DICE doesn't want to charge for Battlefield:BC2 maps; EA can't comment

dunworth1

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/31/dice-doesnt-want-to-charge-for-battlefield-bc2-maps-ea-cant-c/

i think this would be great would really move people from cod
and keep the community happy

only problem is EA will want to charge

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

those evil bastards, how dare they try to make money. free game content is my right as an american!

marco_polo

Not sure if this would even be permitted on XBox live TBH: Value have had problems in the past with trying to provide free DLC.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/60365

Fingleberries

In fairness, they could eventually do like Bungie do with Halo3 DLC. They charge for it when it is initially released and when the new Map Packs become available, the previous one becomes free (or similar).

With EA Games, there is a history of Free Big DLC packs ... Look at Burnout Paradise. Another EA studio (Criterion) released major updates for free - e.g. adding motorbikes to a traditional Car-only racing game.

Maybe EA got burned by that policy, because I don't think their paid DLC packs for Paradise sold as well.

rizzla

Fingleberries wrote: »

Maybe EA got burned by that policy, because I don't think their paid DLC packs for Paradise sold as well.

Well, TBH, the bikes were the best dlc for that game. Closest thing to Road Rash we'll probably ever get.

spooky donkey

the DLC was free for BC1 so lets hope this continues.