For less popular cards, the prices are approaching each other. However, the differences are very noticeable, especially for top players, and that frustrates some players on PC.
- “I have been playing FIFA on PC for 17 years, and every year the prices are absurd. So I consider buying a PS every year, but it just doesn’t feel right because I would only play FIFA” (via reddit).
- “Yes, it’s ridiculous. They need to increase the pack weight for promo cards,” says a user (via reddit). The “pack weight” refers to the rate of promo cards in packs.
- “I regret very much that I chose PC this year. I travel a lot for work and thought it was a good idea. Next year back to PS5. It’s not just TOTY; every card is glaringly more expensive on PC,” tells a user (via reddit). However, he also adds: “On the other hand, if you pull these cards tradeable, you can also get the coins on PC, it’s not entirely comparable.”
However, the differences for top players are difficult to balance out, especially when we talk about millions of coins.
What is the problem? One of the main problems of the PC transfer market is that it is isolated. The PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S share a transfer market, and Stadia was included as well.
In contrast, the PC has an individual transfer market, as does the Switch. This results in fewer users and thus offers on the transfer market than on consoles.
Overall, the PC has actually made a step forward in FIFA, as it has technologically caught up with the next-gen consoles. At the same time, there was early frustration for the PC version, due to errors around the release.
In FIFA 23 you can improve your Ultimate Team with players from the transfer market. But top cards are expensive – especially if you play on PC.
Currently, the TOTY event is running in FIFA 23, which will be replaced on Friday by the Future Stars event.
In particular, the TOTY, or “Team of the Year,” is known for bringing extremely strong but also extremely rare and expensive cards into the game.
Pulling such a card is incredibly unlikely, as some streamers have proven on Twitch. Therefore, some players try to buy top cards on the transfer market instead.
But that’s not easy either. Because you first have to gather the required coins for a TOTY card. Through smart trading in FIFA 23 or strong rewards, it is possible, but it is difficult and takes time.
And especially on PC, you often need significantly more coins than on consoles.
Players frustrated by high TOTY prices on PC in FIFA 23
What frustrates players? In the FUT subreddit, user “fawz97” shared a post depicting the prices of current TOTY players on PC.
While the TOTY is generally very expensive, even on consoles – on the PC transfer market, it takes on a whole new dimension. We have compiled a few examples from the portal futbin, where current transfer market prices are documented:
- TOTY-Haaland costs about 4.4 million coins on console, but a whole 6.4 million on PC. That’s a significant difference.
- TOTY-Messi is also notably cheaper at 5.8 million coins on console than his counterpart on PC for nearly 9.7 million coins.
- TOTY-Militao costs 1.58 million coins on console, and 1.88 million coins on PC. So there’s basically the equivalent of a TOTY-Courtois in between.
- TOTY-Mbappé costs around 10.7 million coins on console. Currently, he is not even available on PC, he is thus “extinct.”
But this issue does not only affect TOTY cards, it also applies to other players. For example, the popular hero card of Al-Owairan costs 730,000 coins on console, but 918,000 coins on PC. The regular Mbappé card is priced at 822,000 (console) and 989,000 coins (PC).
For less popular cards, the prices are approaching each other. However, the differences are very noticeable, especially for top players, and that frustrates some players on PC.
- “I have been playing FIFA on PC for 17 years, and every year the prices are absurd. So I consider buying a PS every year, but it just doesn’t feel right because I would only play FIFA” (via reddit).
- “Yes, it’s ridiculous. They need to increase the pack weight for promo cards,” says a user (via reddit). The “pack weight” refers to the rate of promo cards in packs.
- “I regret very much that I chose PC this year. I travel a lot for work and thought it was a good idea. Next year back to PS5. It’s not just TOTY; every card is glaringly more expensive on PC,” tells a user (via reddit). However, he also adds: “On the other hand, if you pull these cards tradeable, you can also get the coins on PC, it’s not entirely comparable.”
However, the differences for top players are difficult to balance out, especially when we talk about millions of coins.
What is the problem? One of the main problems of the PC transfer market is that it is isolated. The PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S share a transfer market, and Stadia was included as well.
In contrast, the PC has an individual transfer market, as does the Switch. This results in fewer users and thus offers on the transfer market than on consoles.
Overall, the PC has actually made a step forward in FIFA, as it has technologically caught up with the next-gen consoles. At the same time, there was early frustration for the PC version, due to errors around the release.
