Following an error with the FIFA 23 92+ TOTS or Shapeshifters Team 1 Player Pick SBC, EA Sports has been forced to remove the content and promise compensation for the impacted players.
EA has come under fire from the FIFA 23 community once again after releasing an SBC with the wrong rewards. The last few weeks have seen EA make a number of content errors in-game during the Team of the Season (TOTS) promo, including releasing FUT Packs with the wrong content multiple times and even releasing an entire TOTS squad early.
A few mistakes with Player Picks in FUT Packs have seen EA create a backlog of promised compensation, and more have now been added to that list after an error with the 92+ TOTS Or Shapeshifter Team 1 Players Pick SBC.
FIFA 23 compensation promised following EA TOTS or Shapeshifter Player Pick SBC error
At 6pm BST / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT on June 21, the FUT community was treated to a 92+ TOTS Or Shapeshifter Team 1 Players Pick SBC, where players could submit two squads in return for the chance to choose one of four players rated 92 or higher from any TOTS squad or the Shapeshifter Team 1 squad. But, players who completed the SBC started to include TOTS Moments items in their Player Pick, despite these not being included in the description of the SBC.
Just over one hour after the SBC went live, EA was quick to remove it from FUT before releasing a statement on its @EAFIFADirect Twitter account.
"The 92+ TOTS Or Shapeshifter Team 1 Players Pick SBC incorrectly contained TOTS Moments Player Items. The SBC has been temporarily removed from the game and will return later. Impacted players will be sent corrected rewards in-game in the coming days."
At the time of writing, the SBC is yet to return to FUT 23, and compensation is yet to be awarded. EA has announced compensation would arrive in the coming days multiple times in the past, but this never seems to be the case.
Many players have also taken to social media to complain to EA after the removal of the SBC, with some players having submitted one of the two squads to complete the SBC before it vanished from the in-game menus. It would've cost players around 150k/200k FUT Coins to complete the 87-rated squad, so it will be interesting to see if EA compensates these players as well.