Poll: Battlefield 3 pre-order DLC BOYCOTT coordination
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I keep reading (in different forums and on Reddit) that people are saying that this forces people to pay more.
...It doesn't. The "limited edition" is automatically given for pre-ordering.
You ARE NOT choosing between paying $50 for the (non-existent) non-limited edition and $60 for the limited edition. You do NOT have to pay more for the PWP. (Discounting anyone who waits many months past release for a sale on the game.)
You do, however, have to choose between pre-ordering for both the "Back to Karkand" map pack and the PWP versus purchasing after the game is released in which case you'd have to buy the BtK map pack and live without the 3 exclusive components of the PWP (the DAO shotgun itself is just an "early" unlock, but the Flechette ammo, flash suppressor, and Type88 LMG ARE exclusive).
That being said, although I think this boycott is overblown, I've yet to pre-order the game and will probably wait till the last minute on it.
The easiest solution would be for the PWP to be 100% non-exclusive.
You have my auxiliary support.
...It doesn't. The "limited edition" is automatically given for pre-ordering.
You ARE NOT choosing between paying $50 for the (non-existent) non-limited edition and $60 for the limited edition. You do NOT have to pay more for the PWP. (Discounting anyone who waits many months past release for a sale on the game.)
You do, however, have to choose between pre-ordering for both the "Back to Karkand" map pack and the PWP versus purchasing after the game is released in which case you'd have to buy the BtK map pack and live without the 3 exclusive components of the PWP (the DAO shotgun itself is just an "early" unlock, but the Flechette ammo, flash suppressor, and Type88 LMG ARE exclusive).
That being said, although I think this boycott is overblown, I've yet to pre-order the game and will probably wait till the last minute on it.
The easiest solution would be for the PWP to be 100% non-exclusive.
You have my auxiliary support.
Heres an idea..... GO PREORDER IT... it costs nothing extra to preorder plus it gives EA an idea to the popularity of the game and a guess as to what the dedicated server demands will be at launch. I don't really understand the problem here. Its 4 months away if you can't pay it off in 4 months I really dont think you have the disposable income to be gaming anyways. I see no problem with preorder bonuses.
Dude Microsoft is going to get you for using an Avatar editor...I'd change it if I were you.snoopy7393 said:
OT: I honestly don't care, you should get a little extra for pre-ordering. It rewards your good fatih and it is a successful marketing ploy.
I have no strong feelings one way or the other!
It's just a pre-order bonus. What's the big deal?
It's just a pre-order bonus. What's the big deal?
You just can't pre-order it? It doesn't cost anymore than it normally does and if they do what they did with BFBC2 then all of the DLC will be free because of the pre-order. I honestly don't know what you are complaining about.
Because its only important that MW3 fail and its ok if a game that is just as bad takes its throne?Greatjusticeman said:
Well he could just have a picture of a hacked avatar...Hiphophippo said:
One should not jump to conclusions.
I have yet to see how anyone can assume a game will be good before it comes out simply because there's lots of hype. Did we learn no lesson from Duke?
Preordering a game is dumb anyway. I'm going to wait until it comes out, see if the preorder items give any kind of advantage, then maybe give a couple months for the price to be cut in half. If they provide some kind of demo that I really enjoy, I'll consider buying it full price. Not like I don't have anything to play right now.
Preordering a game is dumb anyway. I'm going to wait until it comes out, see if the preorder items give any kind of advantage, then maybe give a couple months for the price to be cut in half. If they provide some kind of demo that I really enjoy, I'll consider buying it full price. Not like I don't have anything to play right now.
Cool. Hopefully it's not the kind that requires a pre-order to play.Vicarious Vangaurd said:
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Dice is the ones who are puting the guns into the game so they arent going to be over powered. everything in the game is going to be balanced if u people would actually take the time to read.
Uh, you know how many other games have pre-order DLC?
There'd be a boycott for almost every major release.
I believe I've seen a lot lately. Go google Pre-order DLC and see how many games pop up.
Battlefield 3, LA Noire, Mod Nation Racers, Forza 4, Infamous 2, Fallout: New Vegas. The list goes on and on. Some pre-order DLC's are exclusive to the pre-order and cannot be purchased. At least they give you the option here.
I see this as a pointless boycott.
There'd be a boycott for almost every major release.
I believe I've seen a lot lately. Go google Pre-order DLC and see how many games pop up.
Battlefield 3, LA Noire, Mod Nation Racers, Forza 4, Infamous 2, Fallout: New Vegas. The list goes on and on. Some pre-order DLC's are exclusive to the pre-order and cannot be purchased. At least they give you the option here.
I see this as a pointless boycott.
I think it's a matter of sensitivity. Warlords torturing children in some far-off country is still a crime, and we acknowledge that, but it's kind of expected that we're up in arms when it's happening in our neighborhood. (simply: only for games we care somewhat passionately about)TwitchyGamer101 said:
I blame the right-wing gunwankers who don't understand the concept of consistency. It's like everyone wants to boycott the game but then everyone turns right 'round and buys it anyway. Rinse and repeat.Jim From Accounting said:
Oh hell no, I pre-ordered this mf already, and the last BF game I pre-ordered was BFBC2 where I was told I would get "premium items" and it turned out anyone who played for more than 3 hours had all the stuff I pre-ordered the game for.
I'm going to fight for my Pre-order DLC!
On a releated note, I fail to see the problem here, if you are going to play at day 1, I'm pretty sure you would pre-order it, else I fail to see the point, and if you do, then there no problem.
On the other hand, if you wait, even for a week or more, people have already been playing and unlocked new weapons and gotten better, dosen't that make an unfair advantage? not to speak of the people going directly into MP instead of spending a day or two doing SP first not unlocking stuff in multiplayer?
Crying foul over this makes no sense to me, at all.
I'm going to fight for my Pre-order DLC!
On a releated note, I fail to see the problem here, if you are going to play at day 1, I'm pretty sure you would pre-order it, else I fail to see the point, and if you do, then there no problem.
On the other hand, if you wait, even for a week or more, people have already been playing and unlocked new weapons and gotten better, dosen't that make an unfair advantage? not to speak of the people going directly into MP instead of spending a day or two doing SP first not unlocking stuff in multiplayer?
Crying foul over this makes no sense to me, at all.