FUT 15 Price Ranges will be universal across Xbox, PlayStation and PC
“EA just basically re-confirmed any doubts that we may have had about their incompetence,” wrote one Fifa fan on the game’s official forum. “I don’t see how this will help so late into the season.” Another added: “EA might have [intended] to curb the rampant inflation and bring some unattainable cards back into the market, but all they’ve done is make it worse. Earlier, only the £15m+ players were out of the market. now even the mid-ranged players (like Suarez and Robben) have become extinct, as they are auto-bought [at] the max range price. The only ones on the market for more than a minute are the ones still extremely heavily priced, but put up before the price cap.”
Weird as it might seem to lavish so much praise on menu organization in a work of analysis that should be about playing video game soccer, it’s important to remember just how much time is spent in those menus and how much a giant game like this is dependent on them. Between Careers, Online Seasons, and FUT, there is an insane amount of information in FIFA 15 and it’s impressive that it’s all presented in such a coherent way.
"Although the new FUT item Price Ranges will differ from current prices, their relative value to other player items on the transfer market will remain consistent in order to maintain a level playing field for everyone," EA said. All price ranges will be universal across Xbox, PlayStation and PC, and are set by the FIFA team "based on analysis of past transfer market prices". The change means open bid transfers will be unavailable after price ranges have been activated. So, in order to list an item on the market, you have to set a "buy it now" price within the price range.
"The Price Range for each FUT item will be set wide enough for you to still enjoy trading on the Transfer Market," EA said. "The Price Range for certain players may be adjusted in the future as we work to improve this feature over time." It's worth noting new in-form FUT player items will get a price range when they're released. "We believe the long-term benefits of this new change will make FUT more fun and fair for everyone," EA added. "We know that this is a significant change to FUT, and so we want your feedback. We are confident that, in the long run, the FUT community as a whole will come to appreciate the balanced benefits that this new feature will bring to all FUT players, but it's important you let us know what you think." The transfer market will remain inaccessible from the web and companion apps, EA said.
The current problems might be related to today’s update, although this hasn’t been confirmed at the time of writing. We reached out to EA Sports for comment, informing them that gamers can’t sell players or connect to servers. An update has been posted below after EA commented on the outage.
Update: Two recent tweets on EA Sports FIFA channel reveal that the Transfer Market is currently closed, which will then be followed by around 3 hours of FUT maintenance from 6:30pm in the UK. You can expect the FIFA 15 UT maintenance to end around 9:30pm in the UK, so it looks like many gamers won’t be getting online tonight.
All Price Ranges will be universal across Xbox, PlayStation and PC.
New ‘in-form’ FUT player items will receive a Price Range upon release.
The Price Range for each FUT item will be set wide enough for you to still enjoy trading on the Transfer Market.
When you list an item on the Transfer Market, the range at which an item can be sold will appear. These price ranges will be set by the FIFA Team based on analysis of past Transfer Market prices.
Open bid transfers will be unavailable after Price Ranges have been activated. In order to list an item on the Transfer Market, you will have to set a “Buy It Now” price within the Price Range.
The Price Range for certain players may be adjusted in the future as we work to improve this feature over time.
