grossprophet

"It's astounding to me how these articles and videos get passed around without some cursory fact-checking."

So lets do some in the article.

"In 2012, about 17% of EA’s revenue came from stuff like loot boxes and season passes. This year, about 45% of their revenue did."

That paragraph talks about revenue, while this paragraph discusses profit;

"In 2012, EA made $76 million dollars, and in 2017 they made $976 million. The kicker is that we know $800 million of that comes from FIFA, which means all the rest of their games combined earned the other $197 million."