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- rothbart, on 03/31/2008, -2/+207Remember, you can't spell "mean" or "sleazy" without "ea".
- ASexyNerd, on 03/31/2008, -4/+207"EA it's in the game....... well most of it"
- Craftybadger, on 03/31/2008, -1/+182Great, now I'll be getting killed by all the rich kids.
- abc12000, on 03/31/2008, -2/+121I bought a shirt from EA today that only had one arm sleeve... Now I've got to take it back and pay another five dollars for another sleeve...
Thanks EA! - Blackstar69, on 04/03/2008, -4/+110Soon they'll charge per frames per second...
- Krelith, on 03/31/2008, -4/+101Seriously, if EA's reputation gets any lower it won't be long until they're on a level with the Third Reich. Okay, maybe that's a slight over exaggeration. I mean they just released Army Of Two a couple of months later than scheduled to work through the complaints they got about gameplay, and then just as i'm thinking, "wow, EA may have actually changed their tune," they suddenly pull this crap! I was REALLY looking forward to this game after seeing the tech demo and now I don't even know if I want to buy it anymore.
Boycott, boycott to hell. - Cpd4224, on 03/31/2008, -0/+95EA Games, purchase EVERYthing
- Volkov137, on 03/31/2008, -8/+101Do what you'd do to any other BAD COMPANY! Boycott!
- cnot3, on 03/31/2008, -0/+65Do the guns come textured with advertisements for intel and pepsi on them?
- Dalilama30, on 03/31/2008, -0/+59I think there's someone from EA looking under my couch cushions for all my spare change.
- Ganja420, on 03/31/2008, -0/+48Its not that good of a game anyway... ive got the beta.
CoD4 and Halo are way better and don't charge for guns (just maps)
i dont think this kind of gaming model will work... boycott or not - bonnerfishX, on 03/31/2008, -0/+48what a BAD COMPANY
- MrM1yagi, on 03/31/2008, -5/+49***** EA!
- 2Bnor2B, on 03/31/2008, -0/+41After reading your post some EA executive just had an epiphany.
- linuxrocks2007, on 03/31/2008, -2/+42Rich, spoiled, annoying, racist, idiotic kids. Sometimes I'm glad there's a mute button.
- valkyries, on 03/31/2008, -2/+42"just maps" once you buy a game everything for it should be free. thanks you Valve! *cough*pc*cough*
- Christbait, on 03/31/2008, -13/+51EAids.
- radarbeam, on 03/31/2008, -2/+35I don't care for console-only games.
Still Dugg because EA greediness. - supermanred, on 03/31/2008, -4/+37***** this game. I don't mind paying 2 bucks for say, a package of new maps (which took weeks to design and months to playtest) after the fact, but to pay for a ***** gun in a shooting game? Get real, EA.
The good news is that once EA has really ***** up and gone ***** up, some of the smaller design houses can be reborn to make good games.
Dear EA:
$59.99 plus stupid micro transactions for things that should be included is BAD.
$79.99 for a game, that's fine as long as everything is in the ***** game.
Basically, charge us for the game. Not in bits and peices. - Cpd4224, on 03/31/2008, -0/+27People don't mind paying for things that are seen as "extras" but when you start charging for things that should be included in the game already (i.e. guns) then it makes people upset.
- jeriaemt, on 03/31/2008, -10/+36This is an example of how the free market works. If you don't like it don't buy it. The market will tell EA that this plan is a failure or a winner.
- kingUssop, on 03/31/2008, -1/+27The only thing scarier than EA are folks that defend EA... EA has always been just a slime pit looking to burn down any creative development house after taking all the franchised-to-death sales they can.
- hammerpants, on 03/31/2008, -5/+30...or "great."
Just sayin'... - h4ckler, on 03/31/2008, -1/+24I'm all for purchasing additional content... but right on the release of the game I have to purchase even more over the $60 fee to get everything the developed game has... screw that.
Consider this boycotted. - inactive, on 03/31/2008, -0/+23im not paying 80 bucks for a game ***** that.
50 bucks and everything is included. - bossm4n, on 03/31/2008, -0/+23This is about drawing a line in the sand and telling game developers and specifically publishers that we're not happy going down this road. EA's track record post 1942 is abysmal. It's bad enough that they released garbage like BF: Vietnam and BF2 which were very unplayable until the first few patches were released (in fact I don't know that they ever got BFV right), but to think that they are going to release potential crap that you will have to pay additional dollars for extras is absurd. Not to mention the fact that most games are now $60 to begin with. Plus I still have a chip on my shoulder for the way that EA/Dice f^cked over the guys from Trauma who developed the Desert Combat mod for 1942. So yeah, I won't buy the game, but I also won't shut the ***** up because I hate what EA is continuing to do with the industry.
- dhVyse, on 03/31/2008, -0/+22I'm never buying another EA game again after BF2. EVERY single piece of content was PAY. Not only that, that game had the WORST server browser in any game ever released. And they have YET to remedy it. It's pathetic really...
- DifferentAngle, on 03/31/2008, -1/+23or tea... mm... tea...
- ch4os1337, on 03/31/2008, -3/+24I should mention that the guns you buy from the marketplace are actually worse then the guns you get for free but have to unlock, I am in the Closed-Beta.
- Fkb797, on 03/31/2008, -0/+21I really think that boycotting this game is a good idea. Imagine if they get Take-Two! Guaranteed they will suck everything honest out of GTA.
***** Peter Moore! - mitchography, on 03/31/2008, -1/+21New company vision
EA..Insert Token Insert Token - afx1, on 03/31/2008, -1/+21i really don't think the gardener cares
- tchynerd, on 03/31/2008, -0/+17"Mute button available at an additional charge"
- dustin32, on 03/31/2008, -2/+19Uhhh... That's actually the point of this submission, in case you missed it. Boycott. It's right in the title.
- JavertHolmes, on 03/31/2008, -1/+16The next Gran Turismo plans to do this as well. You get over 3,000 cars with the game itself, but pay $20 per gas pedal installed.
- emjaymj, on 03/31/2008, -0/+15Map packs and the like are one thing, but charging for weapons is a bit ridiculous. Let's face it, multiplayer is why most people buy the battlefield games, and the thing that makes multiplayer gaming such as this fun is that everybody is on the same level and you're competing against the skill of other players. When you have to spend extra money on a game you already bought just to keep the gameplay fair, it's getting a bit ridiculous.
You're absolutely right that EA is within their rights to make money, but your rant is baseless. You tell the submitter to vote with their dollars, and last time I checked, that is the precisely the point of a boycott. I for one am also going to stop buying EA games like this, even if the price is reasonable - which it isn't - it's apparent now that costs can pop up at anytime just to keep up with other players. If these guns could be restricted from certain games, I'd have less of a problem, but we're looking at something way different from your ordinary expansion pack. - Xanthan, on 03/31/2008, -0/+15http://youtube.com/watch?v=N2y8p2Na-Bo --direct link to the YouTube
- Ouze, on 03/31/2008, -5/+20I find your use of CAPITAL LETTERS for RANDOM WORDS to be QUESTIONABLE, personally.
- mbonzo531, on 03/31/2008, -5/+20EA doesn't care what you think, they're a monopoly... in fact they own that video game too.
- cannonball, on 03/31/2008, -1/+15Just another EA game that will collect dust on a shelf in Best Buy.
- Akaji, on 03/31/2008, -1/+15Careful, you almost committed a grievous Godwin offense, and we're not even nesting comments yet!
- AwesomeMonster, on 03/31/2008, -0/+14Really? I was looking forward to this alot. way to ruin a good game with greed ea. You don't rush a product out, but instead you ruin it with other shamless tactics.
- rick2k, on 03/31/2008, -2/+16Bad company sucks. I know its only beta ATM but the gameplay was just pure trash. GG EA. I wont buy it anyway.
- bagboyrebel, on 03/31/2008, -0/+13"Vote with your dollars."
umm... that's what a boycott is. - Efflux, on 03/31/2008, -2/+15I thought they were going to become a better company after they announced that battlefield Heroes game that was a TF2 ripof.....
Crap. - bjornski, on 03/31/2008, -0/+13Boy, living up to your name there are ya?
- rchargel, on 03/31/2008, -0/+11If you think this is bad, consider this. Now video games are getting sponsorships, which is why you see real adds for real products in the middle of your game. Like those damn billboards during racing games. I have no problem with this, except that when the Radio and TV companies do this, they offer their product free of charge. Commercials are the reason you don't pay a monthly rate to get NBC, CBS, ABC, etc. Those video games should at least be cheaper if they get to make money off of the advertising. D-Bags
- Shadic, on 03/31/2008, -1/+12Or "Cheap" !
- mbonzo531, on 03/31/2008, -0/+11or you didn't http://badcompany.ea.com/
- indiandudeo, on 03/31/2008, -2/+12Taken from one of the comments:
EA: Bad Company -
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