Well, its been a while since we’ve released a parody/satire video, but the hiatus ends as EA literally handed us an ammo box by deciding to charge EXTRA for WEAPONS in a FIRST PERSON SHOOTER. Hit the jump and see the vid! Thanks for your help and your diggs.
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eh, I dont like this site, but I like the boycott. So Im in.
Hey guys, I just want to say that I think this is the greatest thing I’ve seen on a gaming blog and am definitely going to boycott this game. I’d also like to say that I support you guys sticking it to other sites that don’t give you credit I am now off to listen to the podcast.
DUMBEST THING EVER!!! (not the boycott, the gun thing)
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I can’t wait till the big wigs at EA get to see their sales plummeting from a boycott I’m sure they ignored if they heard about it. Gladly behind you guys!
I meant to sign before, I swear.
Y’all have my support!
This is ridiculous. COD4 includes all the weapons in the game and its the best FPS ever. Do not charge for all this garbage. If you want people to never to buy an other EA game go ahead and do this. It is the dumbest thing I have ever heard of. I was actually going to buy this game, but not any more. I like a game that includes all the weapons.
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COD4 looks way better, and has all the guns! I can’t stand EA, I don’t need this game.
I’m not a fan of ‘microtransactions’ but at the same time this boycott makes no sense. The weapons they are offering for download are not required to enjoy the full game. They are also -included- with the “Gold” edition AND are being provided free if you pre-order the game. There are far worse offenders of pay DLC. I love CoD4, but their map pack is basically forced on anyone who plays online because if you don’t have them, you’re gunna get booted any time one of those maps is getting loaded up. Pick your battles.
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I will not support a game that does this kind of BS. I have played almost all the BF games and was looking forward to this game, but will not buy it if they are going to charge for weapons on release! Voting with my wallet.
i am absolutely with you guys!!! Stop EA!
Wow, can you smell the hesitation on the Joystiq forums?
1)You honestly think EA is going to stop at FIVE WEAPONS in this game? HELL NO. Let’s see – Godfather, NFS Carbon, Tgier Woods 07 and 08, NFS ProStreet, FIFA 08. Should I go on?
And it is not just EA – check out Namco and Komani titles on the 360 too.
2)What you are reading on the Joystiq forums is BAD COMEDY. You can tell Joystiq and its affiliates MUST HAVE AN EA DAY COMING because they are REAAAALLLLLYYYY trying to make people not join in on this boycott.
Gee, you think Knuckles Dawson gets to be “Achivo” boy yet again? You know, FLY OUT THERE AND PLAY IT, THEN HYPE IT UP for Joystiq and their MULTIPLE PODCASTS.
This is not a new pattern, we just happen to pick the game that Joystiq wants to spooge all over. And since there is a consensous to actually NOT buy this game, I AM REALLY PERPLEXED by the hesitation…
Makes you wonder JUST WHAT KICKBACKS the Joystiq gang is getting from EA.
3)Funny that Joystiq has called for avoidance of games before, but all of sudden for this game, everyone should “just chill”. Memo to Joystiq – F**K YOU. This is another EA breadcrumb type game, and this time because it is a FPS JOYSTIQ WANTS TO PLAY, we should actually let EA ream us.
Are you pissed at Joystiq? I would be too. This is as close to selling out on your principles as you can get without actually wearing an EA sweatsuit while eating EA cookies and sitting on an EA recliner in your EA approved trailer.
Understand, Namco killed Katamari using a similar tactic. We have had ENOUGH examples of this type of DLC gone wrong, and personally I am fed up with this “psuedo-ethics” BULLSH1T sites seems to want to employ when it comes to certain games and certain companies.
Remember, GEARS OF WAR once got a 10 – even though the reviewer kept finding issues with the game.
Something stinks here, and it is coming from Joystiq’s integrity…
XBox 360 – I bet Joystiq’s editors already have the GLOWING BETA WRITEUPS in their hands already…
i really hope EA fold to the pressure and make it all inclusive because it looks like quite a good game
Sign me up…
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I was seriously looking forward to this game through watching the development of it till this.. Looks like Bad Company will be off my games list & il let my friends know also of this terrible behaviour of EA
get over it. shut up and dont buy the game.
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EA scraps Bad Company weapon DLC
Publisher settles collectors’ edition controversy by making all weapons available free of charge; Gold Edition purchasers gain instant access to extra firearms.
By Tom Magrino, GameSpot
Posted Apr 9, 2008 6:49 pm ET
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6189011.html
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[...] of Battlefield: Bad Company have heard the outcry regarding the premium weaponry, both from Sarcastic Gamer and other outlets. Speaking to IGN, DICE Senior Producer Karl-Magnus Troedsson said there would be [...]
[...] of Battlefield: Bad Company have heard the outcry regarding the premium weaponry, both from Sarcastic Gamer and other outlets. Talking to IGN, DICE Senior Producer Karl-Magnus Troedsson said there would be [...]
[...] of Battlefield: Bad Company have heard the outcry regarding the premium weaponry, both from Sarcastic Gamer and other outlets. Speaking to IGN, DICE Senior Producer Karl-Magnus Troedsson said there would be [...]
[...] of Battlefield: Bad Company have heard the outcry regarding the premium weaponry, both from Sarcastic Gamer and other outlets. Speaking to IGN, DICE Senior Producer Karl-Magnus Troedsson said there would be [...]
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HAHAHAHAAAAAAAA I’M STILL NOT BUYING!!! HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
MUAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!!!
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OMG!!! NO WAI!!! That’s too damn good!!!
I hope visiting EA’s page is available for free.
[...] Gamespot is reporting that EA has decided to ditch the idea of selling the weapons included in the Gold Edition of the game, making them available to owners of the regular edition… albeit, for a little extra work. If a player hasn%26#39;t bought the Gold Edition, he or she will have to slog through a number of online battles until the character achieves the maximum in-game rank (exactly what the requirements for said ranks are has yet to be revealed). This change came about due to the public outcry. [...]
Surely the fact that they backed off and let you get them if you earned them, meant that they WERE actually on the disc?
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I cannot believe they will not have prone, jets, or parachutes. They are chopping and dicing a perfectly good game. BF 2 on PC was awesome.
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Hahaha. That video is gold.
I just realized this was april fools LOL
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I just player the demo on 360. I can’t put into words how disappointed I am!
anthony quote “I just player the demo on 360. I can’t put into words how disappointed I am!”
I’ve playered the demo too, its very impressive in my opinion. The single player level was good but its real strength is online.
That video was halarious!
the disclaimers throughout it were funny! Great job!
i shall boycott!!!
lol left speakers optional
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[...] come a long way from the original financial venue that EA was building for this game. Previously, it was expected that you would pay for each of several weapons in the [...]
Ok, first off I got made fun of for my name a lot growing up so don’t add to it please…-I wish I was named Daisy Duke.
As for BFBC, I have played the game quite frequently (my brother owns it and a ps3) so I can say as someone who has bought previous BF games, this one is NOT a BF game. It is an arcade game for consols. Despite the destructible enviroments, the graphics are pretty terrible all around. And sometimes on a server you might think that your team is a bunch of monkeys. That being said, its prolly worth the money, it is a lot of fun online and obviosly you don’t buy the extra weapons (speaking of which in my countless hours of playing the game I have only seen one person with one, a F200 I think, everyone else who plays BF:BC doesn’t really use them so it just as balanced as it would be). Also you can pick up the kits featuring the aforementioned purchasable weapons even if you haven’t bought them your self. So moral of the story, just kill the noob, take his gun, and think to yourself that its like taking candy from an ugly EA baby.
As for the rest of the BF franchise, it too is pretty much going to hell in a handbag with the exception of some pretty sweet mods being released. I bought BF 1942 and expansions, awesome all around; BF vietnam- worth the money but online play was pretty bad when I first bought it; BF2- bought it, played it for a month, set it down and never picked it up again (no I didn’t buy the bad expansions); BF2142- I thot it was awesome at first, but to be honest it became really boring after just a couple months, mostly because it was just so far from realistic it was pathetic. I think that sums it up.
thanks,
Harry S. Crotum
2 girls 1 cup
two girls one cup