George Fan, would have been fired from Electronic Arts, after refusing to implement micropayments within the new installment of Plants vs. Zombies, according to Edmund McMillen.

The truth is that the last weeks are a media nightmare for Electronic Arts, which is being involved in great controversies, which have their origin in the additional payments within Star Wars: Battlefield 2, which generated great controversy and that the company has withdrawn, late, as sales are well below forecast. The latest controversy has been published by Edmund McMillen, creator and designer of titles such as The Binding of Isaac and Super Meat Boy, among others, who has made known the situation of the creator of Plants vs. Zombies

McMillen has said that his great friend, George Fan, creator of the title who made the small studio PopCap Games, developer of Plants vs. Zombies This study was bought, like many others, by Electronic Arts, who has been fired by the American video game giant, when he was directly opposed to the issue of microtransactions, something that we already know how it has ended in the game based on the Star Wars saga and that has forced to modify the micropayments in the Need for Speed, to avoid more controversy and loss of sales.

One thing is that the micropayments are a minority part and allows the developer to obtain a fluid income and really pay the development costs of the games, which unfortunately with the unit cost of the copy, sometimes the total is not covered. If they were minimal and isolated, only for users who want Premium elements, few complaints would exist, the problem has come in this case, when you buy the game and you have to leave a fortune (about $ 2.000), to have all the characters and weapons of the game.

George Fan would have ready or practically ready a new installment of Plants vs. Zombies and went to present the game to EA, as is normal. The company required him to implement its supplemental payment policy, to which George Fan responded, according to McMillen, 'I don't know, it doesn't seem like a good idea to me, and I don't want to do that with my game.' Those responsible for EA have had no mercy and have taken it out of the way, to do whatever they want with the game. This policy of additional payments can kill entire sagas, because users go from buying games where you have to spend a fortune to get weapons and characters?