I haven't purchased an EA game in forever. I've been boycotting them since the whole, "We own the NFL!", crap. Although, I am trying to get the Orange Box from Goozex, does trading for used games count?

EA are the worst videogames company in existence, and are comparable only to NewsCorp in their immorality (read EA Spouse - any firm that treats employees like that should be censured forever). Their charm offensive is sickening because it insults the intelligence of gamers.

DON'T BUY EA'S PRODUCTS.

Consider me boycotting EA, if I absolutely must by an EA game at any point in the future, I will make absolutely sure to get it used.

DON'T BUY THE GAME!!!

I don't see the problem with Microtransactions in games. It's the next step in a la carte gaming experiences.

Until you realize that you've paid $90 on a $60 game.

You want to know what sucks? The fact that there are fuckheads out there who will buy that shit without a second thought. It is a sad and pathetic money grab, but mostly sadistic fucking abuse of what DLC is supposed to be.

EA are a bunch of fucking whores though. They have been that way for a long time. Thats why they didn't include alt uniforms in Madden and NCAA football and were going to charge for them. But in their NBA and NHL games they had alt jerseys right out of the box. Since they had to compete for marketshare they couldn't fuck you over.

EA are filthy fucking slobs, and they are whore cocksucking twats. Did I say they were cunts?

->JamnOnTheOne: The big difference between this and those korean MMOs is that these games have a substantially hefty initial outset fee, whereas all those successful MMOs are free to download and free to play. There's also the fact that those games are far more dependent on amount of hours spent grinding than actual player skill. The battlefield games are meant to be entirely about who is the best player(or perhaps team) on a level playing field. Having some guns available only to those who can afford it utterly undermines that.

Seeing as these guns are clearly already in the game before it's even been release. This is just EA making you pay for things that you already possess, just are locked to you. The big difference between this and an expansion pack, or rock band DLC, is that this puts a premium on adding very little to a game. If blizzard came out with a WoW expansion that did nothing but add a few new weapons, that you actually had to pay for, there would be just as much outrage. Bear in mind that blizzard are constantly freely(apart from the subscription free) updating the game with brand new content, expansions are reserved for extremely significant changes.

There's nothing wrong with DLC as long as they're a decent value proposition, but paying for something that should just be in the game anyway is wrong any way you slice it.

How can you seriously charge for guns, I just like don't understand it's like buying a car and then the dealer runs in rips off 2 wheels and goes ya 100 bucks each.Ya sorta like that...sorta ok so bad example but you get the point.

@Timmeh:
While I agree with companies make far more than they should for maps (10 bucks for 3-4 maps is fucking ridiculous) I don't think they shouldn't get anything. CoD4 and Halo 3 basically force anyone who enjoys the game online to pony up 10 bucks for content that isn't nearly worth it; but due to the user base they can ram their cocks in deep and hard.

This whole guns thing is way petty. I didn't mind dropping 5 bucks for a RS3 map pack, because I got 4 maps and some new weapons together. But they way these companies are allowed to price this stuff is bad...and in some cases (like GoW actually forced to charge for it by MS. I don't believe they didn't, fuck them they lie too much).

I actually started to make a cblog about this (map packs and prices) about 10 days ago. I had a power surge and lost what I wrote before I could save it, and there was too much to re-write it.

I agree they shouldn't be so iron fisted with user created content, but that would cut the revenue for console DLC considerably. If they set up a map pack for DLC, once someone got it, it could be re-done using a map editor and released for free. So I think that's the biggest reason...Even though they could put out a limited map editor.

I never really played PC games. I have a few RTS games, and have Dll'ed a few more. But for me the notion of getting really great user created content was unknown territory for me. If I could get over my hatred for a M/KB for games, maybe...

I don't even mind paying for stuff. But I'll be mother fucked before I get nickled and dimed like this. I heard this game was great from someone playing an early build of it. But after something like this, I could give a fuck about it. I'll play Rainbow and my sports games. I ain't buying the CoD4 maps for 10 bucks, and fuck Halo 3...at the very least they release the maps for free later on. I can't say that's a good thing, or a fuck you to people who paid for it.