Battlefield 3 premium service launching June 4 - Report

I made the stupid mistake of getting Elite.. 6 months down the track I still can't even log into it and access anything. Lesson learned. I won't be paying for any subscriptions again. Especially if all i get is a knife, dog tag and some extra assignments initially. BF3 is awesome, but I wont support a subscription.

Love this game, but I shall not be buying this.

@i_like_pie223 Seriously...IMO people are nothing but annoying hypocrites who bring it on themselves they whine and whine about how activision and EA do nothing but "steal" your money....ya no it is all the idiot consumers who keep shelling out for yearly releases...Now now not to say yearly releases are bad in honesty its good business on CoDs part to have 2 devs do a game every other year (though since infinity ward is a shadow of its former self its all MEH to me) The stupid BS is how they release all these DLCs that keep people giving them money ALL YEAR ROUND right up until the next one comes out...that is what makes me just nod in disgust and then the people pay for it....and i bet some of the people who whine about it are still paying for it just for "peer pressures" sake...yes CoD is nothing but peer pressure if people would all say F it and just keep the current CoD game and not buy the next one...guess what...OMG they would think about making higher quality CoD to draw back consumers...but nope the sheep have been herded already so the routine is already set and has not needed adjustment BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU....you know those who buy all the "extra" bull sh*t.

EA was recently voted the worst company in the US - Now you know why!!

shame on them...

Well done to the 10 million players that subscribed to the COD elite rubbish, now every developer is going to copy Activision.

I didn't even buy MW3 fullstop becuase of that stupid subscription rubbish. I mean each game is like £40 and they want you to pay double on top just so you can be on an elite leaderboards etc.

I understand when dev's make future DLC's (not ones already on disk but ones they actually make to expand the game) that's fine but yearly subs for a console game that's a waste of time.

This one is aimed at those who are fashion conscience.... Who cares

They should make a seperate battlefield game where u pay and not use BF3 cos if they add pay to win thats not a good idea and i will simply not play.

They say it's Rumor let's wait and see if it was real news EA will be punished

I think people forget that the video game industry is a business. No make money, no make games.

how about rebuilding your engine to run at 60 frames per second so everything doesn't look like crap?? then i might consider paying for premium, i mean doesn't premium mean exceptional??? just sayin... go pick someone else s pocket dice!!!!!

I really thought the game would be fixed before they wanted too take more money :(

congratulation, you just have one less fan

iLulz

If EA or DICE no matter which is gonna do that, I swear I'd never ever buy any other EA's products forever after

I hate this game now is not the same

on pc, EA was the first one to jump on the $60 price bandwagon so I'm not really surprised by this. EA is a huge follower of activision. they'll copy whatever activision do.

Remember when EA goofed on COD Elite? thats why this news is total lulz.

WTF i am pretty sure DICE said they would never have a premium service like activisions bunk and now we get this...

What are they doing.. BF3 is the best FPS game on the market but if they bring in this service im pretty sure i wont be playing it anymore and really not buying any exp packs..

What a shame..

How many still play this anyway? Most of the people I know have moved onto other games. If they wanted to add a premium service, they should have added it from the start if they wanted good results.

what a bullshit full of crap ! Dice, are you greedy? you want more money to squeeze than you did ? How far are you ready to push hoping we will buy your lies ? You didn't had the common sense to solve the Guillotine mission bug for singleplayer and you are trying to sell more crap to us ?? You are pathetic.

WTF EA stop destroying DICE as well!!!!

When is game (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) comes EA dies!!!

I dont understand this generation of gamers man. I cant believe you are willing to spend money on something that does NOTHING for your experience. yay a couple of xtra weapons, big deal people seriously. Its like if it cost $20 to goto the movies and the usher said you can watch the credits for an Xtra $20, you dont need to watch the credits but if you dont pay to watch the xtra credits you cant see the ending..Thats how bad its getting.

If they are going to copy Activision at least add theatre mode too.

Just like EA we used to. There's nothing more to say :)

I'm a Battlefield fan, but a while ago I read an article on here that quoted a DICE employee, saying that Battlefield "doesn't need a subscription service like other competitors" (talking about CoD Elite), yet now I read this? Disappointing.

thank god i only play Counter Strike fps and Valve online games, i play diablo 3 etc single player as much as possible.

lol @ BF3 fanboys.... So much Elite hate... Ironic to say the least, deserved, for sure.

Lesson learned yet ? Don't buy their products.

To EA you, the customer, are only relevant as long as they profit from you, they don't care about you as a gamer (best example, their "helpdesk", unfinished DRM loaded products and the product pricing), you're just a cashcow that needs to be milked.

Worst of all, most of you, the "shut up and take my money" folk that "keep throwing their wallet at the monitor but nothing happens" brought all of this onto themself.

What do you expect to get in return when EA realises that all these sheep keep happily paying for overpriced products - that they lower the price ? Hell no, that would be customer care and is inefficient for business.

Instead they add more and more mini transactions, pay to play, full price DLC (simple texture packs that took about a day to produce) and "premium" services so you have to pay even more to keep playing.

Really sad for all the good developers and their actually good products getting destroyed by EA's pricing, marketing and bad customer care policies.

What's next for Battlefield 4 ? Getting only the first level and having to pay for each additional one ? Oh no, wait, silly me, Singleplayer is so retro - of course it will be a MMO with a monthly subscription service and a pay to win model.

"Premium members will include a knife and a black dog tag, as well as a set of soldier camo, weapon camo, and assignments. " next Activision company

Dear EA,

**** you.

Sincerely,

Everyone.

It was only a matter of time when they were going to copy Activision.

How many companies will EA destroy? Just let them work EA.

EA .... go suck a carrot. No one likes you , DICE needs to be freed from your grubby fingers. Hope you dissapear quickly and your profits tank. Take Activision with you of course.