Rumor: 'Battlefield Premium' service launching soon
EA is rumored to be launching a Battlefield 3 "Premium" service starting on June 4, just before E3.
EA may be planning to launch a "premium service" for Battlefield 3 as early as June, making good on previous comments that detailed EA's desire to enter the subscription market. Battlefield Premium is said to include exclusive items, and additional personalization options.
Battlefieldo reports that an anonymous source has shared details on "Battlefield Premium." The service is reportedly scheduled to launch June 4, and include a premium knife, black dog tag, soldier camos, weapon camos, extra Assignments, and more.
The rumor also claims that the game will get a fifth expansion pack in March of next year, even after the game's "End Game" content this winter.
The move wouldn't be surprising given EA's eagerness to jump into a subscription service. The purported June date would put it at the start of E3 week, which could give EA an extra talking point for its stage presentation. Shacknews has contacted DICE regarding the rumor, and will update as new information becomes available.
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replySteve Watts posted a new article, Rumor: 'Battlefield Premium' service launching soon.
EA is rumored to be launching a Battlefield 3 "Premium" service starting on June 4, just before E3.-
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From an article I read the other day it kinda led me to believe the reason they were disappearing is that they are renting them out as the rentable servers. So as the users start to rent more they just turn official ones over to them for custom ones. :(
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NNNNNnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I'm really looking forward to the day when buying the game doesn't give you access to the game.
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It already happened with MMOs. You get one month and then start payin'. Seems to work just fine for them. I think that market's already saturated.
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EA ruins everything it touches.
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You'd think that people might want to play a game or two rather than trying to spam log int o servers they know aren't activated...
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I thought COD Elite was a bad idea before it launched, but then it turned out to be a really good service. Hopefully the same thing will happen here, though I have less faith in this.
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In order for this to be worth it whatsoever they have to release a LOT more content. Which from the sounds of it they are not. So lol @ them.
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I can only see getting behind this if they do it in a smart way like World of Tanks, where you can completly play and enjoy 100% of the game without getting a premium account, but maybe a premium account just gets you unlocks quicker than without (but still obtainable without it). Maybe also if premium meant free access to DLC or something too, then I can see it being ok.
What you definitely DONT want to do is segment the community and/or make it so that having premium is pretty much a necessity to be competitive since not having it nerfs you too much
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DICE is a damn bunch of clowns trying to copy another successful franchise that clearly will destroy their own
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If they're just offering new assignments and camo, who cares? I can't imagine they'd be dumb enough to offer exclusive powerful items for subscribers.
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I think this will bite them in the end. Didn't they ultimately promise this is something they wouldn't do when they were launching BF3. Lesson learned on my part, probably should have known better to trust what a corporation says anyway. I think its ridiculous to expect them to keep to their word here.
It is already bad enough they said they wouldn't sell map packs but instead they are selling "expansions" and they are selling various other items like dogtags and services to boost your rank.
