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I guess the wording they use is just ambiguous. It says "one-time fee" but then I see it described as "membership" and "subscription" some places. Why not just call it a "package"?
I guess the wording they use is just ambiguous. It says "one-time fee" but then I see it described as "membership" and "subscription" some places. Why not just call it a "package"?
Oh, and the trailer clearly says "Own all 5 expansion packs". So if you pay for this for a year, stop paying and lose access to the DLC, you've got EA for false advertising.
That's media company "own", not own own.
Doesn't matter what EA says it means, as in countries that actually believe in that filthy communist ideal of "consumer protection", it is what the "reasonable person would consider it to mean" that will matter in court.
I can't afford $100 for a game thanks. Yeah I said $100 b/c right now, buy BF3 + premium = $100.
$60 + $50 is north of a bill. ridiculous in my book. it's like everything else in life; nobody wants to spend more on gas as well but nobody does anything to change things... in this area the companies cried about piracy to hike up prices (oil companies version of piracy is scarcity), community accepts it (oil - they increase and then lower so you at first are thankful and become adjusted), then they figure out the next model or strategy to bring in more profit - dlc, and most people lapped it up. this is just the natural evolution.
i don't see how they can justify any of it really; you want the stupid dlc then buy it... but instead they are looking at forcing the issue with the ability to play online hanging in the balance. a subscription is silly...
You can play online regardless of whether or not you are premium. All premium equates to is getting all five of the DLC's for $50 with some added shit thrown in.
Online play has nothing to do with premium. You can continue to play BF3 online whether or not you pay the $50 for premium. Stop spreading misinformation.
Try thinking a few steps into the future and you can easily see why people are worried and suspicious.
You're prebuying DLC. Period. Everything else is crazy ass unwarranted paranoia.
Horse Armour.
/argument.
They should have allowed for a la carte at least. This $50 "one time fee" is bullshit without other options. No way do I believe this is the last monetizing effort for this game.
Allow us to pick and choose dlc and offer maybe a 10% discount to buy the bundle. $10-15 a pop is far more palatable than $50.
What you've described is literally exactly what they are doing. All separate, the 5 expansion packs (which you WILL be able to purchase individually, at your discretion) will be $15 each. If you were to purchase each of the expansion packs individually, it would cost $75 total.
The premium service gives you all that content, PLUS a great deal more (including a new knife, weapons, weapon/soldier camo, assignments, dogtags, and server queue priority). All of that for $50, $25 less than it would cost to purchase all the expansions individually. For those that can afford to pre purchase all the expansions, the premium service is an excellent option and it will save them money in the long run. For those that prefer to buy the expansions on an individual basis, that option is available too, so you can wait for reviews or whatever before deciding to purchase. The system rewards those that are willing to take a gamble and throw down money on unreleased content, and it also allows for players to purchase individual DLC at their own pace without screwing them with exorbitantly high prices.
For those complaining about the price, let me refresh your memory. Battlefield 2 came out during the summer of 2005 for $50. The first expansion pack, Special Forces, was released in November 2005 for $20. The next two booster packs, Euro Force and Armored Fury, were released March and June 2006, respectively for $10 each. That brings the total cost of all of BF2s DLC to $40. Also bear in mind that Special Forces was a standalone product, making it completely fragmented from BF2 Vanilla.
The premium pack promises to offer MUCH more content than the BF2 expansions did (20 maps, 20 weapons, 10+ vehicles, 4+ game modes, 30+ assignments, etc), and at a similar cost. That sounds like a win to me-I'll personally be upgrading to a premium account when I can afford to. My only qualms with the service are as follows: first, I already paid for Back to Karkand when I preordered the limited edition of BF3, which is a minor annoyance (although the preorder cost was only $42, so it's still hard to complain). Second, I am afraid that 5 separate map packs are going to fragment the BF3 community. It's going to be hard playing matches with friends, especially if they do not have all the content that you might. Finally, I am afraid that after the novelty dies down, most servers will revert back to Vanilla rotation (which is what seems to be happening after the B2K release). Only time will tell how things go.
What you've described is literally exactly what they are doing. All separate, the 5 expansion packs (which you WILL be able to purchase individually, at your discretion) will be $15 each. If you were to purchase each of the expansion packs individually, it would cost $75 total.
The premium service gives you all that content, PLUS a great deal more (including a new knife, weapons, weapon/soldier camo, assignments, dogtags, and server queue priority). All of that for $50, $25 less than it would cost to purchase all the expansions individually. For those that can afford to pre purchase all the expansions, the premium service is an excellent option and it will save them money in the long run. For those that prefer to buy the expansions on an individual basis, that option is available too, so you can wait for reviews or whatever before deciding to purchase. The system rewards those that are willing to take a gamble and throw down money on unreleased content, and it also allows for players to purchase individual DLC at their own pace without screwing them with exorbitantly high prices.
For those complaining about the price, let me refresh your memory. Battlefield 2 came out during the summer of 2005 for $50. The first expansion pack, Special Forces, was released in November 2005 for $20. The next two booster packs, Euro Force and Armored Fury, were released March and June 2006, respectively for $10 each. That brings the total cost of all of BF2s DLC to $40. Also bear in mind that Special Forces was a standalone product, making it completely fragmented from BF2 Vanilla.
The premium pack promises to offer MUCH more content than the BF2 expansions did (20 maps, 20 weapons, 10+ vehicles, 4+ game modes, 30+ assignments, etc), and at a similar cost. That sounds like a win to me-I'll personally be upgrading to a premium account when I can afford to. My only qualms with the service are as follows: first, I already paid for Back to Karkand when I preordered the limited edition of BF3, which is a minor annoyance (although the preorder cost was only $42, so it's still hard to complain). Second, I am afraid that 5 separate map packs are going to fragment the BF3 community. It's going to be hard playing matches with friends, especially if they do not have all the content that you might. Finally, I am afraid that after the novelty dies down, most servers will revert back to Vanilla rotation (which is what seems to be happening after the B2K release). Only time will tell how things go.
What you've described is literally exactly what they are doing. All separate, the 5 expansion packs (which you WILL be able to purchase individually, at your discretion) will be $15 each. If you were to purchase each of the expansion packs individually, it would cost $75 total.
The premium service gives you all that content, PLUS a great deal more (including a new knife, weapons, weapon/soldier camo, assignments, dogtags, and server queue priority). All of that for $50, $25 less than it would cost to purchase all the expansions individually. For those that can afford to pre purchase all the expansions, the premium service is an excellent option and it will save them money in the long run. For those that prefer to buy the expansions on an individual basis, that option is available too, so you can wait for reviews or whatever before deciding to purchase. The system rewards those that are willing to take a gamble and throw down money on unreleased content, and it also allows for players to purchase individual DLC at their own pace without screwing them with exorbitantly high prices.
For those complaining about the price, let me refresh your memory. Battlefield 2 came out during the summer of 2005 for $50. The first expansion pack, Special Forces, was released in November 2005 for $20. The next two booster packs, Euro Force and Armored Fury, were released March and June 2006, respectively for $10 each. That brings the total cost of all of BF2s DLC to $40. Also bear in mind that Special Forces was a standalone product, making it completely fragmented from BF2 Vanilla.
The premium pack promises to offer MUCH more content than the BF2 expansions did (20 maps, 20 weapons, 10+ vehicles, 4+ game modes, 30+ assignments, etc), and at a similar cost. That sounds like a win to me-I'll personally be upgrading to a premium account when I can afford to. My only qualms with the service are as follows: first, I already paid for Back to Karkand when I preordered the limited edition of BF3, which is a minor annoyance (although the preorder cost was only $42, so it's still hard to complain). Second, I am afraid that 5 separate map packs are going to fragment the BF3 community. It's going to be hard playing matches with friends, especially if they do not have all the content that you might. Finally, I am afraid that after the novelty dies down, most servers will revert back to Vanilla rotation (which is what seems to be happening after the B2K release). Only time will tell how things go.
What you've described is literally exactly what they are doing. All separate, the 5 expansion packs (which you WILL be able to purchase individually, at your discretion) will be $15 each. If you were to purchase each of the expansion packs individually, it would cost $75 total.
The premium service gives you all that content, PLUS a great deal more (including a new knife, weapons, weapon/soldier camo, assignments, dogtags, and server queue priority). All of that for $50, $25 less than it would cost to purchase all the expansions individually. For those that can afford to pre purchase all the expansions, the premium service is an excellent option and it will save them money in the long run. For those that prefer to buy the expansions on an individual basis, that option is available too, so you can wait for reviews or whatever before deciding to purchase. The system rewards those that are willing to take a gamble and throw down money on unreleased content, and it also allows for players to purchase individual DLC at their own pace without screwing them with exorbitantly high prices.
For those complaining about the price, let me refresh your memory. Battlefield 2 came out during the summer of 2005 for $50. The first expansion pack, Special Forces, was released in November 2005 for $20. The next two booster packs, Euro Force and Armored Fury, were released March and June 2006, respectively for $10 each. That brings the total cost of all of BF2s DLC to $40. Also bear in mind that Special Forces was a standalone product, making it completely fragmented from BF2 Vanilla.
The premium pack promises to offer MUCH more content than the BF2 expansions did (20 maps, 20 weapons, 10+ vehicles, 4+ game modes, 30+ assignments, etc), and at a similar cost. That sounds like a win to me-I'll personally be upgrading to a premium account when I can afford to. My only qualms with the service are as follows: first, I already paid for Back to Karkand when I preordered the limited edition of BF3, which is a minor annoyance (although the preorder cost was only $42, so it's still hard to complain). Second, I am afraid that 5 separate map packs are going to fragment the BF3 community. It's going to be hard playing matches with friends, especially if they do not have all the content that you might. Finally, I am afraid that after the novelty dies down, most servers will revert back to Vanilla rotation (which is what seems to be happening after the B2K release). Only time will tell how things go.
What you've described is literally exactly what they are doing. All separate, the 5 expansion packs (which you WILL be able to purchase individually, at your discretion) will be $15 each. If you were to purchase each of the expansion packs individually, it would cost $75 total.
The premium service gives you all that content, PLUS a great deal more (including a new knife, weapons, weapon/soldier camo, assignments, dogtags, and server queue priority). All of that for $50, $25 less than it would cost to purchase all the expansions individually. For those that can afford to pre purchase all the expansions, the premium service is an excellent option and it will save them money in the long run. For those that prefer to buy the expansions on an individual basis, that option is available too, so you can wait for reviews or whatever before deciding to purchase. The system rewards those that are willing to take a gamble and throw down money on unreleased content, and it also allows for players to purchase individual DLC at their own pace without screwing them with exorbitantly high prices.
For those complaining about the price, let me refresh your memory. Battlefield 2 came out during the summer of 2005 for $50. The first expansion pack, Special Forces, was released in November 2005 for $20. The next two booster packs, Euro Force and Armored Fury, were released March and June 2006, respectively for $10 each. That brings the total cost of all of BF2s DLC to $40. Also bear in mind that Special Forces was a standalone product, making it completely fragmented from BF2 Vanilla.
The premium pack promises to offer MUCH more content than the BF2 expansions did (20 maps, 20 weapons, 10+ vehicles, 4+ game modes, 30+ assignments, etc), and at a similar cost. That sounds like a win to me-I'll personally be upgrading to a premium account when I can afford to. My only qualms with the service are as follows: first, I already paid for Back to Karkand when I preordered the limited edition of BF3, which is a minor annoyance (although the preorder cost was only $42, so it's still hard to complain). Second, I am afraid that 5 separate map packs are going to fragment the BF3 community. It's going to be hard playing matches with friends, especially if they do not have all the content that you might. Finally, I am afraid that after the novelty dies down, most servers will revert back to Vanilla rotation (which is what seems to be happening after the B2K release). Only time will tell how things go.
If I went back to 2004, when everyone was enjoying Desert Combat and a multitude of Unreal Tournament maps and skins, and told people that someday they would have to pay for maps and mods, they would have laughed in my face and said that it was unwarranted paranoia.You're prebuying DLC. Period. Everything else is crazy ass unwarranted paranoia.
EA will charge people for whatever they can get away with, and it's really disgusting how many people are willing to reward that behavior.
EA will charge people for whatever they can get away with, and it's really disgusting how many people are willing to reward that behavior. I know I'm in the minority when I say "Screw it. I'll stick with old games and indie titles."
I understand your point of view if you are an EA stockholder.No shit. EA is a business out to make money. Why the fuck shouldn't they charge people for additions to their game?
I understand your point of view if you are an EA stockholder.
If you're a gamer who is old enough to remember Unreal Tournament, They Hunger, and Desert Combat, I don't.