The game is fun but so far its been a total clusterfuck. I kinda feel bad for the PS3 people who keep getting dicked over and over again. I'll be playing mine on a 360 if it can log into the EA servers.

"So, just to recap, instead of a free game that had been previously promised to be included on the disc, PlayStation 3 owners will be granted the first opportunity to buy more Battlefield 3"

awesome

Up until I read this I had no idea that BF1943 was supposed to be included in the PS3 version... and I bought the PS3 version.

1943 was great when it came out, but now... I purchased Battlefield 3 for Battlefield 3. It would be alright if it did come with it, but I doubt I would have ever touched it.

@xbob42 said:

@Giantstalker said:

@jfk80

Not bothered in the slightest, I'll be too busy playing, y'know, Battlefield 3?

This. People love getting caught up in the petty periphery stuff and prefer to ignore that DICE has created one of the best multiplayer games in years. Typical, but what can you expect from 'faux-pas' hungry media. Obscure the honest to goodness fun with as much sensationalist smoke as possible, right on!

"We got a game we like, so it's okay to keep sticking it up our ass!"

Do us all a favor, next time you have a thought, keep it to yourself.

Do us all a favor, and just stop posting. My comment wasn't particularly nice but you added nothing to the discussion at all by attacking me. This is barely news and you know it, but that didn't stop Alex and everyone like yourself from getting a chance to complain and whine about it. For 95% of people buying BF3, this is a nonfactor.

@Brodehouse said:

Oh Alex. I wonder if you're physically capable of writing a news story without being snarky.

You sound like a douche when you start sentences with "Oh." Alex is fine, opinionated news is Giant Bomb appropriate.

I love that their answer is to offer something they'd already offered which is, as you said, nothing more than an opportunity to buy more from them. If people really don't like being treated like that they ought to not buy the damn game and send a message. A collective response is the best way to do this, unfortunately the people who put all of their hard work into the game would suffer as a result but that kind of business mentality is poisonous all-around long term.

@Brodehouse said:

Oh Alex. I wonder if you're physically capable of writing a news story without being snarky.

You sound like a douche when you start sentences with "Oh." Alex is fine, opinionated news is Giant Bomb appropriate.

people are really going hard on this game, probably in response to the marketing campaign.

dont be stupid people, its a videogame, play the damn thing and shut up, and if you dont like it then fine. dont judge it on outside things.

I would just return the game and issue a chargeback for my credit card. I didn't get what I was told I would get. Done. Report them to the Better Business Bureau.

It's hard to pin this on Sony when you can go right here: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/06/16/e3-replay-battlefield-3-for-ps3/

And see Battlefield 3 Executive Producer Patrick Bach tell you that it's coming on the disc for free for PS3 users.

On one hand, EA did lie about the game being included...

On the other hand, you guys are complaining about not receiving a game that came out over 2 years ago that you probably weren't going to play anyways. Companies shouldn't lie like this, but maybe people need to start picking their battles. I'm guessing EA/Dice have a lot more to worry about than a free game they didn't include.

Welp, release a game with the PC as the target platform and treat consoles like console primary games treat the PC > get shit on.
 
Guess we can't win.

@Deusoma said:

@keef said:

@Brodehouse said:

Oh Alex. I wonder if you're physically capable of writing a news story without being snarky.

You sound like a douche when you start sentences with "Oh." Alex is fine, opinionated news is Giant Bomb appropriate.

To simultaneously agree and disagree with you, no, Alex really is kind of a dick, but yes, that's okay in a relaxed environment like Whiskey Media.

I agree and all, but this particular story is kind of insane.

To never ever announce that "oh yeah this console exclusive bonus doesn't exist" until after the first wave of release day buyers have got it in their hands is pretty fucked.

Admittedly, the PS3 audience for Battlefield 3 is the smallest audience of a multiplatform title, but that doesn't excuse shit. If it were the other way 'round, and 360 owners were getting marginalized, would people be as apathetic? I very much doubt it!

So the tone of the article is appropriate to me.

It kinda sounds like someone made a promise or announcement that the EA execs had not approved and they just kinda hoped everyone forgot about it. The right answer was to say "Oh hey, sorry about that, here is a code for a free copy from PSN" or something. But this? Holy crap.

I definitely agree that this blows for PS3 players, but anyone still bitching about the buggy beta needs to play the game now cause they fixed those bugs from what I've seen. And it was a beta so quit whining.

EA's policy on handling screw-ups for thei loyal customers: "Fuck 'em...they'll buy it anyway."

@ArcadeHero said:

Above and beyond the call indeed. :/

I knew they were going to fuck up the PS3 version somehow.

It's shit like this that makes me wonder why I even bother with multiplatform releases. Looks like this and Skyrim will finally push me over into building a nice gaming PC.

Thanks, EA. I guess.

this might be the biggest slap in yo face i've seen from a game developer in a long time... if not ever! Way to go EA.

On a sidenote I'm loving BF3 on the PC so far... Fortunately, I was promised Dead Space 2 for my preorder and I received it ;)

I wasn't going to buy battlefield 3 anyway (not that i'm getting mw3, either), and I don't remember the announcement (even though I watched the press conference), so I'm not too steamed about this personally. I would never have known if not for this article, so I'd like to imagine some EA executive somewhere wringing his hands, saying "and I would've gotten away with it too, if not for you meddling enthusiast game sites!" But this really sucks... More than anything else, personally, this is ultimately just another hilarious bullet point on the list of silly things EA had done with Battlefield 3...

I can't believe some of you in the comments are brushing this off as not a big deal! You are basically saying it's okay for a company to outright LIE to you about one of their products. It's like a store telling you they will give you a $10 coupon with any $60 purchase and then in the end deny you the coupon and not give you a refund. There are some people with both consoles that probably bought the ps3 version just for the extra content, which DOESN'T exist. Some of you people may be fine with being deceived, but in this case it just seems criminal.

Gives me gteat hope for ME3...

Does anyone on PS3 actually care? No one at this point is even playing the game online, and regardless of player count, who wants to play 1943 now that they have BF3? Sucks they broke a promise I guess, but personally, I would rather have B2K a week early.

@MattyFTM said:

@Seppli said:

@vonFlampanker said:

@MattyFTM: @MattyFTM said:

They could have apologized for the mishap and gave every PS3 BF3 owner a free download copy of 1943. But nope. Oh EA.

My thoughts exactly. What would have been the problem with getting a code out to people? Not like they're making a mint off of 1943 at this point anyway.

Wouldn't it be Sony who has to apologize? It's their fucking bonus deal. At E3 they said it's going to be BF1943 and then they change it for a 1 week exclusivity deal on DLC, without informing the public about the omission of BF1943.

Sony's at least as guilty as EA, though I feel like it's Sony who's broken promises here and not EA.

It sounds like EA simply forgot to put it on the disk. Making it EA's fault. If Sony or EA planned to replace 1943 with early access to the DLC, they would have announced it beforehand, surely.

What's the problem then? Just unlock BF1943 for PSN accounts with a BF3 key. Simple.

Though as I said, to me it reads like Sony didn't go through with the deal they struck for the free BF1943 bonus and took the 1 week exclusivity deal instead.

Some PR dudes will certainly put out a more clear statement soon enough. All this speculation and 'hopefully groundless' accusation isn't really helping anyone.

Man, what is going on at EA? They took one of the most anticipated games of the year and turned it into a PR nightmare, and they didn't even have to do anything to sell the game! The over aggressive marketing is one thing, but this is just ridiculous. Jack Trenton should honor what he said on stage at E3 and have Sony just issue free BF1943 codes to people. Total mess.

@Stingraymond said:

Disappointment of the year and it just gets worse.

You should really play Duke Nukem Forever.
 
On topic: Wow, that's just fucking pathetic. I'm out of words.

@iAmJohn:

As I said, to me some of this reads like 'Sony noticed that the BF1943 Bonus will entice nobody and changed the deal from BF1943 to a 1 week PSN-exclusivity for all future BF3 DLC' and conveniently forgot to inform the public. Both EA and Sony should have said something, neither did.

How isn't it just as much Sony's fault, if not more so? At least if this scenario is correct. We just do not know yet.

EA forgot to brush the dirt of their shoulder.

If I bought BF3, well, it would be for BF3, not BF1943. Yeah, shame on them for not including something they said they would, but I don't know if I would care all that much beyond that. I'm much more interested in playing BF3 than 1943.

@Potter9156 said:

Does anyone on PS3 actually care? No one at this point is even playing the game online, and regardless of player count, who wants to play 1943 now that they have BF3? Sucks they broke a promise I guess, but personally, I would rather have B2K a week early.

Wierd. Half of my PSN friendslist was playing BF3 last night. Also, it's just North Americans officially in the game. Mainland Europe gets into the fray tomorrow (unlocks on Origin in 2 hours) and the rest of the World (UK, Asia, Australia and some others) get to play on Friday.

Retail streetday in Europe is on the 27th, respectively the 28th in UK. PSN and XBL players have access to the MP already, if they got their copy early. That's certainly a minority. Millions of Europeans will join the fray in the next 26 hours. MILLIONS!

There's a lot of early false advertising in the video game and software worlds. Microsoft used to be completely notorious for this, they could crush small time competition with just a false promise. They seem to be somewhat better now though.

How about less apathy and more empathy?

Pretend that this is about, oh I dunno, something that you do care about being lied to over.

@nohthink said:

.... Totally forgot about it....

I was just going to ask that. Do you really think people forgot about that, or at least do you think EVERYONE forgot about that? Even if you have only handful of people who remembered that, those people are still going to be kind of irked about it... aka me.

@vhold said:

There's a lot of early false advertising in the video game and software worlds. Microsoft used to be completely notorious for this, they could crush small time competition with just a false promise. They seem to be somewhat better now though.

Yah, and they where almost broken up into multiple company's because of it.

@Giantstalker said:

@xbob42 said:

@Giantstalker said:

@jfk80

Not bothered in the slightest, I'll be too busy playing, y'know, Battlefield 3?

This. People love getting caught up in the petty periphery stuff and prefer to ignore that DICE has created one of the best multiplayer games in years. Typical, but what can you expect from 'faux-pas' hungry media. Obscure the honest to goodness fun with as much sensationalist smoke as possible, right on!

"We got a game we like, so it's okay to keep sticking it up our ass!"

Do us all a favor, next time you have a thought, keep it to yourself.

Do us all a favor, and just stop posting. My comment wasn't particularly nice but you added nothing to the discussion at all by attacking me. This is barely news and you know it, but that didn't stop Alex and everyone like yourself from getting a chance to complain and whine about it. For 95% of people buying BF3, this is a nonfactor.

"It doesn't affect me, so it isn't news and you most definitely shouldn't report blatant lies that just add to the other blatant lies."

Listen to yourself, you sound like a 12-year old defending his very first game purchase. If it has nothing to do with you, shut the fuck up and move on, because it is relevant to anyone buying the PS3 version.

That is disgusting.

I already had it anyway.

Why can't they just make a good game and stop ruining it with all this marketing PR bullshit! Whatever, I'll just play Bad Company 2 if I want a shooter, fuck Battlefield 3.

@Livingitlarge224 said:

Why can't they just make a good game and stop ruining it with all this marketing PR bullshit! Whatever, I'll just play Bad Company 2 if I want a shooter, fuck Battlefield 3.

It's a better game than Bad Company 2....

Unreal that there so much activision hate against COD (mosty justified) yet we keep letting ea get away with it. I bought medal of honour to give ea a chance but felt ripped off by the measly few maps, I can see me feeling the same about bf3. May have to rethink this

Lying and false advertising is disgusting. The apathy in some of these comments is even worse.

What a bunch of Electronic Artists.

@zoner said:

@Stingraymond said:

Disappointment of the year and it just gets worse.

At least BF3 is conceptually fun. LA Noire turned out to be a controller vibration simulator.

I don't know, a controller vibration simulator sounds pretty "conceptually fun" to me.

Man the business side of this launch is just going from bad to worse, at least the game itself is great (well, the bit that counts :D)

@Hamz: Technically, it is. RTK is free for all purchasers of new copies.

Remember what Extra Credits said EA... It's sad to see you're not listening.

That gif is amazing.
 
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