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EA will soon start handing out vouchers for Battlefield 1943 to honor the promise that was broken when Battlefield 3 for PS3 didn’t ship with a free copy of the downloadable shooter, a mistake that recently led to a class action lawsuit being filed against EA. It’s a Thanksgiving miracle!
“There have been some misunderstandings around Battlefield 1943 and Battlefield 3,” reads a statement on EA’s help site. “To address this we are making Battlefield 1943 available free of charge to owners of Battlefield 3 on the PS3 beginning this month.”
The vouchers will be available in the U.S. starting December 10, in Europe November 26, and Asia December 17.
As was to be expected, EA has seen the error of its ways (I’m sure the lawsuit helped accelerate the voucher distribution process). Slighting PS3 owners the way it did and then not offering a proper apology about it immediately was a major miscalculation, but it appears that all will be right in the world in the coming weeks. I just wonder how many people will be turning off BF3, Skyrim, Batman: Arkham City, Saints Row: The Third, or any of the other massive titles available right now in favor of playing Battlefield 1943. I suppose a promise is a promise though, so I guess that’s all that matters.
Source: Edge
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Robbie-Blaze
And all you bungholes defending EA are contributing to the problem just because of the situation thats been laid out. Now remember this it is the consumers that need to hold these companies to their word wether written or spoken, $2 or $100. We need to stick up for eachother and whats right this time you may not care about the stakes, next time it will be you who is being cheated and your gonna wish you had someone to help you based solely on principle.
Robbie-Blaze
it sucks ea promised us a physical game cd of 1943 with our preorder now they think its ok to offer it as dlc are they totally not thinking about the consumer or just partially? Not everyone wants to waste space on a novelty game when the patches they release are as big as they are... its bad enough they released bf3 as a beta so they can make their money before mw3 came out. Im sorry but thats bad business. I can get my fps fix off Americas Army and its free and more realistic than anything dice hoped they could achieve and i dont have to worry about greedy big business lining their pockets. So EA, DICE, get your act together and start perfecting the game thats out rather then trying to make more money off another unfinished map pack.
AmericanKing01
Can EA stop talking about Battlefield and start talking about Mass Effect 3.
Bamf464
Hmmm??? Battlefield 1943 or Skyrim... I just don't know. This decision is so hard my head might explode!!!! Then I gotta throw the other 3 amazing games I bought over the last few months into the mix. For those of you that don't understand sarcasm when you read it just so you know that was sarcasm. I am not gonna waste memory on my PS3 that could be used for another character on Skyrim or the Batman DLC or the stuff I have yet to do with CoD. I'm not gonna waste my time playing an old version of Battlefield when I barely even liked the newest version and I have games that are 30x better than the newest version.
M0dSquad
Glad Canadians are getting in on this voucher action too... oh wait...
cwhas2godhands
The ten, or so, people who bought BF3 and didn't already own 1943 should be happy now. I'm just kidding, there's probably at least 100.
The only time I play 1943 anymore is when I'm getting my rear handed to me on BF3. I'll jump on 1943 until I simmer down a bit.
ultima12
I feel that everything about Battlefield 3 was flat out false advertising. That game is a complete mess!! I won't buy anything from DICE again. I'll try to avoid EA as much as possible but seeing as though they damn near produce everything anymore....
geomancer21
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Busca-Cabezas
Exactly! what I was thinking the moment I saw this. I understand the freebie is kewl and all but... Who ever turns around to play this game when even EA(and so many others) has a ton of super awesome games in shelves right now? ...must be out of their rightful minds. :P
animeandmangarule
I love how EA worded it , it was a "misunderstanding"... Yeah right, EA only decided to give out Battlefield 1943, because of the lawsuit, if no one had sued them, then they wouldn't be doing this. Way to cover your butts EA....not that i'm buying Battlefield 3 or anything, but it's great to those who wanted the game they were promised. It's just a shame that it took a lawsuit against them to get them to give players what they said they would give them.
CrackpipeSymptoms
not too big of a deal to me. and i bought the game for ps3, but i say; if its such a big deal that we didnt get the Battlefield 1943, we should get the 2nd map pack free instead since Back to Krakand is about to be released and was free to those who reserved it
etooley7845
Oddly enough, this is the first time that I've seen anyone get EA to reverse it's policy by threatening them with a lawsuit. Score on for the fanbase!!
ps3owner1000
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AngelEmilio
and the input lag????
Thogin
Consumer rights man.... if you let this one go, then EA will try to pull some other things...
Ooo you brought the game, that was release on this day??? sorry we couldn't get it out to you on the release day... we will get it to you in 2 months....
or, here is a box with no CD inside but you can trade this in for some other game you didn't want....
BigShotSmoov007
I guess its the principle that counts. They never should have promised something and not deliver.
BoydofZINJ
For those who are seeing the problem with this situation, like eaglefan129, I will try to put it a different way. You go to McDonalds to buy a McRib special with a drink and fries. You have not had the mcRib in years and want to try it out. You go to McDonalds and buy your combo meal. You get the fries and McRib and no drink (no soda pop). You may or may not be thirsty, but does it make it right?
You bought the McRib combo for the McRib - not the soda pop specifcally, but you did buy a combo and you kinda expect to get what you pay for.
We are consumers we do have rights. Is it right for a company to promise one thing and not deliver, even though you paid for it? The video game industry is the only industry I know that has that policy and very few people get upset about it. When people do get upset about it, they are chastize about it - even though chastise about it. Take the PC users. Many games are no longer optimized for the PC. Many games work better on the XBOX or PlayStation, even though the home computer could potentially be a stronger computer and have a better video card. Take a look at the PC version of Batman Arkham City and Rage. Both games are GREAT on the XBOX and PlayStation, but the PC versions are lacking. The graphics on Rage were outrageous, but the PC version, as an example, had worse graphics than even the XBOX or PlayStation - even if your system was better...
So why should we the consumers be chastise when we complain our product is not complete or broken when we bought it and were promised something?
xN7 SNiiPer209x
so eaglefan129 you do not see the big deal in publicly offering people purchasing Battlefield 3 a free game and then not give it to them? Would you like it if in a game you buy any DLC that was promised to be in the case wasn't? This is exactly what's going on here.
Shuklar
Giving away a 2+ y/o game for free to BF3 PS3 owners is still cheaper than hiring a lawyer.
Good for a laugh though.
eaglefan129
I don't see the huge big deal in the first place I know that EA should have went through and pulled a cheesy marketing move trying to get sales, but quite frankly if you didn't have Battlefield 1943 almost 2 years ago (I believe two years ago since its realease) what makes you think that you would get now? I bought Battlefield 3 for Battleifeld 3 not for 1943. I agree with this statement "I just wonder how many people will be turning off BF3, Skyrim, Batman: Arkham City, Saints Row: The Third, or any of the other massive titles available right now in favor of playing Battlefield 1943."
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