Pemalite said:
According to the Australian Beureau of Statistics I have access to 419 Internet Service Providers (With 77~ being large companies), which all have access to the same physical infrastructure. |
It doesn't seem as good in the US though, unless this Wikipedia article about telecom companies and this Wikipedia article about broadband providers are missing something essential. It seems there's a relatively limited amount of nation-wide service providers, and I doubt local service providers can really make much of a mark in the big picture unless the situation is absolutely horrible. Of course in your case the situation sounds good, this thread seems to be more about the US.
EA is the only case where I know people have actually managed to change anything about microtransactions, and even it's not a guaranteed change - last I heard, it sounded like microtransactions were on hold and could simply be coming back. Personally I'd also attribute the supposedly weak sales mainly to the first game: I'm under the impression the same happened with Watch Dogs 2 and Titanfall 2 as well. People didn't like the first game that much, so there's less interest about the sequel as well. This seems to be in line with the same pattern.