EA backstabs pc gamers. Battlefield 3 console game

svs22 · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:15

So much for giving pc gamers what they want with bf3.

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/110/1109659p1.html

Devrij · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:16

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

uv · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:17

Battlefield 3 will apparently come to Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 3

What's the problem?

svs22 · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:19

uv said:
What's the problem?

Dice and EA have been saying for years that bf3 will be a true pc battlefield game and that the bad company series are only to please console gamers.

CaptainRAVE · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:25

uv said:
What's the problem?

PC gamers like to complain. That is the only problem here.

FrenchTart · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:27

CROSS PLATFORM GAME?

TEH DRAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111one

JoeMango · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:28

uv said:
What's the problem?

Because the PC will not be the lead platform. This means we'll get another crap port of a battlefield game like bad company 2 is. I've bought every BF game since 1942 and they have been getting progressively worse game play wise.

FrenchTart · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:29

JoeMango said:
Because the PC will not be the lead platform. This means we'll get another crap port of a battlefield game like bad company 2 is. I've bought every BF game since 1942 and they have been getting progressively worse game play wise.

Were people expecting EA to stab themselves in the back and not release it on console too or something?

Raumarik · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:30

Didn't think BFBC2 was a bad port at all!

uv · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:31

you're right, EA are usually so philanthropic and caring towards their customers. Who'd have thought they'd be in it for the money?

CaptainRAVE · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:31

FrenchTart said:
Were people expecting EA to stab themselves in the back and not release it on console too or something?

Exactly, people should be thankful they are releasing it on the PC at all. I am only a PC gamer, but I am well aware the console market makes up for a much bigger share. It is quite simple, if you don't like it, don't buy the game.

Shamikebab · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:32

CaptainRAVE said:
PC gamers like to complain. That is the only problem here.

Gerard · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:32

Can't say im suprised, so many people on here were holding out for BF3 like it was going to be a massive pc exclusive. So essentially its gonna be another game limited by the consoles, good one dice\ea.

Hypno · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:33

I don't think dice release pc games any more: http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/1092211.page

I hear the problem is that PCs don't have the same megabytes console games have!

JoeMango · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:36

CaptainRAVE said:
PC gamers like to complain. That is the only problem here.

Console gamers don't mind taking it up the a**e. Hence the era of 'micro transactions'

svs22 · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:36

CaptainRAVE said:
Exactly, people should be thankful they are releasing it on the PC at all. I am only a PC gamer, but I am well aware the console market makes up for a much bigger share. It is quite simple, if you don't like it, don't buy the game.

Bad company 2 sold better on PC.

Gerard · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:37

Halfmad said:
Didn't think BFBC2 was a bad port at all!

If you ignore the crap draw distance with assloads of popup, small maps, low res textures, features that were missing from day one and only recently have been fixed (heli flares for example), weird hit detection and trailing hit boxes...and of course theres the standard dice addition of a crap server browser though thats exclusive to most of their games.

FrenchTart · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:38

JoeMango said:
Console gamers don't mind taking it up the a**e. Hence the era of 'micro transactions'

...which mostly occur in pc games (e.g. 'free' mmos, etc), not console games.

I'm failing to see the point... either that, or you're failing to make a point.

FrenchTart · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:40

Gerard said:
If you ignore the crap draw distance with assloads of popup, small maps, low res textures, features that were missing from day one and only recently have been fixed (heli flares for example), weird hit detection and trailing hit boxes...and of course theres the standard dice addition of a crap server browser though thats exclusive to most of their games.

Support was far from perfect but it was still a long way away from the era of just a few years ago when console ports were unplayable without a joypad (e.g. Resident Evil 4).

svs22 · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:44

FrenchTart said:
...which mostly occur in pc games (e.g. 'free' mmos, etc), not console games.

I'm failing to see the point... either that, or you're failing to make a point.

he is talking about DLC that most of the time is already on the disc and console gamers happily pay for it.

The point is that EA and Dice have been saying for years and bf3 will be a pc exclusive battlefield game. lots of people have been anticipating this game.