100% free it will be similar to elite system from call of duty.
 
http://www.battlestrats.com/_/general-news/ea-takes-another-shot-at-activision-creating-free-bf3-social-network-r849

Good thing BF3 is my main shooter this year.

hah, that's funny, Impossible for activision to respond to this since I bet Kotick get's a heart attack every time he even considers offering something for free.

Well, I nothing new hum. Halo and Killzone had pretty elaborate stats sites.

Wonder if the drum roll was a direct quote.

Either way, I'm glad they are inserting a similar feature. Don't give a fuck that it's a stab at Activision who wants to charge for it.

http://www.battlestrats.com/_/general-news/ea-takes-another-shot-at-activision-creating-free-bf3-social-network-r849 - Linked for the lazy

Sounds good, because this is something that should be free.

That was the perfect slap in the face to Activision.

LMAO, this reminds me when they took potshots at Activision with the FRAG ad for BC2.

I'm all for more elaborate stats and a more competently executed online social aspect. Especially when it's free of charge.

Well, I nothing new hum. Halo and Killzone had pretty elaborate stats sites.

Nothing special about the service itself (plenty of other games have had it before) but this is still infinitely funny.

Good for them. They need to take as many shots at COD as they can before it actually comes out.

I really wish Dice would stop being so reactionary to everything Activision does. It makes them look petty.

Skate 2 and 3 had pretty elaborate online stuff for free too.
You could view videos, screenshots and customize graphics to use in-game.

All the stat tracking stuff in BC2 is really solid so I look forward to this

coolio!... ooSnaaap MW3

All the stat tracking stuff in BC2 is really solid so I look forward to this

This Call of Duty bashing has to stop!

Dice have mentioned Call of Duty more than Battlefield for christ sake.

Sounds like something they would have been working on anyway, they just heard the Call of Duty announcement and lolololed.

Sounds like something they would have been working on anyway, they just heard the Call of Duty announcement and lolololed.

That's a good move on their part.

It's probally a way to laugh at kotick, saying charging for useless features?

I really wish Dice would stop being so reactionary to everything Activision does. It makes them look petty.

I think the more important thing in that article is confirmed BF3 multiplayer at E3! Nothing will stop me from watching their press conference now!

I really wish Dice would stop being so reactionary to everything Activision does. It makes them look petty.

It's probally a way to laugh at kotick, saying charging for useless features?

@HitmanAgent47 said:

It's probally a way to laugh at kotick, saying charging for useless features?

Really? Better online infrastructure for social interactions in a Battlefield game (or CoD as a matter of fact) is a useless feature? How exactly does that make sense?  Sounds like PC players will be able to VoIP-up outside of servers and independently of servers. Like party chat on XBL. And more than 20 players on the friendslist will be a godsend.

Why would you want to get this for free when you can look at heat-maps and other fun statistics for a monthly fee?

I don't know that this is so much the same thing as Elite. I may be wrong, but I think you get all of that basic functionality from Elite for free, but are paying for "free" access to the map packs, etc.

If DICE isn't offering that, then they really aren't one-upping them.

I love how EA continually cock slaps Activision over every single thing they do by doing it better. Good on them.

I really wish Dice would stop being so reactionary to everything Activision does. It makes them look petty.

That's nice to hear.
 
I'm still waiting for the day that I boot up my PS3 or XBox and find every panel in their "Spotlight" tabs permanently occupied by a bunch of publishers' "deluxe passes".

stat tracking for elite is free stop being a fanboy

you pay for mappacks with COd elite

stat tracking for elite is free stop being a fanboy

you pay for mappacks with COd elite

@xobballox said:

@Donos said:

Sounds like something they would have been working on anyway, they just heard the Call of Duty announcement and lolololed.

Yeah, especially since Bad Company 2 already had a very good stat tracking system.

And that gentlemans goes back to Battlefield 2 robust stat data track ... Just go check this site www.bf2s.com

Someone's gotta bring Bobby Kotick's head down from the clouds. The fact is, is some stuff just doesn't warrant a subscription fee. Doesn't really matter to me, however, because I won't be buying MW3 and have had Battlefield 3 preordered for a while.

stat tracking for elite is free stop being a fanboy

you pay for mappacks with COd elite

This sounds awesome, and then sometime during the year we're going to hear about another round of layoffs at Redwood like we have several times over the past 2 years while Activision pulls in another record haul. Acitivision will still win.

That game better be real good, or their gonna look real dumb when COD cleans their house.

@Bones8677 said:

I really wish Dice would stop being so reactionary to everything Activision does. It makes them look petty.

qft

OH SNAP
 
As for people saying it's petty:
Activision takes shots at EA
EA takes shots at Activision
And I'd rather see them take PR shots at each other rather then waste thousands of $ on lawyers in lawsuits like with IW debacle.

Wonder if the drum roll was a direct quote.

@Ahmad_Metallic said:

@PhatSeeJay said:

Wonder if the drum roll was a direct quote.

it is ^^

Yea, I know. I read afterwards that it was taken from a blog. Thought it was an interview or something. :P

So...no online pass for BF3?  I'll believe it when I see it.

@phish09 said:

So...no online pass for BF3? I'll believe it when I see it.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but this is for their stat tracking/community website, not game content. I'm pretty sure there'll be some sort of online pass.

@vidiots said:

100% free it will be similar to elite system from call of duty. http://www.battlestrats.com/_/general-news/ea-takes-another-shot-at-activision-creating-free-bf3-social-network-r849

But not really, since a lot of CoD elite is free, and probably all of that stat tracking shit is. The only real paid content of significance is the map packs, and I doubt BF3 has free DLC so...

Seems like an expansion on what they've always done with stat tracking. I love it when EA talks shit on COD.

It's astounding that when COD announces some stat tracking garbage that they should have had all along, people love it. When EA says "we've been doing this forever, so fuck you guys" they come off as petty to those same people. "Fuck chicken, I like eggs!"

@MrKlorox said:

Seems like an expansion on what they've always done with stat tracking. I love it when EA talks shit on COD.

It's astounding that when COD announces some stat tracking garbage that they should have had all along, people love it. When EA says "we've been doing this forever, so fuck you guys" they come off as petty to those same people. "Fuck chicken, I like eggs!"

It's not as if anyone on the EA side invented stat tracking either, certainly not in this form. It's a billion dollar corporation talking shit to another billion dollar corporation about something that isn't very important, and neither really has a claim to. That's about as petty as it gets.