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 Post subject: I hope this is fake...
PostPosted: 30 May 2012, 19:23 
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But...

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/30/report-battlefield-3-premium-service-costs-50-one-time-incl/#continued

That, however, is where the "interesting" part of this ends, and the "pretty gross" part begins. Beyond the DLC access, Premium members are said to get "access to powerful new features." What features might those be? "The ability to reset stats" is listed, but so is "queue priority into servers," which means exactly what it sounds like. As in, "pay for this service and get into servers faster than the rabble."


It appears the industry has adopted the Popcopy business model.


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 Post subject: Its true from what i've
PostPosted: 01 Jun 2012, 11:19 
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Its true from what i've heard. Ea wants to milk us for every penny.

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PostPosted: 04 Jun 2012, 22:25 
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No one should be surprised about this. Activision want to do the same (essentially) with Call of Duty games, so... why should EA not get in on the fun? ;)

I'm sure it'll be like the other microtransaction games where the person most willing to sink real cash into it has an advantage which is near unsurmountable. All EA need to do is sell 'auto aim' (read: aimbot) for £10 or something and I'm sure they'd be raking it in...

...more's the pity.


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 Post subject: Battlefield - Elite
PostPosted: 06 Jun 2012, 02:09 
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Battlefield - Elite


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PostPosted: 06 Jun 2012, 05:43 
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Something new to cause me grief. Sadday. Does not surprise me, though.

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PostPosted: 25 Sep 2012, 08:48 
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This isn't surprising at all but it really saddened me. Thanks for the update.


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PostPosted: 25 Sep 2012, 14:51 
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All it really does is let you get into lobbies of only Premium players. Trust me, the Premium package is more for the DLC than anything else, and considering it gives you access, even early access compared to consoles, to all five DLCs when they're available, $50 is not bad. I got a good deal from Origin... BF3 + Premium + Shortcut Bundle for $100 :)


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