The last FIFA edition of EA Sports Electronic Arts that was almost booked for free by mistake.

The last FIFA edition of Electronic Arts that was almost booked for free by mistake.

It is rare to get an item worth Rs 60 for just six paise.

But video game fans recently got a golden opportunity when the price of a new video game from Electronics Arts (EA) was slashed by nearly 99 percent. The error was caused by a single digit that made a $60 video game worth six cents.

EA Company has realized its mistake which revealed the FIFA 23 Ultimate Edition on India Epic Games Store at a price of Rs 4 80 paise instead of 4800 INR.

But many game fans had already ordered online. The good news for them is that now the company has announced that it will give the game to those customers at the same price they ordered it at, which is about 99% less.

Importantly, this video game will be the last video game in EA Sports' best-selling football series as they announced earlier this year that they will no longer be making FIFA-branded games.

EA Sports Video says that from now on its football video games will be marketed under the name 'EA Sports FC'.

The announcement in May marked the end of a 29-year partnership between EA Sports and FIFA, citing licensing fees as one of the reasons. FIFA, on the other hand, has said that they will now release their own video games.

But this latest video game has been the talk of the town for a long time, partly because of its inclusion of female teams.

A single digit error

FIFA Ultimate Edition video games are usually more expensive than other games because they have extra features such as players being able to buy and sell, get extra FIFA points and even the video game before its official release. Access is granted.

The original price of this new edition in India was 4800 rupees or 60 US dollars while the standard edition of the same game was 44 US dollars.

But the news of this mistake spread like wildfire and fans of the game on social media spread it around the world that it can be bought for just five to six cents on the Epic Games India store.

The company realized the mistake early on, but several lucky fans had already taken advantage of it.

A user happily shared that he had bought five games for Rs.25.

EA Sports and Epic Games emailed buyers this week to inform them that the game will be available for the same price.

EA Sports' FIFA team has admitted that it was their fault.

It should be noted that FIFA 22 proved to be the most successful edition to date and shortly after its official release, EA Sports reported that 9.1 million players from around the world had joined it and around 460 million in the first week. The matches had been played.