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

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“We are very pleased with the performance so far,” said EA Games chief Patrick Soderlund, noting that over 800,000 people have signed up to the new Battlefield Premium service. Meanwhile, EA Labels boss Frank Gibeau notes that the company is looking to add Premium-style services to more titles. "(In the) longer term we think that we can bring more properties into that offering and that'll be great for the business," he said.

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“We are very pleased with the performance so far,” said EA Games chief Patrick Soderlund, noting that over 800,000 people have signed up to the new Battlefield Premium service. Meanwhile, EA Labels boss Frank Gibeau notes that the company is looking to add Premium-style services to more titles. "(In the) longer term we think that we can bring more properties into that offering and that'll be great for the business," he said.

800,000 people have let down gamers everywhere.

[SilentWolf.AUS]

“We are very pleased with the performance so far,” said EA Games chief Patrick Soderlund, noting that over 800,000 people have signed up to the new Battlefield Premium service. Meanwhile, EA Labels boss Frank Gibeau notes that the company is looking to add Premium-style services to more titles. "(In the) longer term we think that we can bring more properties into that offering and that'll be great for the business," he said.

800,000 people have let down gamers everywhere.

Well personally I like Battlefield 3, I find the map packs enjoyable to play with mates and they cost ~$20 each, so I can either buy them all for say ~$100 or buy Premium for half the price. I don't really care for any of the other "perks" of Premium, just the price/content ratio is pretty good.

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Well personally I like Battlefield 3, I find the map packs enjoyable to play with mates and they cost ~$20 each, so I can either buy them all for say ~$100 or buy Premium for half the price. I don't really care for any of the other "perks" of Premium, just the price/content ratio is pretty good.

Well personally I think map packs that you need to pay for are bad enough as it is.

[Pearl]

Loving Premium, and the SPAS-12 that comes with it
.....Delicious hate ensues when i use it....

[DodgyGeezer]

Why pay once for a game when you can pay twice. The sops that bought premium are buying DLC that hasn't even been announced yet and won't be out for ages. The vast majority will also be re-buying the Karkand DLC that you got when pre-ordering.

From what I have heard Close Quarters is about as exciting as BC2 Vietnam. Which is to say not very.

@Pearl. Isn't it great when you get a gun that just works for you. Haven't been killed much by the SPAS-12 despite the 800k players out there with access to it, so I am guessing it isn't much of an improvement on the DAO or USAS for most people.

[Pearl]

@Pearl. Isn't it great when you get a gun that just works for you. Haven't been killed much by the SPAS-12 despite the 800k players out there with access to it, so I am guessing it isn't much of an improvement on the DAO or USAS for most people.

Well u havnt played against me then lol... its massive improvement over them (IMO).
5th in the world with it ATM (very close to 4th/3rd) and #1 in Australia.

[SaNE]

I got it since it was only $25 from India and I payed $27 for the Russian edition in the first place, making my BF3 purchase around what the game should have been worth from the get go.

Pretty sad the amount of people who bought the game for $80 and then payed $50 on top, $130 for the bugtacular BF3 really is nothing other than a complete and utter scam.

[imcloughy11]

I love BF3, so it was an easy decision to pick up premium, i would have bought the expansions anyway. At least they add more then just maps like the CoD DLC's do, 10 weapons, 4 maps, assignments/game modes etc isnt a bad deal x5 for $60

[Matty]

This is why we can't have nice things.

[spkypwnsuall]

I got it since it was only $25 from India and I payed $27 for the Russian edition in the first place, making my BF3 purchase around what the game should have been worth from the get go.

Pretty sad the amount of people who bought the game for $80 and then payed $50 on top, $130 for the bugtacular BF3 really is nothing other than a complete and utter scam.

Excuse my language and caps lock, but HOW/WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GET IT THAT CHEAP? I can't find premium ANYWHERE for under $48 AUD


More on topic, its cheaper than all the DLC's by themselves, but some of the perks AKA the "jump the queue" approach really bites for those of us who don't have it. Makes getting into a well populated server difficult at the best of times.
Admitidly, the premium approach won't work for all the games EA release, so I'll be interested and skeptical to see how they try to implement it into the new batch of games they release...

[Otto-matic]

On that note I really hope the local GoN admins won't be implementing the premium players get in first system.

[akira675]

Well personally I think map packs that you need to pay for are bad enough as it is.

Luckily at least 800,000+ people are smart enough to realize money doesn't grow on trees. Creating maps the scale of BF3 means employing artists. Programmers as well in the case of close quarters (new destructible physics etc.) and ongoing support. Then designers and support staff on top. The game has been out for ~8 months now, the initial revenue hit has dissipated, if you want them to maintain support for the game, provide updates and content, then you pay for it.

Or, use your entitled voice, whine about prices, make them stop DLC and watch content support for the game drop 1 month after launch.

[SilentWolf.AUS]

Well personally I think map packs that you need to pay for are bad enough as it is.

Luckily at least 800,000+ people are smart enough to realize money doesn't grow on trees. Creating maps the scale of BF3 means employing artists. Programmers as well in the case of close quarters (new destructible physics etc.) and ongoing support. Then designers and support staff on top. The game has been out for ~8 months now, the initial revenue hit has dissipated, if you want them to maintain support for the game, provide updates and content, then you pay for it.

Or, use your entitled voice, whine about prices, make them stop DLC and watch content support for the game drop 1 month after launch.

Agreed, not to mention games have always had expansion packs, you could just think of Premium as an expansion pack.

[Shinanigans]

Well personally I think map packs that you need to pay for are bad enough as it is.

Luckily at least 800,000+ people are smart enough to realize money doesn't grow on trees. Creating maps the scale of BF3 means employing artists. Programmers as well in the case of close quarters (new destructible physics etc.) and ongoing support. Then designers and support staff on top. The game has been out for ~8 months now, the initial revenue hit has dissipated, if you want them to maintain support for the game, provide updates and content, then you pay for it.

Or, use your entitled voice, whine about prices, make them stop DLC and watch content support for the game drop 1 month after launch.

#winning - thank you for removing your head from the sand

Actually didn't think Premium would do this well! Quite surprised.