After incurring Internet rage and a class action suit, Electronic Arts has finally given up and made good on its broken promise to give Battlefield 3 PS3 owners a free digital copy of Battlefield 1943. Every now and then, angry gamers can hold a publisher to account!
EA has set up this website which contains information on how to obtain a 1943 voucher. The vouchers will appear on November 26 in Europe, December 10 in North America and December 17 in Japan.
1943 was originally promised for PS3 users at E3, but when Battlefield 3 released, it was nowhere to be found. EA quietly confirmed there was no free game on Twitter, angering fans and people who don't like being lied to. Eventually, a lawsuit was thrown EA's way. Sad it had to come down to legal threats in order to make the company fulfill a promise, but it worked.
Now if only we could get EA to stop being such a penis about everything else.
Battlefield 1943 Voucher Redemption [EA]
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8:00 AM on 11.24.2011 | 
Also goes to show that consumers CAN change companies and get things done, instead of bending over, lubing up, and telling others there's nothing they can do about it every time companies do something douchey.
Now I'm not saying sue everyone for anything or everything or go overboard, but like Llort said, change can happen if we make it.
WHY the fuck do they do this?
It figures they'll just quietly say "ok here you go" and then brush all of this under the rug like it never happened.
Back to you Jim
Would not have been worth it. This is by far the better route for them, both in terms of cost effectiveness and in stopping continuing negative publicity.
Personally, I don't even care about the free game itself, and I doubt most other people do either, but I really, really want to know why this happened. Why did they change their minds? Even if someone had screwed up and promised something they had no authority to promise, I would have understood that a LOT better than explaining NOTHING, then offering the most crappy substitute in the entire world.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Also, waiting to see how many hours before EA breaks the goodwill by screwing gamers over again on something else.
BF1943 is kind of a terrible game anyway. At least the XBLA version is.
X2 Beef Stew.
Your perversion both attracts and disgusts me.
One note pony much? Also, if you insist on staying here and doing your thing, at least get an avatar bro. Jimmyx or jimboxxx or whatever his name is now has tons you would prolly love. Mostly ones with beefy male VG characters.
You like muscular, sweaty guys right? I only ask because your obsession and aversion to larger males indicates you have enough of an interest in it to really really want to see the opposite.
To each their own tho. Happy turkey day!
Between this,and Volition providing a free copy of Saints Row 2 for the Saints Row 3 mess,This is a win for all gamers.
Funny thing is, this whole issue pisses me off, and I'm not a PS3 owner. I just hate seeing EA continue to be pricks about everything.
Hence why I have avoided the hell out of EA products for the better part of 7+ years now..... every time I am about to forgive them, break down and buy whatever game they are peddling that looks decent .... they go act the douchenozzle and reaffirm another year I won't do business with them.
Oh shut up ya big pansy, you know you like oodles more than you let on. Have you ever seen that Simpsons episode where Homer enlists in the army and he's talking to the drill Sargent during boot camp? That's like you and me.
Also, you can be such a giant hypocrite most times that it would be hard to take anything you think or say too seriously.
So cmon, just have some fucking fun where u can around here man.
Unless you are just hellbent on being a completely useless twat. I find most people don't like that route tho.
Again, to each their own and happy Thanksgiving! Go eat some food and get fat or something guy.
I present you this, and Uncharted 3.
As an Xbox owner, I have no problem with PS3 owners getting what is promised them. If EA and THQ had promised Xbox owners certain things and didn't deliver, I would rage too. But they didn't, so I'm glad that PS3 owners who were promised things are getting their just dues!