Battlefield 3 premium service launching June 4 - Report

People still buying EA products?

Isn't this why I went in to buy it on the first day and get limited edition? Gee, thanks EA

There are times when you just have to say No. Remember as consumer we don't HAVE to buy everything. Because if we do we end up paying for everything.

Hopefully this is just a so called "source". Battlefield does not need to be washed in this dirty trickery.

All assclowns like EA understand is money. If you reward them for bad behaviour it will not only continue, but get worse. When you stop buying their crap, that's when they sit up and pay attention. BF/COD? Same shit, different pile.

And let the COD and BF3 comparison arguments commence!!

I bought this game a couple of weeks ago. Right now I'm not really sure what the hell I was thinking.

You guys realize this is nothing but a rumor as of now, right? Oh yes, I forgot, from a "reliable source", so it must be true.

and i used to think ripping of CoD was cool to these nerd........................................

Rented servers still out of control. Where's the incentive to get this service when abusive raging teen admins kick/ban you from every game you play because you killed the admin? Will this premium service allow you to not get kicked/banned? Rip-off either way. RIP BF3, you used to be a fav.

Patrick Bach and other dice employees mentioned that COD elite was a mistake in various interviews and that they would not take BF in that direction and yet hear we are.

They also said they were going to maintain good contact with those who purchased the game, yet it took an organized boycott to even get word of the first patch.

soon after they let all official servers disappear by way of rental, in addition to still allowing rented console servers to be named with the prefix [DICE]

Shortly we will receive a COD style CQB DLC for what has been a primarily large scale and vehicular warfare based game

This list could go on and on, but I grow weary of it and anyone still reading already knows what would go on it

Fool me once shame on you, fool me 8 or more times shame on me. Between EA ruining Mass Effect and BF (2 of my favorite series) among other EA related issues. I will no longer even consider purchasing a game that says EA anywhere on the box

Normally i'd get mad and bash them for going back on their word. But i just don't care. I don't give a damn about EA and Dice anymore. Gaming aint what it use to be. :P

Thanks EA, you just ruined this game!

Ain't that's a big f*ck you in the face!?

I feel like I just got M26 Darted...

Oh you mother******s...

screw you ea if you keep milking bf3, im going back to bc2 and bf2.

do $15, i'm good with it. some bs crap like CoD elite at $50, i will not be and i'll then have to move onto another game.

I'm pretty sure EA said they would never do this at a press conference at E3 a couple years ago when they were presenting BF3. Oh well... Subscriptions are sometimes a necessary evil, and depending on how much it costs, it may be worth it.

what a lot of you do not seem to understand is it costs money to develop downloadable content, game updates and so on. if they do not start up a paid subscription service for downloadable content then not only are they not making money, but also they are losing money. Personally, I think £50 subscription fee is fair and that most of you are just moaning because you hate having to pay for things, I bet half of you are torrent leechers

I new this was going to happen. Call Of Duty Elite has just given IW an extra $100 Million to blow so of course EA would follow suit. I love BF3 so of course i will be signing up. 4 June cant come quick enough.

I don't know who to be more upset with, Activision for letting the monster out, or EA for feeding it ....

dangit dice, what are you doing? you cant even hotfix the m26 dart in a timely manner, why would we pay for a premium service that you said would never come.

Like this comment if we all remember this from about march or april 2011

"Battlefield 3 is going too take MW3 down!!!!!!" Remember that quote everyone. Where in that sentence did we see or understand BF3 will join hands with MW3!?!?!?!?!? WTF!!!

I seem to remember someone at DICE saying they would never allow this happen. Oh well....

I have the game and love the MP but if this new subscription model makes me pay to just play the games MP ( which I have the bought the disk brand new BTW) I am done with this game .

Wow EA sucks.

most likely it will only be $50 a year same as elite, think of all the money you will save on $15 map packs

a new low for EA, havent played bf3 for allmost 3 months and i doubt i will ever again.

its sad EA competing to be the Mastergreedy because free battlefield/battlelog is a troll haven and now paying for being more trolled? sure CoD pricetag for games is bit higher but at least we dont get the Online pass shit, if you get bored of the game you can sell without any issues unlike any recent EA game ! i guess the first map pack for this new premium will be called "wallet grabbing deathmatch"

After the success of CoD Elite,its only natural EA will pursue the same thing.

When you have a very popular IP like Battlefield/CoD on your hands,many ppl will buy it no matter what you do with it.Activision and EA know that well,so I actually wouldn't be suprised if services like this are just a first step towards subscription based models in their FPS franchises.

Elite tested the market,and was well accepted,with a lot of paying subcribers.If this BF3 service gets the same level of success,we may expect FPS subsciption models very soon...

And to those who say the idea is absurd and prone to failure,keep in mind how only a few years ago we thought the same of DLC,but look at it now,it became a sad standard that introduced many problems to the consumer...

Sweet, Now I can pay for Xbox live AND BF3 at the same time, awesome...

/end sarcasim

I'm no longer going to talk about how greedy EA is. Premium service is only a valid choice for a product that is constantly updated.

Not to mention If i was a player without premium, i'd quit the game thinking its idiotic i can't use the same stuff as others.

Maybe they are trying to create a community which is better compared to what COD has. Its like, " Join our club! It's for people who wanna be at a better place with better people!" . It might actually work but i pray it won't.

As long as this service isn't a big money grab like COD Elite then maybe it will become popular

It's still pretty frustrating that when Activision and the developer put something into the newest Call of Duty, many major developers have to do a similar thing in response in order to keep their own game competitive...

This will probably be the first column on battlefield 3 here on gamespot thats gonna get very negative feedback, if thought certain modern warfare 3 columns got alot of hate, 26 comments now at 2pm eastern time (nyc) I expect this to be over 300 comments by the end of my work day, and I predict alot of cursing at you soderland!!!! You were better off just giving the making the maps packs 10-15 a piece. Battlelog is already free, we got free maps already, so just give a normal price tag for each map pack, Subscription service, hellllooooooo I play psn, its free!!!!!! and I'll back my 360 brothers as well, you pay for xbox live, most of ya'll have COD elite, and also download games from the 360 store, they don't want another service subscription either!!!!

Ugh, just when I thought they were better than the COD makers...looking out for the gamers.I forget DICE's overlords are EA. Goddam conformist.

Well, this is just another step forward for online games like this coming with mandatory subscription fees. Okay, maybe not, but still, along with the DLC how much money are people going to drop on one game??