In effect, they’re getting a complete look at what is available to them for the next 24 hours, somewhat like the daily-items menu players see in games like EA’s F1 2020 or Knockout City. Players must preview it before making their decision to buy. Also, there’s no way to buy a pack with its contents sight unseen.
Two points: First, previewing a pack does not call out which of the items, if any, are duplicates already present in the player’s FUT collection (which can be quite vast). Image: EA Vancouver/Electronic Arts via Polygon
If they buy the pack, that timer immediately expires. But there will now be a 24-hour wait period before they can preview another pack or buy a different one in its class. If they don’t like what they see, they don’t have to buy the pack.
Once the player has seen the revealed cards, they may then buy the pack with either FUT Coins (the free in-game currency) or FUT Points (the premium). Doing that exposes its contents as if the player actually had bought the pack and opened it. How does a FIFA Ultimate Team Preview Pack work?Īll packs for sale in the FUT Shop have an eye icon and a button to trigger the preview. Festival of FUTball started June 11 and runs until mid-July. It’s not clear if this is how any or all packs will be sold after then, though. “Preview Packs” were introduced on Friday and are the only kind of packs sold in the FUT Shop through this year’s “Festival of FUTball”. The change comes with certain catches, but it seems to carefully respond to long-running complaints and discomforts, ranging from government regulators in Europe to rank-and-file fans playing a microtransaction-filled game. FIFA 21 Ultimate Team players may now preview the specific contents of every pack of cards sold in EA Sports’ extremely lucrative but heavily criticized mode.