
The record was found in the 2020 edition and gamers passed around the news across Reddit, message boards, and various social media outlets for a good reminder of how oblivious some devs can be.

It's not the kind of thing you want to be known for in any industry.let alone an entertainment one. The comment currently has 683,000 downvotes. The Star Wars Battlefront II beta is due to begin tomorrow at 8:00 AM UTC for those who pre-ordered the game, while it will open to everyone at the same time on October 6th. In a way EA kind of changed everything for the better.but that doesn't make the most recent world record sting any less.ĮA's infamous "pride and accomplishments" Reddit is now part of the Guinness Book of World Records as the most-downvoted Reddit comment of all time. It sent a shockwave through the billion-dollar lootbox market, causing many publishers to switch to cosmetic-only monetization, and even triggered massive scrutiny from worldwide regulators.


The controversy, which saw Battlefront II as an egregious pay-to-win scheme full of grinding and tedium, changed the industry. In 2017, the big Battlefront II lootbox kerfuffle was etched into the annals of gaming history.
