Battlefield 3 premium service launching June 4 - Report

DICE doesn't want this, EA wants this. Complain and riot and they will back down.

Like Father like Son

why is DICE so desperately tring to be like CoD?!?! Battlefield is Battlefield and all I wanted was some DLC, not some dumb preemee service.

For people that love nationalism, patriotism, commercialism and more this is what you get. Greedy companies out to make more and more money of things that hardly matter and while doing so people starve, are homeless and the world is a crap hole. Gratz.

They forced Players to use origins now they force Players who love buyng dlc sometimes to get into Monthly fee junk! This IS Sooo EA Type :D

While I am venting. Why cant they get the balance right on multiplayer? First air attacks are pointless and shotguns are too good, then they adjust so that there is no good defense for air attacks, and shotguns are useless.

Also, another thing is, how are they going to get more people to play if they make more costs. I personally don't get the logic. All of my friends don't like paying a shit-load for games like this anyways. Monthly subscriptions are for game that are or like mmo's that are constantly updated. - non-stop for years and years

I feel that that comment made no sense at all. I think it is more likely they will lose players who dislike noobs being able to have better gear without working for it.

In addition, I feel I have already commented enough on EA's last mistake of the noob gun and upgrade pack. Dice should really be working on making it possible to for modders to mod Battlefield 3 rather than trying for more money. I would rather see Project Reality 2 for BF3 than stupid payments for upgrades, shit, expansions, and more shit. BF3 is awesome though it is getting a bad representation for EA trying to match it up with CoD.

WTF, guarantee that this was EA's idea of making more money. I mean what should we expect. I love Dice! I dislove EA.

I just purchased the ultimate upgrade pack. Need I say more? I already feel so ripped off by EA on this game, that it is going to be very hard to pry a few more dollars from me.

EA says: "we're looking at how we can maximize our investment in this, get the most out of our investment, and get more people playing this product." What they really mean is "get the people playing this product to pay more for it".

wait what . are trying to be like COD services . this is a freaking rip off . why can't they just add back the EA server's like before instead going into a 1000+ tickets lobbies .

EA invest your time fixing certain issues with the weapons on the game example like the m26 dart. EA keep digging your self more into a hole . you been mark the worst company ever anyway .

" "Like all other companies, we're looking at how we can maximize our investment in this, get the most out of our investment," D'ont think there anything more to say. It's EA afterall.

sorry BF fans looks like the bragging rights for not have a premium service like CoD's Elite will be of no more

If they add this Premium Crap to BF I won't buy anymore EA games and will be willing to go downtown to Vancouver and Picket in front of EA Vancouver .

the expansions i think its cool, that that premium stuff... If its going to be like cod elite, i think its going to be bad, expend money on things that sould be for free ! not cool man :(

Great! another game I like/play asking for even more money, as if the expansions and their shortcut packs aren't enough income, go fix the thousands of bugs that are still remaining.

Further evidence that Battlefield 3 is more like CoD and less like their glorious past. DICE your are becoming more like EA lap dog everyday and its a sad sight. I am probably 1 of 20 people who actually really disliked BF3 but I'll stick by my guns and say that I was not impressed. I hope this "premium" service fixes game. Of course I'd probably have to pay for that to. Enjoy EA's leash DICE, even if it is made of gold.

I've read the some of the comments below and thought I'd comment as well.

As I understand it the way the COD Elite service works is to provide early access to the DLC, rankings, Leaderboards etc. Alot of people will buy the COD DLC anyway so it makes sense if you play alot of COD. Several friends ONLY play COD and nothing else.

I've played nearly all the Battlefield games and bought the DLC so IF a similar service happens then I'd consider getting it , BUT it depends on whats in the package.

If I don't like whats on offer I wont get it. That's my choice. If you don't want it then don't get it but stop bitching about it.

You better get used to these type of systems as this is the way game sales are going.

They will become a paid for service like MMO's.

If you ever bother to read the EULA agreement at the start of installing any recent game, you'll discover that you don't own the game itself. You only own a licence to use the software much like the licence on an OS. This licence could be considered a subscription to a service. So in a way your already in a subscription service so get used to it.

Looks it sad that games like Call of Duty or Battlefield, however enjoyable they are, steal the lime light from better games and create a business model that puts more emphasis on milking the consumer for more than he is worth.

let's be honest, nobody really cares about the above paragraph, we constantly vote with with our wallets and you can't blame EA for exploring a business opportunity

this is going back on everything they where talking about when they 1st talked about BF3, no sub fee's, free updates and maps etc etc.........so much for the limited edition , which means F all these days, back on Bad Company 2 people who had the limited edition was able to get all the dlc maps for Free. Now with BF3 limited you only got the 1st dlc for free, not really free for most as they paid extra for the limited edition, so really a slight discount on the dlc or in some cases costing more than the standard + 1st DLC together. EA/DICE you re letting me down....... 1st making all shotguns POINTLESS, +frag rounds and my USAS-12 is now POINTLESS, now this, grrrrrrrrrrr

Really?? U guys wanna be COD that bad u gotta follow what they're doing??? Wow!!!

what I hate about expansions BF3 is that not everyone buys them right away so there's not a lot of people playing this new maps until like a month later just like back to karkand expansion

Who cares? If people want to waste their money on something on this, just like they do on a $200 pair of jeans or new kicks, they can be my guest. I have no problems with EA doing this if it works to their advantage. Obviously, there are enough people out there with flowing wallets that make a subscription service like this worth offering. As long as it doesn't affect me, I could care less (although I do not like the general trend in gaming).

Listen up troops this is come hard core $h!t on June 4 there is going to be a huge operation I call it (Close Quarters) Be there on June 4!

Fix the game first, DICE.

You know, before charging even more money.

Follow the leader. :)

I heard a rumor about players who subscribe the game gets DLC`s for free..maybe it isnt such a bad idea after all,then again its just a rumor..

Oooh, maybe with a paid sub we can be allowed retype the password if it's wrong in EA titles instead of having to delete our save game, how nice of them.

/irony end

Fix the lalala game first, instead of charging the misleaded playerbase even more money

And they said they would never do what Call of Duty did in the paid service.....well looked who lied to us.

*CLAP* *CLAP* *CLAP*

Well thank you Call of ****ing Duty, look at the **** you've started. My ****ing god subscription fees to play MMO's are understandable, but to have a subscription service for CONTENT?! ****ing ridiculous.

Wow, so much hate and so much faggotry...I might be getting this anyways. I do hope it's not a monthly subscription though :\ in that case it's probably a no for me.