Poor, poor EA. You know, I do kind of feel bad for them at this point. Between all the stuff with Mass Effect, trying to launch an much-maligned digital store and Battlefield 3, they really have been getting the short end of the stick recently. Not that they don’t deserve it, but still, it must suck to be the new punching bag.
As another addition to EA’s recent list of slip-ups, a rumored fact sheet for Battlefield 3 Premium has appeared, listing everything that should be coming with the service. As I speculated on The GamerSushi Show, it is a “season pass” of sorts, getting you access to all the DLC and a few goodies for a flat $50 fee. Here’s a quick and dirty read-out of what you get:
- All Battlefield 3 DLC (up-coming and previously released) with two week early access
- Unique in-game knife, dog-tags, soliders camos and gun camos
- Stat reset option
- Server queue priority
- Exclusive events, double-EXP events and videos
- 5+ unique assigments
- Stategy guides
- Additional bonus content
In addition to all that you also get some new platoon decal options and the ability to save Battle Reports. Battlefield 3 Premium is shaping up to be pretty decent, considering that all told you get a $10 discount on the DLC. What do you guys think? Are EA and DICE going back on their Call of Duty ELITE trash-talk by offering up a similar service? Will you be picking this up?
Ugh, stop the ride, I want to get off. That’s me being over-dramatic, but seriously, if all games are heading towards this premium content thing, I just can’t stomach it. Sure, it doesn’t necessarily affect me, but it screams of wanting to nickel and dime consumers – and I can only assume that it will lead to publishers withholding content or features in order to charge a premium for them later. It’s the same thing you see with cell phone plans, honestly.
Unless I get a Thresher Maw gun that shoots Thresher Maws …..not interested.