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You tried your best, and you failed miserably. The lesson is, "Never try."

Okay, the silence is deafening. So, I got a refund from Microsoft. If you're unhappy with this, you can and should do the same. Vote with your wallets.

@BalsamicArrow88_XBL Don't worry, friend. You're not the first person to be loud wrong on the internet, and you won't be the last!

@spursymace15_PSN Yup, it's the intentionality of it that's particularly egregious. I'd thought better of SDS.

@BalsamicArrow88_XBL "Nobody goes there because it's too crowded."

@BalsamicArrow88_XBL which is fine unless you've paid for the sunroof...

@DonJuanRon_XBL Yeah, that's the thing. I bought like $150 worth of Stubs last year. Now, I won't do that last year and may refund the game. That's a tangible loss, and if enough people take a stand, it'll add up, just as with Destiny 2.

@yankblan_PSN In all seriousness, that's not how this will play out. Anyone with experience with EA games knows that once the investment options end, the economy inflates, and pay to win becomes the only viable option. It doesn't even impact me since I don't play H2H, yet I still know this is pure greed.

To a larger point, download the app, load MLB The Show 25, set a buy order for one of the Kyles (Schwarber or Tucker). Then, once you buy it at the low price, set a sell order for the high price. With virtually no effort, you'll make tons of Stubs. SDS is removing this from the game solely to sell more packs.

Don't miss the forest for the trees here. They're intentionally making the game worse solely for greed.

@yankblan_PSN Since you're finally asking a sincere question, here's the sincere answer. You clearly don't know how investing works, which is fine. There's an app you can download. Then, you can set limit orders, just like on the stock market. Once you understand the system, you can earn 60k Stubs on a single transaction. It takes 30 seconds. Many of us do this in the background while waiting on load screens or when not at our consoles to play the game. Before today, fans of this play style could be on MLB The Show from anywhere. Now, we're chained to our consoles to make a profit, which was the point. SDS simply didn't want to admit it until they stole presales money from those who would have canceled had they known.

@yankblan_PSN If you don't understand that investing IS math, I don't know what to tell you. That part of the game -definitely- isn't for you.

@xXBadger89Xx_PSN Honestly, even that would be too low. It needs to be at least 250, and even that would suck out much of the fun of investing.

I presume their fallback plan is to go to 50 or 100, though. This whole thing feels pretty calculated. They want to gain a foothold to push for higher pack sales. Bungie tried to the same thing, and the Steam player count is just hysterical to track.

@yankblan_PSN Sorry, that one was too advanced for you. I'll go slower.

One plus one equals two.

You can try this by staring at your fingers. Look at one of them and count. Then, look at another and count again. That's called adding!

@yankblan_PSN Here, I'll help you with the one that has you stumped. Two plus two equals...wait for it...four!

@BrthrDarkness_PSN You're preaching to the choir. It's depressing to watch SDS turn heel like this. Their continued silence is deafening.

@BrthrDarkness_PSN Cut him some slack. He can't do math.

@yankblan_PSN Math is hard.

@yankblan_PSN The fact that we're coming to this forum rather than our usual hangouts speaks volumes. SDS is directing us here since their support staff is so overwhelmed with complaints. So, cause = effect.

@gypsea99_PSN To be fair, it's just a minuscule percentage of people, and they're probably just weird or astroturfing SDS-connected posters. But yeah.

There's no defense for this decision, and yet a couple of people are still trying...

@Easy_Duhz_It__PSN I could bury you with links, but I doubt the facts are going to dissuade you from posting this nonsense. Meanwhile, I'm watching all my Destiny 2 influencers convert to other games because there's no audience for their content now.

@datneegdaz_PSN I'm on Xbox.