An Electronic Arts internal document regarding FIFA 21 that was leaked to the CBC has explicitly stated the publisher's goal of pushing players toward its loot box-driven FIFA Ultimate Team game mode.
The 54-page document, which was provided to the news outlet by a "gaming insider," addresses the game's performance so far and lays out the publisher's plans going forward.
On a page of the document titled "Five Things You Need to Know," the third point emphasizes that players will be "incentivized to convert" throughout the summer, while the fourth point states "FUT is the cornerstone and we are doing everything we can to drive players there."