<![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Game on, I guess?

@andyg8180: Kotaku plays a role simply by writing about it. You obviously have no idea how many industry people read this site.

Do you really need Kotaku to hold your dick while you piss on EA?

Billkwando

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @NitrousO:
QFT, this would ROCK on PC.

derFeef

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Congratulations EA, you've earned back your $60 from me.

FancyRat

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Look at the look of surprise on my face... -_-

GOLD5

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> SG folk please temper yourselves a bit. Go search Sarcastic Gamer on Kotaku's search box and I think you'll find they have never been anything but generous with the linkage. Please guys... This isn't helping anything.

Doc

DocSG

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @LonoSG:

Credit is due to gamers in general

DocSG

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> SG Community members, as much as I appreciate your enthusiasm, please remember that this is not and was not about making a name for SG. I need everyone to take a step back and take a deep breath.

Kotaku didn't do anything wrong. They WROTE THE ARTICLE that revealed the details that led to the boycott. They have sent us PLENTY of links, something for which I've always been grateful.

Relax. Enjoy the victory.

[kotaku.com]
[kotaku.com]
[kotaku.com]
[kotaku.com]
[kotaku.com]

Relax. Enjoy the victory. Thanks for being so passionate.

Doc

DocSG

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> fair enough.

Xeros606

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> I'm probably the only one who feels this way but, I think it was a waste of effort to go after these non-essential weapons. It's something that everyone could have lived without.

Compare to when companies put out map packs for profit. If you don't buy into the map pack, you're going to be kicked from a lot of servers only as soon as it wants to play a map you didn't purchase.

I wish people would have spent their efforts on something much more important than have wasted it on some retarded, non-essential weapons.

**gets in his fallout shelter to hide from all the flames he'll probably get**

Shokuji

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Hey Kotaku, why no credit given to Sarcastic gamer?

You refused to write about the Boycott despite receiving hundreds of emails!

bAZZle

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Dammit Fahey!

I saw your post pic without reading and thought that either Rock Band or Guitar Hero were releasing some nice "Bad Company" DLC.

Stop playing with my heart!.

P.S. You sure have a great musical taste, so I guess we're cool again. ;)

Kirth Gersen

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Well that's one problem down. Now about Uwe Boll

BjLive45

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> The most important thing here is that EA listened to the consumer, regardless of what it was they're reversing a decision to please us. I for one am very pleased about this and will gladly buy (being a huge Battlefield fan and all) Bad Company, providing it's not crap of course.

Replica23

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Hopefully EA will see the light and take great pride into their next batch of games and actually beta test them. Glad they listened to us the consumers for a change.

Fireblast

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> EA; you just lifted the last thing that kept me from being genuinely excited about this game.

Guizzy

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> I think the real credit should go to WWW.Sarcasticgamer.com

They organized a large portion of this boycott.

Hollowcow

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> schwheat! congrats complainers! I feel for you, I had to complain to get my beta code lol

TheExiledLeader

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Whatever. Let's just call it a victory.

jambe

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.: It definitely painted a grim future.

SinisterSkull

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> SARCASTIC GAMER ROCKED IT OUT... WHILE KOTAKU SAT AROUND LIKE A BUNCH OF BITCHES!!! I'm glad you gave credit where credit is due... pff..

I love kotaku big time, but such an influential site played absolutely NO ROLE in what the gamers want... I'm sorry if this gets me banned, but after the numerous requests to join the fight by many gamers, we now know who has our backs...

::shakes head:: very very disappointed in Kotaku... definitely know how to keep it corporate...

This was more than just paying for guns... it was another way for a company to nickel and dime us... Please stand next to us Kotaku... Dont wait to see what everyone else is doing... You arnt a follower, youre a leader...

andyg8180

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> I don't see why people are getting excited. You still have to pay extra or get to the max level and complete a marketing survey. There should be no gold edition and no marketing survey. Guns should just be unlocked the old fashioned way. I'm sure next time they'll just be more covert about it.

Yakuzaice

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @Witzbold: I think you misread my post.
I was responding to comments here in the thread, not telling anyone how to post, isn't that the whole point of having comments, so we can exchange views?

Cruithne

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @Cruithne: Well if thats how you feel hows about starting up your own blog then? Since its his post not yours. Who are you to tell him how to post his story?

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> I still kinda think though that folks need to learn also to answer with their $$$. Since that is the one thing that can hurt them more than electronic text on a screen.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @Mike Fahey: Sorry Mike, but I think you're being more than a little ungenerous here. When Kotaku stood up to Sony we all gave credit. Sure, this is a victory for gamers, largely due to gamers, but if we're honest, it was one specific group of gamers who kickstarted the whole thing, and that's the guys over at Sarcastic Gamer.

Cruithne

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @munniec:
NM, different game, appologies


munniec

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> It takes guts to go back on something like that after announcing it. It's nice that they didn't ignore the issue.

Though it's another Battlefield game that rewards the guys who can kick your ass any way they want to by giving them more ways to do it. If you're not to the final rank, the seasoned vets have that many more ways to wipe you out.

@What The Geek:
That's a reasonable take too, but I imagine if you play their games online they already know that stuff from creating a profile. That sucks.




fuchikoma

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @ZenGaijin:
Its free, so not really that big of a deal


munniec

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Re-added to want list. Thank you EA for realizing that we don't like it when you act all super-douche.

I hope this helps to deter any other company from trying this dlc weapons for cash BS.

Eclectified

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> This is not a win people. They want you to sit through a marketing session to obtain weapons that are already on the disk.

ZenGaijin

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> This is AWESOME! Unbelievable that a publisher -- and not any publisher but E fucking A -- listened to the community and dropped this nickle-and-diming scheme. It is wonderful.

Let's all remember to do this next time gameplay-altering microtransactions rear their ugly head and the pubs get too greedy for their own good.

DaPress

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @LonoSG: I gave credit where credit was due. To the gamers, who since the story broke in the first place have bitched and complained on forums all over the damn place to be heard. That's what has been credited with the change, and it's what I am crediting with the change.

This story is about gamers having an effect with their voices.

Mike Fahey

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Also, since EA is on a trend of "listening to the community" I wonder if they'll let other companies make NFL games like we've been demanding.........

Didn't think so.

Mr.Waffleton

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Wait, his name is Karl-Magnus Troedsson? That's friggin' awesome.

Mr.Waffleton

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Still only one gametype. No standard Conquest mode even.

whiptcracker

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> If this holds true I'll be onboard for a "maybe" purchase, instead of before where I was not going anywhere near the game.

Pornosaur

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @marissa_melee:

I'm with you!! and I've been with you throughout these comments.... however, I fear our opinions are getting lost in all the "high fives" and "Hooray!! we won!!" comments

What The Geek

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Ahahahahah Interweb Justice!!!

ghnvt

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @jello44: Yeah, I've had that song stuck in my head since this crap all started.

marissa_melee

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> We can't let our excitement over this blind us to the fact that EA will still be charging us in some way by forcing us to fill out surveys and the like (very valuable information to them). I wouldn't be surprised if the plan all along was to announce that the guns would cost money, and when backlash came from the community, declare that "we won" and all we have to do now is fill out surveys and give them our private information. This is one of the oldest tricks in the book. We all did this as kids: "Mom, can I sleep over at Kim's house for the weekend?" "No...you can only stay Saturday night." This was a guaranteed way to get what you wanted in the first place, which was to sleep over Saturday. Please do not allow this to become an okay thing to do. Being forced to supply marketing information on top of paying for a game is complete and utter bullshit. This is not a pattern we want to see starting. I emphatically declare shenanigans, and hope you do too.

marissa_melee

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> You know... If I ever get around to making a game I'll just announce something insane about the game, then after the backlash is covered by tons of media sites I'll announce I am not doing it. I'll get to be the good guys while receiving tons of free publicity. These DICE guys are clever. ^_^

wired_fenix

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Well god damn, now Im gonna buy this game.

Tons Of Fun

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD COMPANY, I CAN'T DENY

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD COMPANY, TIL THE DAY I DIE..

..sorry saw the album cover. ;D

Is Bad Company worth getting, I may check into it now.

jello44

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @txshurricane: The point is continuation and support. The 'unlock' is saying that the content is already finished, but the sixty dollars you put down isn't good enough. Paying for content developed down the line means giving patronage to continued support of a product.

As always, one is free to ignore both and not make a purchase if one does not agree.

JKPierce

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> We did it we changed the direction of a company now if we can get EA to stop buying every company that competes with it.

dsmx

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @Ess:

the numbers were just sorta made up - I live in Jersey - it hovers around three a gallon here.

What The Geek

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @AverageJoes: Dunno, I loves me some Rock Band songs. Just about every week has something both unique and worthwhile to extend the longevity of my obsession.

JKPierce

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Nice. Very well-done gamers!

ShirtGuyDom

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @LonoSG: This guy here is THE MAN, ladies and genttlemen. He, Doc, Dave, DDL, Volkov, etc., they started the boycott. They were the ones who brought down the Bad Company! Let idols made in their likenesses be paraded in the streets!
And go over to Sarcastic Gamer. :P [/shameless_plug]

Paladin58

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Owned.

Question, though: what's the difference between having to pay to unlock something, and having to pay for extra content?

Granted, you may say that extra content is in addition to the original game, but how many developers openly state that they plan to continue DLC at a cost to the gamer?

So $10 to "unlock" four new COD4 maps would be heinous, but $10 to "add" four new maps that have been in progress since before launch is not?!

txshurricane

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> hmm, so I still can have my exclusive weapon unlock code they gave me in e-mail and other players would unlikely have it. :D

DranzerKire

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Haha. About time they caved on gun costs. Now to make them lower the price of Rock Band in Europe!

Salen

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Glad to hear that they are listening, something I didnt expect of any game EA put out there. But its comforting to know, had to throw a positive comment out there

uppitycracker

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Good.

Special ("gold" "legendary") editions are for people who like schwaggy crap. I am not one of those people. I want the game. Not part of a game.

Forcing me (or strongly encouraging me) to buy a special edition so I get the full game is basically forcing me to pay money for plastic shit I don't want.

@What The Geek: Where do you live that gas is only $2.65/gal.? Here in Seattle, we pay $3.50!

Ess

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> A battle won, but EA is a stubborn enemy. Congrats for the victory fellow gamers!

LevelHead

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Imagine what else we can accomplish if we bitch and moan a lot...now I feel like france

BrianD

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> I didn't like the game at all. The destructible environments just made the parts that can't be destroyed (I can blow up a house but not it's picket fence or the guy behind said fence?) stick out like a sore thumb. Plus the controls don't feel very responsive and EA's servers are awful.

But I do like the fact that our bitching got something done. I can't believe anybody thought that was a good idea in the first place.

FUCK EA. FUCK THEM IN THEIR ASSES! The one DLC we'd be willing to pay for (a yearly madden roster update) is the one they won't give us. I really don't know what happened. They used to be THE premiere developers. Now they are a sad caricature of their former greatness.

AverageJoes

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Gamers FTW!

Now, if only this type of strategy work on the Chinese government, we might see some progress for Tibet...

0ldb0y

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Huzzah! That makes me happy. Way to go Dice!

Now...Let's get on those Internet service providers for switching to pay by the Gig services.

[gizmodo.com]

That's gonna make downloadable content and games that much harder to stomach if we know it'll tack on another ten bucks going over our Gig limit. Steam could get totally screwed. I think gamers should start a stink about that, nip it in the bud.

MasterSauce

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> SARCASTIC GAMER FTW!!!!!!!!

lifeinthefridge

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Winner winner chicken dinner. It's nice to see devs actually listen to gamers sometimes (or at least that even EA can be swayed by our backlash.)

This is why you complain people! Sometimes it actually makes a difference.

PurpleMonkey

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> The internet wins, our voices finally heard. Smart move EA/Dice, you earned some respect back from me. Now add clan support to BF:BC and we have a winner.

Walker

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> If only people would band together and do this for those Rock Band DLC songs....

Good news for all gamers that this was stopped, though. It suggests to other companies that they not try anything similar in the near future.

Spaceboy

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Now I need that beta. Is it still going on?

Spartan1308™

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Karl Magnus. I keep WANTING to read Karl Hungus. But thats probably just me.

awwyeadatsright

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> I don't exactly count this as a "victory". It's sorta like this:

One day, gas is at $2.50/gal. Next day it goes up to $2.80/gal. Everyone complains - "Thirty cents in one day?!? that's ridiculous!!" Next day, gas goes down to $2.65/gal. It's still a net fifteen cent per gallon gain for big oil. Same thing is happening here - first the guns cost money, then people complain, now they're not exactly free - we have to participate in a marketing program of some sort to get them - most likely this means I'll be giving my name/age/address/email address, or some combination of those things to someone who I don't want having that info - I think I'll still be passing on this game.

What The Geek

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @NitrousO: You don't want a pc version of bad company, really the game is nothing like our previous pc battlefields. It's a console bf just like modern combat in design. Pray for a real battlefield sequel for the PC in the future :)

Kyle81

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Yes, the internet has won. EA made a smart decision, I'll now take a second look at Bad Company, but I doubt I'll give up my CoD4 for it.

DigiMish

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Good, but let's be real. Next time EA isn't going to show their hand. They'll try to charge for guns, but instead of teasing us with them they'll hide/withhold the guns until after release. This way they can rebrand the same thing as paying for "additional new content" rather than "unlocking existing content already on the disk you paid for".

Lixie

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> They must have read the Penny Arcade comic.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> yay for boycotting, now if only they will develop games better on ps3

UltimateIdiot

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @Cruithne: Thanks man, but honestly, we couldn't have done it without the fine members of the Sarcastic Gamer community that got Destructoid, Joystiq, IGN and X3F onboard.

you guys rock.

LonoSG

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @NitrousO: Man, I wanted 2142. I'm still surprised EA didn't try to cash in on a console version. The 360 would have been able to run it, I'm sure. (The PS3 wasn't out at the time.)

Does Not Equal

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> I was never part of the boycott(I don't buy their games anyway), but I'm suprised to see them back down on this one.

Very nice.

Slashlen

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @LonoSG: Hail LonoSG!!!

FP_slomo788

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @Luke Plunkett: Yeah they forgot to add how you can only play half the levels in the non-gold edition ;P

excel_excel

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @Does Not Equal: I didnt even want 2142, just give me Bad Company :P

NitrousO

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> What? Marketing program? Sounds like they wanna send me spam in order to allow me to use the guns on the disc I bought....... I feel sick to the stomach - I almost liked it better when I was mad at them for charging extra for shit on the disc - now they just want me to participate in a "marketing program" which most likely involves giving at least my email address to someone who I would rather not give it to.

What The Geek

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @LonoSG:

Lono, you and the other guys over at Sarcastic Gamer are owed a big debt of thanks by the entire gaming community.
You have official permission to strut around like a peacock.

In case other Kotaku readers don't know it, this guy is one of the main instigators of this boycott which has just saved you some cash.

Cruithne

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> nice bitching. maybe prototype will get some fucking multiplayer if we keep this up.

i_lie_to_fit_in

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Yay, now I might actually buy this game..

Katorok

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Good job boys and girls. I might give the game a look now.

Snake726

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> He failed to mention the decline in profits they would see if they decided to keep the DLC as a purchase.

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> I'm a little sorry that Kotaku didn't get behind this initiative.

Cruithne

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> BEST HEADLINE EVER!!! *cheers in awe*

Ok guys, we got them by the balls. What do we whine about now?

FP_slomo788

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Kotaku, you suck for not giving credit where credit is due...

[www.gamespot.com]

LonoSG

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Don't sweat it kids, they'll find another, more subtle way to do this while you're all too busy celebrating :)

Luke Plunkett

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> We should start a petition to bring back the parachutes!

deferred

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Thank fucking god for bitching!

Seriously if we dont bitch when there is a reason imagine all the kind of butt-hurt we would be going through.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> People think of weapons and weapon count too much like bullet points on the back of the box. Ever since Doom, it's been all about how many weapons you can have. It's got nothing to do with the actual utility of the weapon. 50 types of machine guns in CS (hyperbole) doesn't seem to deter people.

I want to see these people figure out a way to monetize new game elements, like classes and weapon sets that give a full blown legitimate game experience to people who *aren't* paying, in the sense that they still have a useful role, and yet isn't just a mindless copy of something already in. I mean, wouldn't TF2 work fine as a pay to play if the spy, demo, and sniper were pay-to-use classes?

deathbunny

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Sounds a little like PR backediting, but I won't complain.

Oh, and @NitrousO: You guys got BF 2142 and console owners didn't. Now it's our turn for an exclusive.

Does Not Equal

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> @excel_excel: You'll find something. This is the internet.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Not bad, now if Europe kicks up as much fuss over Rock Band this year would be sweeter

Makeda

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Fantastic! But what do we bitch about now!?

excel_excel

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> One major problem down. Now they just need a PC version.

NitrousO

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Thank god

evlyti

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Excellent news for gamers everywhere. This kind of bullshit should not stand. I'll gladly pay for content, but I won't get nickel-and-dimed for content I've already effectively purchased.

onidavin

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> But now what will the illegal imaginary arms dealers do?

Fitz Rhapsody

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Sweet, this sounds like fair compromise. Nice to see a protest actually work.

TalAarahk

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Company Drops Weapon Charges]]> Boycotts rule!

TheRemedy

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