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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 45748

DICE senior producer Patrick Bach spoke with Xbox World 360 magazine and said that they do not want to charge for DLC in order to keep the community happy and together.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 developer DICE has pledged that it will never charge for downloadable map packs. The news comes after Infinity Ward p

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eudolus · Contributor Joined: 28 Mar 2010 Posts: 28

i bet EA cringed after hearing that one.

Tom · Elite Member Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Posts: 4189

Good, because I'll never pay for one.

tride · Elite Member Joined: 27 Feb 2010 Posts: 566

Good to hear this! Cool

Renton · Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 1:09 am Post subject:

Activision/Infinity Ward Pwned!

miglaugh · Elite Member Joined: 02 Feb 2005 Posts: 362

They are still selling us BS though.

There will probably never be new "MAPS" in the way we are used to. They will just 'create' new editions of the current maps with a different game mode.

How can a 'map pack' not need to download 'something'? The reason? the difficult part to create, the fucking map itself, already exists on the disc. They just supply a new configuration to the server, which should have been available day 1.

So great, we'll have the same map playable 4 different ways in the end, for the same number of unique maps that shipped with the game, never to get an actual 'new' map with unique content (my supposition).

It's actually a genius effort on their part, as they can lay off the map designers since the maps already exist, and just keep us chugging along on their initial effort, with us thinking they are giving us new stuff when they're not.

I'd rather pay to have new maps, than get this BS "here's the map you're used to 'with a twist!'" treatment. Killzone 2 handled this nicely. I care not if the 'community' is segmented. There is no 'community' in this game, or any recent multiplayer game. It's just you fragging random pub scrubs.

Koogle · Elite Member Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 1362

"don't ever want to " .. doesn't mean they won't ever..

Just make them stick to it really, because the words of EA/Dice mean very little, especially when they have been somewhat misleading already like dedicated servers ... if you pay for it.

They seem to like making subtle advertisements that try to put down the competition, and paint the picture they are really good, when they really aren't much better at all.

nb411 · Elite Member Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 497