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Answer's pretty simple. SDS doesn't want people flipping. If you're flipping, you're not giving them your money for stubs... By far this has been the worst year for flipping

@hoosfirst_PSN got [censored] dude I thought I spent too much time on the marketplace app

@dap1234567890_PSN Saying i'm here to spam is a bit of an over reaction though in that literally my only two posts are on this topic. Two posts in a month is not "spamming"

@dap1234567890_PSN [censored]. Didn't realize I had people keeping track of my posts haha. Fair enough. You make good points... Shouldn't have been a d**k to the guy earlier. And using the word dead is probably wrong. Just mean a lot harder than in years past and margins are way thinner and for someone that doesn't have hours and hours to sit and play the game it's frustrating. But you make good points that i've bitched about it before and there's no good in that. I'll quit complaining cause clearly it seems as if i'm in the wrong here.

@theBlindRhino_NSW God please teach me how to be as good as you are.

@SaveFarris_PSN Not saying it's not possible. Just simply pointing out that it's worse than it's ever been. Have to have an insane amount of volume to make any kind of meaningful stubs and it hasn't always been like that. Especially this late into June.

Man, SDS pretty effectively has killed flipping this year. Worst year for flipping I've seen and I've played since MLB 18. Sucks to see. Used to be part of what made the game so great. Wasn't like the others (Madden and 2K) in that you didn't have to shell out real money to make stubs. Oh well.

@YOSHI24_XBL I dont remember it being this tight well into May. I know early i. The cycle (first month or so) the margins ar very thin but certainly by June in years past the margins would start to widen up considerably. Almost June now. I could be wrong idk but I just dont remember them being this bad this late in the game

@TripleH-4481_PSN yup exactly. Them not being like Madden and 2K is what used to set them apart. It feels very much like they have gone the pay to play route that those other ones go.

There used to be "Daily Collections" and other things like Team Affinity exchanges that would give people a reason to still buy cards like bronze and silver after completing the live series collection. Right now there is no reason to ever purchase any bronze or silver so their buy nows are constantly near quick sell value and impossible to flip.

It just feels deliberate and that they've gone out of their way to kill flipping with the hopes that people will shove more money their way. And that really sucks.

@theBlindRhino_PSN it seems very deliberate by SDS this year to try to almost prevent flipping. Going the Madden route and making everything expensive, making it impossible to make stubs, and putting the best cards behind pay walls. Very sad to see and not being like them is what used to set them apart from the other ultimate team modes.

I'm sure others have commented on this but I have seen a ton but just looking for opinions on why flipping margins are so ridiculously awful this year. I know the margins are always tight early in the year but this year just seems.next level bad. More than 2 months into the game now. With live series just about as expensive as its ever been too it just seems like it can't be a coincidence. I'm hoping they start widen some as they usually do around June/July, but they haven't even moved a bit yet. Just wanna see what others think.