Battlefield 3 expansions to have week long exclusivity period on PS3

kick in the balls to xbox gamers? Still a judging by some of the posts here, many will be getting the ps3 version. Strange move I think, considering majority of the sales will probably happen on the 360

So if I pre-order Battlefield 3 for PC, I will be able to play ”Back to Karkland” DLC a week later…?

@2 I have sent a mail asking for clarification on that to be honest. I know folks are not getting it right away because it won’t technically be out yet, but I want to make sure what you just asked is indeed the case or not.

Xbox has CoD – PS3 has BF3. I knew I picked the right console…. Seriously though exclusives are PR BS. Let’s just all play together….. no not in that way!

LOL, 1 week, for a game with a life span of a couple years. If ur gonna get exclusivity u might as well get a decent period. This in not gonna make me play multiplayer on my PS3. Still getting the 360 version and maybe PC. Try again.

A week long exclusive? LOL!!! Thats the best Sony could negotiate? oh my…

@5 @6 grow up

It’s a week. Big deal.

yeah 1 week isn’t much. usually microsoft does the 30 day timed exclusive thing.

Or maybe Sony and Dice don’t want to alienate the community in the way CoD and Xbox has done. 1 week is a big deal to the diehard players, just as much as 1 month is keen to the hardcore players. I think this 1 week exclusive is great towards marketing and still leaves room for people not to be biting their nails watching Youtube videos of released of content they have to wait a month for.

That’s hilarious. If Sony does it, they’re understanding, but if Microsoft does it, they’re evil.

Please, spare me. It’s computer data. They could put it up whenever the hell they wanted to.

If waiting an entire week for some digital content is actually that big a dead to someone, they need to get off the computer more.

PS3 does have good MP games, Resistance 3 is well fun, Uncharted 3 beta was epic, KZ3 is good as well, I haven’t played BF games on PS3 as I honestly think BF is designed for PC, 1942 is still one of my favourite MP games.

This is ridiculous. Sony shouldn’t throw away money for this Microsoft-ish timed exclusive DLC strategy.

Yes I know Microsoft started with this bullshit and I’m happy Sony wants to connect the ps3 with the Battlefield franchise, but there are other ways to do so. Spending money to keep DLC from other gamers is just lame.

Monkey see, monkey do.

Umm it’s funny when you hear a corporate name you begin to parade around like a soar assed victim. It’s clear this is based off of a mutual contract between to companies. and what DICE as well as SONY are willing to do. Mainly DICE, because they do the negotiations and take the money.

So, in comparison(since we have four seperate companies doing this that are in direct competition) this is easily discern-able without throwing fanboy suggestive thoughts out there. The fact is the contract’s that both MS and Sony have requested from Treyarch/activision and Dice are easily compared. And, it is more reasonable to wait 1 week for content you spend 60 bucks on then to wait a month to continue your expansions.

Developers only benefit from this. They get more money and have a good reason to delay a dlc/whatever for a different platform.

“Publishers only benefit from this. They get more money and have a good reason to delay a dlc/whatever for a different platform.”

Fix’d

Developers only get paid for the work they have done. They don’t get royalties or residuals, the publisher just gives them a bigger bonus upfront.

@1 Ohhhhh you sir do fail as you completely disregarded the other format of which it’ll be released.

One week? Weeulll, lookee heeree.. wee gawt us sum exclusiff raight heeare!

this is really stupid from MS side and Sony’s side.
But there is zero point in that for Sony. Microsoft at least takes exclusive DLC for a while.

and Battlefield 3 should be playable on the PC. Period.
I have a PS3 and i love Battlefield 3, but i’m not stupid to buy PS3 version just for this shit and stupid PSN when PC version will be 20x times better in every aspect there is.

And yet, if this deal hadn’t got done there’d be just as much criticism (undoubtedly from the same people) saying that it was a chance missed. Doesn’t matter what goes on, people complain either way.

JM

And yet, I still plan to buy this on the Xbox 360, for one simple reason – the people I know who will be playing this will be playing it on that format.

I couldn’t give a damn one way or another about when it comes out. All I care about is whether I can play it with my friends or not.

Its probably down to marketing. Maybe Sony threw EA a few quid to promote it over Xmas in return for a limited exclusive deal?

im sure i can wait a week….how long did ps3 have to wait for black ops maps??? :-/

Unimaginative all this waiting for maps etc. I’d be more interested if ps3 owners got a exclusive Panzer tank & 360 users got a T-34