Battlefield 3 Finds A Way To Piss People Off

Until this point, Battlefield 3 has been running an almost flawless marketing campaign. Great trailer after great trailer had people eating out of the palm of its hand.

Even the fastest hype train can be derailed by a single hiccup, though, and Battlefield 3 just hit its first hiccup.

Over the weekend, the “Physical Warfare” pack was revealed by publishers EA, in which customers pre-ordering the game receive weapons, equipment and ammo that places them at an advantage over customers who don’t put down money early.

Sounds harmless, but this being an online, multiplayer shooter with a passionately loyal (and long-standing fanbase), people are understandably upset.

This Reddit thread seems to be the tallest lightning rod up at the moment, though in general the internet in its entirety seems unhappy at this.

As they should be! EA and DICE tried this once a few years back and were forced to fall on their swords, so it’s interesting seeing them try almost the exact same thing three years later. Perhaps in the hope that everyone would simply… forget how shitty a deal it was.

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