/skill_up_gg -- You can check out some of my recent videos here: Warframe- Plains of Eidolon Reaction Stream https://youtu.be/SHZU4lxVA9U Top 10 Beginner Tips for Fortnite Battle Royale: https://youtu.be/DuwCBPl_FQk My Destiny 2 Review: https://youtu.be/iPC9k5Bxnxc Warframe's Plains of Eidolon look amazing: https://youtu.be/3GU6NOG1yJ0 Check out the latest Warframe Weapons: https://youtu.be/yS5-EecHXzs Huge Changes to the Rogue Mechanic in The Division https://youtu.be/TVSrwk3Otoo Destiny 2 Collector's Edition Unboxing https://youtu.be/5DbBIWz_6Qw Everything we know is coming to Patch 1.8 (The Division) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0oeS_xXRn8 How to Get Hyroid Prime Free: https://youtu.be/lhIJLDiPYu8 Please Stop Sending Me Free Stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5xeU... My Warframe Review (2017) https://youtu.be/0vuJitrbTFY