BiggStankDogg
Member
Can they shit the bed any harder on this release? They have pissed away SO much good will, it's mind bottling.
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EA breaks promise of including BF 1943 with the PS3 version of BF3
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Zombie James
Banned
shagg_187 said:
Wat. They already announced at E3 that PS3 is going to get expansion pack earlier ALONGSIDE BF1943.
Fuck you, EA. Glad I paid less than $40 each.
In lieu of getting a free game, we'll be giving you the opportunity to give us more money earlier.
Like that's somehow an equal substitution? Fuck.
Mechanized
Member
Zombie James said:
It's a called a purchase incentive. Early DLC is a viable selling point for the 360 version of COD over the PS3 version.
Free BF1943 was a purchase incentive, IMO a pretty shitty one. Especially if you already own the game, what do you get then? Nothing at all? Whereas now everyone who buys the PS3 version of BF3 gets DLC early over the 360 version.
BlazingDarkness
Member
Stay classy EA
Neuromancer
Member
EA is still way worse when it comes to consumer abuse.Cels said:
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Decarb said:
Exactly. The early access to dlc was already mentioned last month, but NOWHERE does it mention in lieu of free Battlefield 1943.
Who do you think you're fooling EA? We're not exactly the mindless drones you think we are.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
cRIPticon said:
Except it was too late for some to vote with their wallet, because y'know, EA didn't tell anyone they decided to back out of their promise.
Neuromancer
Member
Online passes, for one. They invented them.Cels said:
ZombieSupaStar
Member
BiggStankDogg said:
LOL
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Going to post a thread asking where the game is on the official forums. We'll see how long it stays there.
Edit: Looks like someone already did. And of course there's a few morons in the thread, trying to give the guy a hard time for inquiring about his promised game.
Edit: Looks like someone already did. And of course there's a few morons in the thread, trying to give the guy a hard time for inquiring about his promised game.
Agent X
Member
Withnail said:
That's exactly what it is, a bait and switch. Since this is on the record as being promoted at public events and on major gaming Web sites (including Sony's own PlayStation.Blog), then they must deliver on the promise or they are breaking the law.
To be fair, they don't have to be held absolutely to the letter of their word, as long as they made a diligent effort to make it right. If they said "We couldn't put BF1943 on the Blu-ray disc, but here's a free download voucher in the box instead", then I'd say that would be acceptable. If they were afraid of people giving away the voucher to their friends (possibly because they already had BF1943 for themselves), then they could have tied it to the activation of the online pass. I'd even consider that to be acceptable.
However, it looks like they waited until the game was released to say that BF1943 was removed, and that the "early DLC availability" was the substitute. As others have pointed out:
1. The early DLC announcement was made weeks ago, but they did not announce that this was a replacement for BF1943. If that was their intention, then I'm sorry to say that doesn't cut it, because they didn't make that clear at the time. Nothing was said about the BF1943 bonus, and this didn't have any apparent ties to it.
2. Regardless of whether early DLC is a good deal or not (or even potentially a better deal in the eyes of certain people), the point is that it's not what was originally promised.
Even if some people here think "not everyone wants BF1943", you as an individual don't speak for "everyone". Any percentage of people could feel this is a great deal. If at least one person in the world feels that BF1943's inclusion was a worthwhile incentive to get BF3, and was subsequently disappointed by its absence, then it doesn't matter what other deals were put into place--EA has already committed the ol' bait and switch.
If they yanked it because they were afraid it's a noticeably smaller or inferior game to BF3 and/or that they'd have to sustain the servers longer than they originally planned to...well, that's not an excuse, either. They could toss the BF1943 voucher in the box, wait the requisite 90 days after release, then pull the BF1943 servers offline forever and ever, Amen. At least they'd have fulfilled their original promise of allowing people to get what was originally offered to them.
I didn't get BF3, but anyone who got the game and feels like they got scammed should find some outlet to complain. I'm hoping the media makes a big deal about this and holds EA's feet to the fire (and Sony's as well, since they helped cross-promote this), because if this is allowed to pass with no ramifications to EA/Sony, then we as consumers could be sliding further down the slippery slope.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
I already owned 1943 anyway, but how about you get rid of the ridiculous online pass EA!
Not only did PS3 owners get fooled, now 360 and PC players have to wait for the expansions.
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Not only did PS3 owners get fooled, now 360 and PC players have to wait for the expansions.
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IsntChrisL
Member
I wish this was getting more attention. The "replacement" is a joke.