If a second controller was included with the premium bundle, I'd go for that, but since it's not, none of the options are right to me and/or my family.

good to hear it coming to consoles, maybe they can include a better tutorial/introduction, like with Minecraft on the 360.

guess the preorders for this game ain't going so well as they had hoped, despite the inclusion of Battlefield 4 beta access, and the publicity stunt with the links to buying real-world guns that made some minor headlines a couple of weeks back. So let's stir up some more well-orchestrated controversy to get people talking about, and hopefully eventually put down a pre-order for this not particulary anticipated game.

I take it game will be free to play, but you have to pay $'s/spend points for extra ammo, weapons etc etc

And so it begins, the bright new f2p-future envisioned by EA and Ubisoft. Sorry won't pay for weapons and armor or anything else in-game with real money, let me pay for the whole game instead.

It's not about being cheap, more to do with the immersion factor for me, if I need to break up my gaming session and whip out the credit card to buy stuff in-game it just feels wrong, especially if it's a historical setting like this game. Sorry about that, maybe I'm one of those old-fashioned gamers that doesn't "get it". Oh well.

Heard the same thing, or probably did, when GW1 was launched, and they did very well with that game didn't they, with three major boxed/retail-expansions and several smaller digital downloads, and now a fully-fledged sequel.

EA (and Gamespot as well, i guess) take note, this is how you do it. Now what was that about free to play/freemium etc being the one and only possible future of gaming, and all game distribution going digital etc etc. Having the gamers pay once upfront for your product, and also giving them a healthy choice of boxed/retail along with various digital download options seems to be a pretty good business model still.

EA sells...but who's buying?

Actually television has improved alot in recent years. Used to be there was nothing worth watching, just mediocre sitcoms and reality shows. Nowadays we have shows like the below-mentioned Breaking Bad, not to mention great shows like Fringe, House etc etc, so many great shows that it's hard to keep up with. So television is probably in a better place creatively right now than gaming where it's all about maximum profit and emulating the CoD-formula.

She can can do the cha cha? :)