Prepare for a underwhelming, frostbite engine, crappy port to the PC, my fellow Battlefield veterans.

Another great  PC Franchise ruined by consoles way to go Dice on screwing over your original fanbase.

If it is similar to Bad Company 2 then I am not interested. Great game and all, but I don't need two of them.

" If it is similar to Bad Company 2 then I am not interested. Great game and all, but I don't need two of them. "

 The multiplatform thing really isn't that surprising. I think Blizzard are the only company out there with a big enough base of hardcore, devoted fans to be able to make PC-exclusive releases profitable. I don't have any real knowledge of the system, of course, but I imagine that if you're any developer - even a top-class one like DICE - and you pitch a game like BF3 to a publisher, then say, "and it's PC exclusive," they would turn around and go "wut". Like it or not, consoles are the domain of the FPS now. They have huge appeal. I don't even need to name the prime example because it's so obvious. A title like BF3 would sell metric fucktons on a console. Hell, I'd have to get it on a console because I can't afford to upgrade my PC to play it.

I don't mind it being multiplatform so long as gameplay, depth and scope aren't compromised. Sadly, those two things usually go hand in hand.

Slap all the eperiences from BF2 into the Frostbite engine and I'll be a happy camper. I don't know what it is about BF:BC2 but it just didn't feel like a proper Battlfield experience like the PC previous PC versions did.

hate train on MOH is pretty strong, mainly because of CTD bugs, but last i checked CTD were super strong in BC2 beta as well (i had beta of that for 6 months) also owned BC1, and know that BC2 was a carbon copy of BC1 with only 4 new weapons, hud, weapon sounds, models were all identical hud was just different colors, and there was more dust/snow/sand being blown around for effect  , so unless you know this please stop acting like BC2 was liquid gold, it was far from it

MOH i found was way better in terms of teamplay and coop, no vehicles (except 1 on the rail tank to escort), and little to no explosives/grenade spam.  so the focus was teamwork (which i found was VERY common) and actually using tactics to outflank/outmaneuver your oponent

They better have Strike at Karkand in the game!

Yo, I heard videogames are really expensive to make. Releasing on every major platform just makes sense from a monetary perspective, especially considering that they have previous knowledge of how to release on consoles successfully. 
 
No doubt the PC version will be the best one though, but I would happily play it on my PS3.
 
The more money they make, the more games they make. Awesome.
 
 
Also, I'll pass on MoH haha, I can wait.

" Multiplatform Battlefield 3?   :/  "

" What's wrong with multi-platformness? It means that more people get to enjoy what will hopefully be an awesome game. I'm sure that DICE will play up to the strengths of each platform and enhance the PC's unique points, likewise the console's, and make sure each release gets a solid game that is not watered down. "

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" If it is similar to Bad Company 2 then I am not interested. Great game and all, but I don't need two of them. "

proper battlefield games and bad company games are entirely, vastly different things. Don't even compare the 2, Battlefield 2 is immensely superior to BC2. "

" Another great  PC Franchise ruined by consoles way to go Dice on screwing over your original fanbase. "

time to build my gaming PC so I can run this game when it comes out. God knows my Macbook Pro won't be able to run it (at least in any playable manner)

only time will tell.

Could I still just use a C&C 4 beta key?

Woah, this turned into a veritable shitstorm pretty quickly. All they did was hint that they might release multiple versions of it, people are making it sound like they shot Bambi or something.

 For those console gamers wondering why pc gamers would prefer this be a pc exclusive, it's not about being elitist. If this becomes multiplatform, it would be essentially like developing a game for the 360, wii and ps3, where the lowest common denominator (in this case the wii), is catered for. Inevitably this means due to hardware limitations and control differences, the 360 and ps3 versions will suffer, with graphics and physics, and player counts worse than what it could have been if developed exclusively for the 360 and ps3. 
 
In the same way (as was seen with bc2 with its poor optimisation on the pc version), the pc version of bf3 will suffer this fate. It really is no secret that modern pc's are much more powerful machines than any of the current consoles (the only thing comparable atm is the cell processor and tri-core cpu on ps3 and x360, but there are still relatively cheap cpu's that can be had which would trump these). It most likely cannot be avoided since developing the games to be much different on each version would increase development costs drastically, something i somehow doubt EA would be willing to do.
 
EDIT: And for those pulling out the piracy card, seriously that has absolutely no basis for a battlefiled game, of which the gameplay is primarily focussed on multiplayer, which simply cannot be enjoyed to nearly the same extent with a pirated copy. Battlefield is one of those games where the pc gaming community would suddenly reappear, to give the game stellar sales. Just look at the pre-order sales for starcraft 2. If the pc gamers get a worthy pc game, it will be bought.

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Also multiplatform BF3 makes me sad.

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Why? "

Look at the post above. :P "

Just Did, Do you realise that Bad Company 2 is out on PC? If it was intended for consoles it wouldn't be on the PC. Try again. :P   "

This entire thingy makes me so sad. I was really hoping for some crazy massive battles. This better have some kind of sdk.. I hope.... that people can at least make thier own dedicated servers?

Man, I wouldn't be surprised if some of the kids here are literally crying because this.  It's a video game.  Suck on a lollipop or something and calm down. 

I don't get you whiners. The game is still coming out on PC.

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" Another great  PC Franchise ruined by consoles way to go Dice on screwing over your original fanbase. "

Yeah, they should cut their sales by two thirds to 'stay true' to the original fanbase.  Games cost lots of money. Lots of PC gamers don't pay money. "

Oh boy!

bf3 multiplatform??? i dont think were gunna get what we want.

Who knows what Battlefield 3 really is? Maybe it'll be an persistent online world, much like MAG. We do not really know. To me that would make sense, because I'm not sure what DICE would do to differentiate the Bad Company series from the core Battlefield one. Unless DICE plans to unite the two series under one roof. Regardless, if it is a full-on successor to Battlefield 2, having console versions does not necessarily mean the PC version needs to be scaled back. One of the great features of BF2 is the ability to scale the maps down or up to fit appropriate team sizes. The consoles versions could simply be scaled down to the limitations of the hardware while still allowing the PC version to exist as requested. 
 
I love Bad Company 2, but I really do miss the large 5 point Conquest maps from BF2. I really do.

What a shitstorm.
 
Gamers, meet economic reality.  Whereas you could cater to a smaller market when games were simpler, you need a huge market to support development of more advanced games.  Don't blame EA, DICE, or consoles.  Blame yourselves for not buying more games.

 Bad Company has the story this could just be an all out multiplayer game no story

" Multiplatform Battlefield 3?   :/  "

" What a shitstorm.  Gamers, meet economic reality.  Whereas you could cater to a smaller market when games were simpler, you need a huge market to support development of more advanced games.  Don't blame EA, DICE, or consoles.  Blame yourselves for not buying more games. "

Nooooo! If BF3 is gimped to for a multiplatform release I will be saying my final goodbyes to the franchise.
 
Secondly I will not be picking up a copy of Medal of Honor, period. I will find some other way into the Beta... unless it's not a PC exclusive like I already said.
 
As far as I'm concerned 2142 is the true sequel to BF2.

I am 100% confident that the BF3 beta included with MoH will indeed be better than MoH. It's not like the bar was set very high ... Oh and please don't mess up BF3. I had such a good time with BF2, but subsequent games have left me disappointed. 

Besides hoping that the pc version won't be developed with the limitations of the consoles,
 I really hope that there's naval battles like in 1942. There's nothing like ramming a naval ship into the enemy head on.

Always been a fan of the series, hope they improve on what BF2 was back in its prime days.

Awesome, another great PC franchise ruined by the need to appeal to the lowest common denominator: the console.

Wow really people? You think that because a game might be released on consoles that it won't be good on pc? I call bullshit on that idea.

" Wow really people? You think that because a game might be released on consoles that it won't be good on pc? I call bullshit on that idea. "

Guys, I went on kotaku... There's a Boxart for the MOH Limited Edition that the X360, PS3 and PC versions WILL have a presence on the Battlefield 3 Beta.

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How about invite the people from there silly battlefield veteran program thing.  Also multiplatform BF3 makes me sad.

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finally BF3!

to you idiots saying people pirated past battlefield games. quit being dumbases and wake up. ITS AN ONLINE GAME (MAINLY)

As a software developer, I know the value of a good set of beta testers. As a gaming enthusiast, I completely fail to understand the appeal of playing betas. The game will be out soon enough and you can play it (sans many more problems) at that point. In the meantime, there are too many games that are actually released to keep up with before they grow stale and the communities fade away (making the games pointless to play). It seems that the last thing you would want to do is waste your time playing an unreleased and unfinished glitchy game and drawing up bug reports and reproduction steps and so on.  
 
I can see that some (especially younger people) may find a desirable sense of "I'm doing something you don't get to do" or "I'm playing something that isn't out yet" bragging that is exciting, but . . . still.

I totally have a copy of Battlefield 2 around here somewhere, but its been lost to time :(.

Clearly half the people in these comments don't understand what makes people prefer PC shooters.

i dunno man...i fear for bf3.
 
it may have consolitus :[