This must be a joke.....

I've just had a look at the PSN store (EU) and they have a battlefield 3 shortcut kit to unlock everything for a staggering.

£31.99

Thats

$51.00

And 14 people have already rated it, meaning they not only purchased it, but paid that much for it.......

Gaming is dead. Long live EA.

Battlefield 3 wasn't that good to begin with.:( Anyone who falls for this needs to be slapped.

Those gamers should be ashamed of themselves.

Battlefield 3 wasn't that good to begin with.:( Anyone who falls for this needs to be slapped.

speedfreak48t5p

I cannot comprehend why anyone would buy that.

But the price.

Holy f**king sh*t the price.

EA is ridiculous. But hey, I guess if you can get morons to buy it then why wouldn't you?

Soon enough, companies will start selling you "Full Game Beat" passes.TheFallenDemon

Sony will soon learn people will pay money to earn the Platinum trophy.

[QUOTE="TheFallenDemon"]Soon enough, companies will start selling you "Full Game Beat" passes.IndianaPwns39

Sony will soon learn people will pay money to earn the Platinum trophy.

I'm surprised they haven't figured it out yet. Or I can just see Microsoft - "add 1000 points to your Gamerscore for only $4.99!"

EA is getting worse as time passes

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 has some terrible practices

Half of the coures are locked. You can rent them for a fee, but cannot buy them. Renting courses? For money? EA is at a all time low.

Battlefield 3 wasn't that good to begin with.:( Anyone who falls for this needs to be slapped.

speedfreak48t5p

Says the guy who has recently played MW2 and Blops

wow $51, i can buy a new game with that ,wtf are those guys smoking

That's nothing new really. When Shift 2 Unleashed came out a year ago, you could just get on the PSN store and pay $15 or something to unlock all the cars in the game so you didn't have to win races and earn money to buy them that way.

[QUOTE="speedfreak48t5p"]

Battlefield 3 wasn't that good to begin with.:( Anyone who falls for this needs to be slapped.

Masenkoe

Says the guy who has recently played MW2 and Blops

Spec-ops and zombies are fun. ;)

And I'm a big Bad Company 1 and 2 fan btw.

That's nothing new really. When Shift 2 Unleashed came out a year ago, you could just get on the PSN store and pay $15 or something to unlock all the cars in the game so you didn't have to win races and earn money to buy them that way.

Jackc8

Can you really blame EA for gamers being stupid enough and purchasing it?Darth_Siegeis

[QUOTE="Jackc8"]

That's nothing new really. When Shift 2 Unleashed came out a year ago, you could just get on the PSN store and pay $15 or something to unlock all the cars in the game so you didn't have to win races and earn money to buy them that way.

BibiMaghoo

In Shift 2 there was a trophy for owning one car of every make, so I assume that buying them on PSN just set the prices of all cars in the dealership to $0.00, so you would only have to go and "buy" them and put them in your garage and the trophy would pop.

Looking at the way they've increased the price of these unlock pakcs, I wonder if they were selling really well? I can't imagine them raising the price way up on something unless they thought people would be willing to pay it.

Gaming is sad nowadays.. I'll be upstairs playing on my Dreamcast remembering the good old games.

[QUOTE="BibiMaghoo"][QUOTE="Jackc8"]

That's nothing new really. When Shift 2 Unleashed came out a year ago, you could just get on the PSN store and pay $15 or something to unlock all the cars in the game so you didn't have to win races and earn money to buy them that way.

Jackc8

In Shift 2 there was a trophy for owning one car of every make, so I assume that buying them on PSN just set the prices of all cars in the dealership to $0.00, so you would only have to go and "buy" them and put them in your garage and the trophy would pop.

Looking at the way they've increased the price of these unlock pakcs, I wonder if they were selling really well? I can't imagine them raising the price way up on something unless they thought people would be willing to pay it.

This kinda takes away from the appeal of video games in the first place.

Why did this happen? It's it because these publishers have become so bloated that the only thing that matters is turning a huge quarterly profit? This is what happens when you expand the market too fast too soon. If gaming was still just a "nerd" hobby we wouldn't have to put up with this ****

I don't get all the gnashing of teeth and tearing of hair in this thread. I don't like the notion of cheat codes much (though I confess I did use them to beat Contra back in the day) but if someone so loves cheat codes they are willing to pay for them, that's a personal problem. I think the fun of games is experiencing new things, overcoming challenges and earning stuff, but some people play for other reasons.CarnageHeart

To me, the "cheating" isn't the issue. I don't care if I pop on Battlefield and a level 3 enemy has every available weapon. Hell, I'd even argue that getting the aircraft pack is a good idea for new players because fighting against jets armed with laser guided missles and stealth capabilities when you just have a machine gun is stupid.

The issue here being the price. How did they even come up with it? Is it that high just to deter people from buying it? How much work could have really been spent creating a code to unlock everything? Over $50 seems over the top.

This just about sums it up.

[QUOTE="CarnageHeart"]I don't get all the gnashing of teeth and tearing of hair in this thread. I don't like the notion of cheat codes much (though I confess I did use them to beat Contra back in the day) but if someone so loves cheat codes they are willing to pay for them, that's a personal problem. I think the fun of games is experiencing new things, overcoming challenges and earning stuff, but some people play for other reasons.IndianaPwns39

To me, the "cheating" isn't the issue. I don't care if I pop on Battlefield and a level 3 enemy has every available weapon. Hell, I'd even argue that getting the aircraft pack is a good idea for new players because fighting against jets armed with laser guided missles and stealth capabilities when you just have a machine gun is stupid.

The issue here being the price. How did they even come up with it? Is it that high just to deter people from buying it? How much work could have really been spent creating a code to unlock everything? Over $50 seems over the top.