EA Drops Weapon DLC in Bad Company
News | April 11, 2008 8:34 am
Apparently, the masses have spoken and the undeniable power of the Internet to spread information like wildfire has been displayed once again, as EA seems to have dropped their plans for paid weapon downloads in their upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company. This trouble started during the beta, in which players discovered that EA would be charging gamers for additional weapons through Microtransactions via the Xbox Live Marketplace and Playstation Network. Gamers, enraged at EA's constant nickel/dime schemes, staged an internet-spread boycott of the game, and it seems that their plan worked...somwhat. Here is what EA had to say:
So, while the original DLC plan was scrapped, it still seems like EA is charging for them...initially. They are still not quite giving them away, but it is certainly a start. Bravo gamers world-wide, EA needs to learn that this kind of scamming crap will not fly anymore!
The beta is a beta. We had some problems with explanation of the weapons that are available or you can see on the unlocking page. We had some weapons that we were planning to release through various marketing programs, but they were actually flagged there like you were supposed to buy these weapons through Xbox Live Marketplace, and that was a misunderstanding between marketing and us the developers. We clarified that in the last statement that went out, but lately there's been a lot going on about the Gold Edition weapons."
"These Gold Edition weapons, we won't give away, you have to do something as a gamer. The Gold Edition guys and girls that actually buy that game will have some time where the weapons are exclusive, because if you don't buy the Gold Edition, you have to earn them. That means you have to rank up all the way to the top rank, which is rank 25, and then you have a massive unlock of five new weapons which are the same that are in the Gold Edition.
So, while the original DLC plan was scrapped, it still seems like EA is charging for them...initially. They are still not quite giving them away, but it is certainly a start. Bravo gamers world-wide, EA needs to learn that this kind of scamming crap will not fly anymore!
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