Battlefield: Bad Company to feature micro-transactions?

360 Rumour | Beta spills the beans.

According to reports on the Game|Life blog, a glance at the newly released multiplayer beta for Battlefield: Bad Company has revealed that the game may be subjected to micro-transaction payments.

This news was discovered by one intrepid beta tester who noticed that ten of the game's unlockable weapons contains a message which states that you are able to 'buy this weapon on Xbox Live Marketplace.'

According to the report, these priced weapons do not appear to be anymore powerful than the other high-end guns in the game, but the beta won't be in a playable state until later this month so an accurate picture is not yet available.

With Battlefield Heroes getting ready to test the waters of micro-transactions, could this be the way of the future for forthcoming projects coming out of Electronic Arts?

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7 Comments

Eyce

4 years ago

If this is true, I'm crossing it off my list. Seriously.

You just know that skate. 2 is going to have this type of stuff, too. "Buy these DC SHOES(R) for 50 MICROSOFT POINTS(R)!

john_solids

4 years ago

its not like they are forcing you to buy them, they arent gonna make you run around with no gun, I also cant see why anyone would be dumb enough to waste money on that. Aslong as they dont charge to play online or something stupid its fine by me

Lord Haart

4 years ago

john_solids wrote

As long as they dont charge to play online or something stupid its fine by me

I assume by that comment you're not counting the cost of Gold Live membership.

I'm pretty annoyed at this. EA seem to think we don't believe that they are the sole avatar of satan on earth, so they try time and time again to prove it to us with these ridiculous scammy schemes.

May they make so much money off this that they die of nickel poisoning from the coins

Harsh. But fair.

Aftershock

4 years ago

So long as buying it isnt the only way to get it, thats ok.

If people want to waste money on this, then thats fine, so long as i can get the same benefits with effort and time.

NeoSanity

4 years ago

This is what **** me about EA so much, everything from them is set-up to screw the consumer. While they aren't putting a gun to your head requiring you to buy these things they do give some advantage to those morons willing to pay and support this crap.

It's one of the few times I'd ever support the computer pirate who breaks the restriction of these transactions just to show EA that consumers are sick of getting their $120 crap. I've yet to see the advantage of FIFA 2007 over my much older FIFA 2001 title.

Sinthesys

4 years ago

I have nothing against selling expansion packs later down the track when they develop cool things to add to the game, but to intentionally leave out content with the intention of selling it to the consumer once the purchase is made is rediculous. It would be like making a movie and then intentionally cutting out scenes, only to prompt you with "If you would like to see character A in scene B, it will cost 50 points." It's not necessary to the plot, but it's still conent and that's how I feel about leaving out guns and such that they could have easily left in the game and still made a hefty profit.

Jaws

4 years ago

It is money making at it's most rampant, but we all know EA is in the gaming industry to strictly make money as it's first priority and nothing more. Creating a game with substance and quality is second fiddle to their goals of generating as much bank as human possible in an attempt to challenge any other conglomerate for galactic supremacy.

D!CE had mentioned the whole idea of microtransactions before. The unlocks system in Battlefield 2 had been a test to see how many people would take to a system that rewards you ingame with better firepower and it was a hot success. Nobody should really be surprised that after acquiring DI!CE, EA are taking the 'low road' so to speak.

I think it's not uncommon of a greedy company like EA to pull new lows and see how the consumer reacts to it, regardless of how blatant a money making sham it is. As long as fish nibble at their line, they'll just sink lower and lower..

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Australian Release Date:
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Standard Retail Price:
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Publisher:
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Year Made:
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