Has EA taken pre-order DLC too far?
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Has EA Taken Preorder DLC Too Far? Posted on Tuesday, June 14 @ 18:39:08 Eastern by danielrbischoff
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Let's just say that there are several individuals excited about Battlefield 3 here at the GR compound. There's me... and Ku'ulei... and probably some others. What can I say? I grew up on Battlefield 1942 and its expansion packs. Battlefield 2 blew my high-school-aged brain away. That kind of programming won't go away with the announcement of preorder bonuses but the gaming community is a fickle one.
Here's my brain when I think about Battlefield 3: WHAT?! You can go prone?! WOAH! HOLY SHIT! This game looks awesome! If only there was something to get upset about!!
There is: apparently there are a handful of games that EA have revealed to be exclusive to those who preorder the game. EA announced the "Physical Warfare" pack for the UK (only for the UK so far by the way). Customers who preordered the game will receive weapons, equipment and ammo that supposedly gives them an advantage over Joe Schmoe who doesn't preorder the game.
How do I put this delicately? Reddit is absolutely fucking pissed.
If you haven't been paying attention, it's not the first time EA has attempted to offer gamers the opportunity to buy themselves better, more powerful weapons (they previously undid this exact same type of mess with Bad Company 2). I guess if you have a big game, you have to try to manipulate as much money out of it as possible, but I honestly think the better path would be for EA to just give the first DLC pack away for free.
Who knows how much your customer will buy if you give them the first taste for free? Wait... that's drug dealer talk. With these addictive online multiplayer shooters, is there anyone better suited to hand out advice? Related Games: Battlefield 3, Battlefield: Bad Company 2Tags: battlefield, ea, dice
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danielrbischoff - Joined: Nov 13, 2009I wanted to put some more personal thoughts in the comments for you guys: I honestly think that the gamers EA really care about selling their game to don't even ****ing care about this preorder junk. EA is going after the Call of Duty crowd. They don't care about preorder **** either. EA should be focusing on how they can make an affordable special edition that includes a real bullet-proof vest or some **** like that.0 0Like or Dislike?Posted: Jun 14th, 2011 at 6:41 pm
warmaster670 - Joined: Jun 15, 2007IIRC, EA has already said the extra stuff isnt unbalancing, so chalk this up to another bunch of whiney sad nerd ragers with an internet petition that will go nowhere, just like the MW2 and L4D2 boycotts.2 2Like or Dislike?Posted: Jun 14th, 2011 at 6:58 pmdanielrbischoff - Joined: Nov 13, 2009Yeah, totally believe that's true. Or how about the fact that the"Limited Edition" which is basically just the first run of the discs includes all of that preorder stuff. Those claims still won't calm the internet down. It's probably like all of 30 people making such a huge mess about it.0 0Like or Dislike?Posted: Jun 14th, 2011 at 8:06 pm
BigWoopMagazine - Joined: Jun 14, 2011Precisely. They're a bunch of wusses - skill will still win the day. I play BFBC2 running through all the different weapons to get platinum stars on them, and I still woop total butt on the points board, and am usually on the winning team, regardless of what I'm using (except snipers, I'm a horrible sniper, no patience). These guys just need to man up. And trying to convince me to cancel my pre-order to boycott getting bonus pre-order ****? Fat chance! What's the point of pre-ordering otherwise, it's not like amazon or gamestop is going to run out of copies!0 1Like or Dislike?Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 7:00 am
Ranim - Joined: Nov 30, 2005Daniel, the map pack is the only thing exclusive to the limited edition, and the controversy happened for Bad Company 1 as well. Warmaster, some times it works. Developers actually do pay attention to those kinds of things and do care, there are complex reasons for why they can't always do what the community wants- some should be obvious.
The cold hard fact of the matter is that in both occasions when they tried to force exclusive weapons on people the active community was almost completely united in opposition to it, and in at least the first case their cries won out (i totally forget the outcome of the second incident). It would be foolish to let this be a sole indicator, but if you go to the EA Battlefield 3 forum and look at the very top poll about this subject you will see that 2000+ people plainly stated NO, an overwhelming margin, this could possibly be a rigged poll, but there is no proof so take that poll with a grain of salt.
If0 0Like or Dislike?Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 9:46 amRanim - Joined: Nov 30, 2005EA's reputation and past attempts will only make this time around more intense.
I personally am against making exclusive items which have a purpose that affects the core game-play. It doesn't matter if its balanced, what ever that means in Battlefield 3s context. If this was just some vanity thing like the skins in Bad Company 2, I could care less, but we're talking about something that actually has an impact in the game environment, and its only for those who buy from certain places.
You have to maintain a constant vigil against these kinds of practices regardless of whether its a big deal or not, because publishers are CONSTANTLY gauging what they can get out of consumers. This being one such event. This is a boundary that they're violating.
Thats how I think about it right now.0 0Like or Dislike?Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 9:57 amdanielrbischoff - Joined: Nov 13, 2009Thanks for the input Ranim! Btw: we're working on increasing the character limit for our comments as we speak.0 0Like or Dislike?Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 11:33 am
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Has EA Taken Preorder DLC Too Far? Posted on Tuesday, June 14 @ 18:39:08 Eastern by danielrbischoffwindow.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({appId: 'your app id', status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true}); }; (function() { var e = document.createElement('script'); e.async = true; e.src = document.location.protocol + '//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js'; document.getElementById('fb-root').appendChild(e); }());
Let's just say that there are several individuals excited about Battlefield 3 here at the GR compound. There's me... and Ku'ulei... and probably some others. What can I say? I grew up on Battlefield 1942 and its expansion packs. Battlefield 2 blew my high-school-aged brain away. That kind of programming won't go away with the announcement of preorder bonuses but the gaming community is a fickle one.
Here's my brain when I think about Battlefield 3: WHAT?! You can go prone?! WOAH! HOLY SHIT! This game looks awesome! If only there was something to get upset about!!
There is: apparently there are a handful of games that EA have revealed to be exclusive to those who preorder the game. EA announced the "Physical Warfare" pack for the UK (only for the UK so far by the way). Customers who preordered the game will receive weapons, equipment and ammo that supposedly gives them an advantage over Joe Schmoe who doesn't preorder the game.
How do I put this delicately? Reddit is absolutely fucking pissed.
If you haven't been paying attention, it's not the first time EA has attempted to offer gamers the opportunity to buy themselves better, more powerful weapons (they previously undid this exact same type of mess with Bad Company 2). I guess if you have a big game, you have to try to manipulate as much money out of it as possible, but I honestly think the better path would be for EA to just give the first DLC pack away for free.
Who knows how much your customer will buy if you give them the first taste for free? Wait... that's drug dealer talk. With these addictive online multiplayer shooters, is there anyone better suited to hand out advice? Related Games: Battlefield 3, Battlefield: Bad Company 2Tags: battlefield, ea, dice
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danielrbischoff - Joined: Nov 13, 2009I wanted to put some more personal thoughts in the comments for you guys: I honestly think that the gamers EA really care about selling their game to don't even ****ing care about this preorder junk. EA is going after the Call of Duty crowd. They don't care about preorder **** either. EA should be focusing on how they can make an affordable special edition that includes a real bullet-proof vest or some **** like that.0 0Like or Dislike?Posted: Jun 14th, 2011 at 6:41 pmwarmaster670 - Joined: Jun 15, 2007IIRC, EA has already said the extra stuff isnt unbalancing, so chalk this up to another bunch of whiney sad nerd ragers with an internet petition that will go nowhere, just like the MW2 and L4D2 boycotts.2 2Like or Dislike?Posted: Jun 14th, 2011 at 6:58 pmdanielrbischoff - Joined: Nov 13, 2009Yeah, totally believe that's true. Or how about the fact that the"Limited Edition" which is basically just the first run of the discs includes all of that preorder stuff. Those claims still won't calm the internet down. It's probably like all of 30 people making such a huge mess about it.0 0Like or Dislike?Posted: Jun 14th, 2011 at 8:06 pmBigWoopMagazine - Joined: Jun 14, 2011Precisely. They're a bunch of wusses - skill will still win the day. I play BFBC2 running through all the different weapons to get platinum stars on them, and I still woop total butt on the points board, and am usually on the winning team, regardless of what I'm using (except snipers, I'm a horrible sniper, no patience). These guys just need to man up. And trying to convince me to cancel my pre-order to boycott getting bonus pre-order ****? Fat chance! What's the point of pre-ordering otherwise, it's not like amazon or gamestop is going to run out of copies!0 1Like or Dislike?Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 7:00 amRanim - Joined: Nov 30, 2005Daniel, the map pack is the only thing exclusive to the limited edition, and the controversy happened for Bad Company 1 as well. Warmaster, some times it works. Developers actually do pay attention to those kinds of things and do care, there are complex reasons for why they can't always do what the community wants- some should be obvious. The cold hard fact of the matter is that in both occasions when they tried to force exclusive weapons on people the active community was almost completely united in opposition to it, and in at least the first case their cries won out (i totally forget the outcome of the second incident). It would be foolish to let this be a sole indicator, but if you go to the EA Battlefield 3 forum and look at the very top poll about this subject you will see that 2000+ people plainly stated NO, an overwhelming margin, this could possibly be a rigged poll, but there is no proof so take that poll with a grain of salt.
If0 0Like or Dislike?Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 9:46 am
Ranim - Joined: Nov 30, 2005EA's reputation and past attempts will only make this time around more intense. I personally am against making exclusive items which have a purpose that affects the core game-play. It doesn't matter if its balanced, what ever that means in Battlefield 3s context. If this was just some vanity thing like the skins in Bad Company 2, I could care less, but we're talking about something that actually has an impact in the game environment, and its only for those who buy from certain places.
You have to maintain a constant vigil against these kinds of practices regardless of whether its a big deal or not, because publishers are CONSTANTLY gauging what they can get out of consumers. This being one such event. This is a boundary that they're violating.
Thats how I think about it right now.0 0Like or Dislike?Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 9:57 am
danielrbischoff - Joined: Nov 13, 2009Thanks for the input Ranim! Btw: we're working on increasing the character limit for our comments as we speak.0 0Like or Dislike?Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 11:33 amPost a comment LOGIN or REGISTER to post a comment or rate this review. Username:Password: Remember me next time?
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