Offered players the chance to trade a FUT Hero item in FIFA 23

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FIFA 23 Coins Hero Pack mistake results in EA remove millions of coins from virtual transfer market FIFA 23 Hero Pack which was incorrectly released by EA has seen players get millions of dollars worth of currency in-game wiped from FIFA 23 Ultimate Team.

The pack, which was accessible from 6 pm BST last night, offered players the chance to trade a FUT Hero item in FIFA 23 and some of them could be worth millions of dollars for just 25,000 coin.

Although EA corrected the mistake around 25 minutes after the launch of the pack, it did not stop millions of dollars in value from being erased off FIFA Ultimate Team as players were forced to sell their FUT Hero items in a state of panic, because of the massive influx of inventory.

FUT Hero cards are extremely scarce players that are only available in specific packs of Ultimate Team. FUT Hero cards are presented to players who've made an important contribution to a club or have become the cult hero for example, like an ex Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-Sung.

Due to the item's incredibly rare, they're typically highly expensive on FIFA 23 Ultimate Team's virtual transfer market and some of them like Yaya Toure selling on the market for 1.9 millions FUT coin which a prominent third-party selling website estimates at less than PS400.

But EA mistakenly released this pack, flooding the market with a massive quantity of the item and buy FIFA 23 Coins saw prices plummet rapidly while some people lost the equivalent of the equivalent of 1 million FUT dollars approximately PS200 for purchases by a third party.