MuleTheDestroyer
12-09-2010, 12:56
So I got the new Vietnam map pack for BC2, for FREE! my stupid VIP code actually gave me access to new free content. hose of you who read my other post ranting about EA and their VIP have to buy the game new or buy a stupid code shennanigans may be wondering about my change of opinion.
Before, all the code did was give you "new" content that was just different game modes on existing maps. Maps that were already on the freakin disk at launch. Taking stuff away from a game to make people buy it new was crap. This is different, fresh new content, on new maps with new weapons and sound and everything is fantastic. That is a great way to go if they want to fight off the used market. I like it.
I am still not entirely sold however. They delayed the price of the DLC until the day the thing came out. I suspect that they decided to give it away because of the back lash they were getting from the gamer community. Some accountant in their offices somewhere should be figuring out that they would have made more money had they sold the DLC instead of selling VIP codes. I am hoping that EA either continues handing out free NEW content or decide the whole VIP code thing is stupid and release their stuff like normal people.
I will meet their olive branch and suspend my boycott for Mass Effect 3 when it comes out (thank God they came to their senses in time!). They are still on thin ice however. If I hear about them doing a Cerebus Network thing that only allows you to buy more stuff from them, well then they are dead to me. Who's with me?
Before, all the code did was give you "new" content that was just different game modes on existing maps. Maps that were already on the freakin disk at launch. Taking stuff away from a game to make people buy it new was crap. This is different, fresh new content, on new maps with new weapons and sound and everything is fantastic. That is a great way to go if they want to fight off the used market. I like it.
I am still not entirely sold however. They delayed the price of the DLC until the day the thing came out. I suspect that they decided to give it away because of the back lash they were getting from the gamer community. Some accountant in their offices somewhere should be figuring out that they would have made more money had they sold the DLC instead of selling VIP codes. I am hoping that EA either continues handing out free NEW content or decide the whole VIP code thing is stupid and release their stuff like normal people.
I will meet their olive branch and suspend my boycott for Mass Effect 3 when it comes out (thank God they came to their senses in time!). They are still on thin ice however. If I hear about them doing a Cerebus Network thing that only allows you to buy more stuff from them, well then they are dead to me. Who's with me?