800,000+ Sign Up for Battlefield Premium as EA Looks to Premium-ify Even More IPs

[diamondd]

Wait...what? you don't actually own the game?

nope, I wanted BF3 more than I've wanted any other game and made the difficult decision (at the time) to boycott it. To be honest, since then every piece of news I've heard about the game has supported my decision anyway IMO.

and before you jump on it, I have still played the game enough to know its B-grade.

[llllTrooperllll]

okay then...........

[Gamer87]

lol... don't own game. **** about it.
logic ftw yo

[Goric]

Wait...what? you don't actually own the game?

nope, I wanted BF3 more than I've wanted any other game and made the difficult decision (at the time) to boycott it. To be honest, since then every piece of news I've heard about the game has supported my decision anyway IMO.

and before you jump on it, I have still played the game enough to know its B-grade.

So your basing your views on BF3 purely on what you've read in the media? Why not play the game first, properly, not just a quick one or two rounds, before putting your 2c in, you may be pleasantly surprised.

[Anon. E. Moose]

Wait...what? you don't actually own the game?

nope, I wanted BF3 more than I've wanted any other game and made the difficult decision (at the time) to boycott it. To be honest, since then every piece of news I've heard about the game has supported my decision anyway IMO.

and before you jump on it, I have still played the game enough to know its B-grade.

So your basing your views on BF3 purely on what you've read in the media? Why not play the game first before putting your 2c in, you may be pleasantly surprised.

and before you jump on it, I have still played the game enough to know its B-grade.

But then, I'd like to know how much time is that?

I'm still on the fence about purchasing Premium, I believe it's pretty good value for money but I just don't know if I can warrant that purchase given how little I play the game now.

[llllTrooperllll]

Anon, If you think about it, not including the B2K pack, each DLC will cost you $12.50 if purchased as the 'Premium' pack. Include the B2K cost into that, if you don't own it and that's even less. Separately, they are $24.95 each.

But like you said, if your not playing it, then maybe its just not worth if if you cant afford it or are not going to get the use from it. hence this goes back to what i said earlier, its your choice

[diamondd]

I'm **** about the practices which led to my not owning the game.

Battlefield 3 was just a cash-in to begin with and now they're trying to cash-in cheaply all over again. If you guys want to pay for it, go right ahead. I'm voting with my wallet.

^^I've played the PC version for something like 5-8 hours at a LAN party (playing online obviously) on PC as well as probably that amount of time again on PS3 with some mates as well. Wouldn't even call it an improvement over BC2.

[Goric]

Yeah hence my bit about playing it "properly". Anyone can say they have played something but one or two hours doesn't count as really testing something properly I don't think.

And for all those **** about the queue priority, there are hundreds or servers out there, most of which are empty. So what if your favourite Metro only server is full, go find another one, it’s not that hard.

[Goric]

I'm **** about the practices which led to my not owning the game.

Battlefield 3 was just a cash-in to begin with and now they're trying to cash-in cheaply all over again. If you guys want to pay for it, go right ahead. I'm voting with my wallet.

^^I've played the PC version for something like 5-8 hours at a LAN party (playing online obviously) on PC as well as probably that amount of time again on PS3 with some mates as well. Wouldn't even call it an improvement over BC2.

Maybe you’re just not a Battlefield kind of person? Maybe you should go back to CoD where things are simpler and you get the same thing rebadged every 12 months? How’s that for a business model?

[diamondd]

Yeah hence my bit about playing it "properly". Anyone can say they have played something but one or two hours doesn't count as really testing something properly I don't think.

wellll, I did just say I've played it in the realms of 15 hours...

I see your point, but I wanted to love this game more than anybody and sorry, but it had waste of money written all over it for me.

When you combine the unremarkable gameplay with origin, battle log, premium services, weak DLC, no mod tools, no public server files, etc its not the kind of game I want to be playing OR supporting.

^lol, the last cod game I went anywhere near was cod4. Before that, Battlefield 1942, Vietnam and 2 were all-time favourites

[Long John]

and before you jump on it, I have still played the game enough to know its B-grade.

I know it can all be a point of view, but seriously, B-Grade. Unless of course you have a time machine and your from the future where everything is far more awesome.

[spawneh]

and before you jump on it, I have still played the game enough to know its B-grade.

What game do you consider A-Grade so I can tell you why I think it's not. This of course has to be a game you actually play now, Not a game that was popular in 2002.

Or maybe I'm missing out on an unknown game that is a lot better than BF3.

[llllTrooperllll]

this is gold!

[Goric]

this is gold!

+1

[diamondd]

and before you jump on it, I have still played the game enough to know its B-grade.

What game do you consider A-Grade so I can tell you why I think it's not. This of course has to be a game you actually play now, Not a game that was popular in 2002.

Or maybe I'm missing out on an unknown game that is a lot better than BF3.

no, you're not missing out on anything, there aren't any better ones and that's the problem. Buy the bad games, convince publishers that they can continue to get away with it.

this is gold!

+1

see, I knew you guys were easily pleased.

I must admit I'm amused by the number of people leaping to the defense of BF3 though