I'm going to buy it on DVD lul.

Update: not a troll. Just ordered on Play.

It's a good idea to avoid it just to tell them that this kind of stuff is bad (I don't normally like slippery slope arguments, but this is definitely a slippery slope).

I felt this was a good argument about it (Skip to bit about BF3 and not just DLC ~5:30).

(Yes, I do quite like TB's stuff)

and spawning HERE in the blue TRUNKS will be IDRA, who has strong MEChanICS

I don't mind totalbiscuit that much haha. Saw this vid earlier and his points basically make sense :]

Meh, buy it if you want Aaron, your choice. I'm sticking with SC2/TF2/CSS for now until it gets cheaper or something more awesome comes along.

well i don't think you should buy it but i can hardly stop you
what there doing is wrong and we shouldn't let them get away with it.
i agree with..tb? feels weird saying that O.o used to hearing him say "stalkers have funny legs, oops i missed the game ending drop" and stuff to that effect, him making sense is unfamiliar concept. but good vid

The video puts the argument about this forward perfectly with all the right points. Hopefully it will gain some good attention.

it amuses me how painful that must have been for you to admit <3

so much so that i was about to edit my post and buy the game. but you quoted me so this shits permanent now

http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlef ... ayers.aspx

Well that's better, though still kinda silly. The Back to Karkland sounds better aswell. Still, wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't the case originally and this is them backpedaling.

It is them backpeddling. If it were original intentions it wouldn't have been exclusive but a 'unlock before anyone else' kind of thing. It's a better situation though and now I will consider buying bf3 again as the content will be available to everyone again - though they may as well just have given everyone everything in the first place lol.

Did anything change?

Erm yes. You're telling me you can't notice the difference between having eventual access to weapons or not at all?

You can't see the difference between not having any access ever to a suppressor on a sniper rifle compared to access for everyone with early access to those who have stupid parents (ok not necessarily true but loooooool)

???

This is much better than is was indeed. still not sure if i'll pre-order it again, i'll wait and see what happens. but its worth considering again imo

If their original idea meant 'nothing', then it would still be there. Look at people's reactions. Clearly there was something wrong and it took a few days for them to realise people won't put up with this garbage. Thanks guys, for not letting EA <LOOK MA, I AM SWEARING> us over.

I might buy this game now. As I can get access to all the content which affects the game. Skins etc I don't give a <LOOK MA, I AM SWEARING> about let the idiot fanboys have them.

Just read about this on Kotaku as well. Seems good.

http://kotaku.com/5812689/you-dont-have ... rfare-pack

I'm so confused

It seems they really don't want my money

EDIT: Here's EA's comment on the matter.

The most noteworthy sentence:



So it sounds like that wanted to bypass even Steam's patching service? The DLC part seems kinda bad on Steam's part, but, tbh, I like their new policy if it means I can buy all DLC through Steam, cos I always get annoyed when I'm denied DLC because I don't want to use some rubbish other system (especially if they're points based - GFWL and Bioware, I'm looking at you), but to not want to use Steam's patcher service is ridiculous, and would be very anti-consumer if it was actually done - Steam's patching is one of the main reasons to buy from there, IMO.

It's probably the selling DLC through another service thing that's doing it.

The patcher thing would also make sense, seeing as EA keep going on about customer interaction and Origin and managing their patches and stuff.

Have bad Internet, buy on DVD! Problem solved right?

I don't know if the DVD version has to be activated through origin or not... Haven't heard anything abut that yet, but I wouldn't be surprised... BF3 is looking like HL2 was for Steam, the must have flagship game for Origin to get a foot hold.

To be honest, I don't really give two hoots what system they are on, Origin is fine by me Don't know what the complaining is about. You can always use a short cut through Steam probably anyway...

I'm getting the impression from all the Steam stuff going on that it will require Origin.

TBH, I don't really care that much, it was unlikely I was going to buy BF3 in the first place, and now there's very little chance without the possibility of a Steam deal or 4-pack.

http://kotaku.com/5830194/to-no-ones-surprise-all-pc-installs-of-battlefield-3-will-require-origin

Looks like *every* copy will require Origin... Just like HL2 did back in the day for Steam. I personally have no problem with this... I link all my Origin Games through steam anyway

As I suspected, and makes perfect sense with why Steam won't allow it - they don't sell CD keys, they sell a service. I only have a few games on Origin (all free, presuming the EA store was transferred over) and don't intend to increase that amount, judging from how poor it was.

Well, looks like I'll definitely be giving BF3 a miss, plenty of other games to play, though ^^