EA taking the urine?

red eye · 4 May 2015 at 16:46

Just brought battlefield hardline premium and have been told by origin advisor that I have to buy the standard edition WTF

red eye · 4 May 2015 at 17:13

Yeah all i read was hardline premium and though upgraded version of standard. All I could get out of the the advisor is 15% off the £49.90 orgin price.

So is hardline worth the £27.99 cdkeys are asking. Need to justify £54 for a game, this will be the most expensive game I have brought on pc

red eye · 4 May 2015 at 17:15

no_1_dave said:
bought*

I spotted that but couldn't be bothered

red eye · 4 May 2015 at 17:23

Woden said:
He didn't necessarily buy it from Origin.

I BOUGHT it from cd keys after looking it up on origin and yes I missed the disclaimer at the top of the screen

GBRusty said:
I just logged into Origin to have a look myself and it's not obvious at all. That stinks.
There was some disclaimer at the very bottom of the page, once you've clicked a few times, but who reads the bottom of the page when you think you've got a bargain?

Exactly my point. it's like filling up with premium fuel and then told that premium is just additives and the normal fuel is still needed.

Though if I had brought ultimate then the base game is included

red eye · 4 May 2015 at 19:47

Woden said:
It's more like buying "fuel additive", ignoring the banner that says"fuel not included" then complaining you need the fuel to use it.

No where else do you see these restrictions. I don't need to prove I have a oven to buy a lasagna.

no it's the use of the words standard and premium. If it was more like buying fuel additive it wouldn't be labeled as premium fuel would it?

red eye · 4 May 2015 at 20:54

Everyone missing the point?
I'm not upset with EA, yes I missed two warnings.

Calling A product standard and then calling another product premium kinda says that it is the standard product but with a few extras and then having an ultimate edition would have even more extras. Taking the urine