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Source: You must login or register to view this content.[/COLOR] // By: Wondoh // 16th June 2011

In response of my last thread You must login or register to view this content. I went through how the site reddit have organized a boycott at Electronic arts upcoming Battlefield 3, about the pre-order DLC pack being available to day day of release. Some companies withholding some content such as DLC to use as pre-order bonuses which prevent the people who dont want to pre-order from accessing them.



Arguments started as the view of the public is having exclusive weapons and vehicles can make the game unbalanced and recieving a map pack that is only available by pre-order is also seen as really unfair.
Also having to pay for the pack as well, from day one was people immediate view, but however EA has released more info on the subject.

A look at the Battlefield 3 site's blog (You must login or register to view this content.) shows that the pack, that was first thought to charge users who didnt pre-order, would be a free add-on later after release of the game.



This confirms that EA have seen the outrage the community had given after hearing the original news that the DLC would cost, but EA have now spoken back and the DLC is in fact going to be free, some time after release. However there is no confirmed date as out yet.

This just goes to show how a misunderstanding around a game can lead to such an outrage that a boycott is proposed, to then find out that they had gotten there facts wrong. Although this is mainly about the UK bonus pack, Im sure it will apply to other regions as well.

Are you happy that its been confirmed that any pre-order DLC will be available free after release??
Do you think they decided to change their plans down to the boycott and had originally set to charge us??

Thanks for reading :y:

Who would want to boycott battlefield??? Must be mw3 fanboys

Sounds similarish to the 3arc old maps crap. You can't even buy them on the PS Store -.-.

88 sucks, shotgun are for noobs.

The End!

Thanks for this. I'll be pre-ordering

I can't wait for this

At least it's going to be free...

I'm a little tardy to the party, but you're kidding me, right?

It's ridiculous that people bitch about the smallest things, especially when it comes to VIDEO GAMES.

I pre-order games most of the time because it includes some sort of mutual benefit, they get my money early, I get a nice privilege when the game is released, or something like access to a beta.

Whether it's exclusive content (like this, and I fail to see how that isn't fair, a lot of games make you pay for exclusive content, and this time it's FREE), an early advantage, or pre-order weapon packs like the Fallout: New Vegas packs/ Homefront's exclusive pre-order shotgun (and no one had a childish hissy-fit about the shotgun, did they?), it's nice to know that the devs appreciate my support. (Not that it's different from not pre-ordering, but everyone has the chance to pre-order. It's their own fault if they don't.)

I don't see why your actions should take away from my enjoyment. Name one over-powered pre-order weapon (in a multiplayer game, single-player doesn't count for obvious reasons) that have "broken" a game's balance.

I'm positive you can't.

Things aren't ever good enough, are they? This is exactly why I prefer playing alone. Gamers are some of the most picky and spoiled/self-entitled people on this Earth, it's no wonder we get a bad rap from the media.

"Some companies [are] withholding some content such as DLC to use as pre-order bonuses which prevent the people who don't want to pre-order from accessing them."

I fail to see why this is an issue, considering they have every right to do so. You buy the base game, everything that is on that disc is what you paid for. All else is extra content.

Sounds good to be free...

atleast its free