01-20-2006, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Arctic
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Originally Posted by NavalLord
Well its actually $10. Although what you're saying is legitimate, if you are brand new to the series. However if you are an old timer from the demo of BF42 than you know what Battlefield really is. Part of what made Battlefield the legend it is, is because of all the free updates we got which included maps, weapons, armies, vehicles. They did release two expacks, but they didn't do too well so they stuck with free stuff in patches. Now we come to the age of BF2 and we all think, wow this game sucks, but luckily we have patches to make it better! Then EA releases SF, so the old timers say remember Road to Rome and SWOWWII? Expacks don't work for Battlefield. Then EA announces these booster packs. They are an expansion pack with a lot less content. The old timers say, good god EA did you hear us the first time? Then we find out that the stuff in the booster packs was originally in BF2 but it was taken out just so EA could sell them seperatly and make more money. That doesn't make them look any better to the old timers. This is were the new player joins the melee. They do not know of the glory days of BF42, they hear about these addons and run to their mothers asking for more money to buy them. They buy SF - $30. They buy Euro Force - $10. They buy that other booster thing - $10. They have spent $50 on content that was suppose to come with the game or content that the Battlefield community expected in patchs. In all they have spent $100 on BF2and they are obliviousy to the thinking of the older battlefield players. We all know whats next, this is
EA we are talking about. Once they see that their booster packs are working they will release more. The players will gobble this up just as they did with the others. Then EA announces their new attlefield game. All work on BF2 stops. EA has moved on to their new game. Thaat game is then released, and everybody buys it. EA knows of the money they made from the booster packs and they know they can do it again. This time patches are few and far between, and all they do is fix the occasional bug that would of never been in the game had EA given the testers time. From now on all new content will have to be bought. EA is driving the game into the ground with the very concept they think will save it.
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Alot of thought went into that post. That is very very true. Thankyou for summing this one up Nava. |
Really? I sort of just typed away as I was watching tv.
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