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Battlefield: Bad Company Connection issue for X360 players

We are aware that some X360 players are having issues connecting to the Bad Company servers.
To all Bad Companions playing on Xbox:

We are aware that some X360 players are having issues connecting to the Bad Company servers.

We've been monitoring stats non-stop and are working with several partners to locate any possible flashpoints and eradicate any hostiles we encounter.

Until we are ready to implement a permanent fix, a possible workaround is to turn off your console for approx. 20 minutes before turning it back on and connecting again.

We apologise for the inconvenience to those of you who are experiencing this connection issue.

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TheHater5775d ago

wow, for once it isn't the PS3 version. That is actually a surprise.

Boldy5775d ago

Actually Blademask, WE don't pay for EA servers. They use their own so this "we get what we pay for" does not really have much of anything to do with Live but with EA's servers.

r2kcipher5775d ago (Edited 5775d ago )

why does microsoft charge u to use ea's servers. do u have to have xbox live to play battlefield?

meepmoopmeep5775d ago

you have to pay for live online gaming no matter who runs the servers

meepmoopmeep5775d ago (Edited 5775d ago )

actually it does have a lot to do with Live and the EA servers. you pay for Live to play online and if you want to play this game online you need to have a Live subscription. You pay for Live no matter what servers you're using.

Blademask is just quoting the many 360 fans who say they'd rather pay for LIve because its superior and they get what they pay for.

Breakfast5775d ago (Edited 5775d ago )

What he's trying to say, is that it has nothing to do with MS or Live.

Like when GTA4 (for the ps3) had its server problems. It wasnt PSN's fault, it was Rockstars server, that was the problem.

Paying for Live, or XBL in general, has nothing to do with this.

meepmoopmeep5775d ago (Edited 5774d ago )

yeah, it has nothing to do with the server issues, true,
but you've still payed for Live if you want to play this game online, issues or not.

cyclindk5774d ago

PS3 version isn't without problems though, loss of sound, freezes, lag (on occasion).

SL1M DADDY5774d ago

I have heard of these issues but they are far and few between. Only real difference here is that people pay for Live and the PSN is free. You can forgive a few issues with a free online service but a pay-to-play service is no good if it doesn't let you even connect. Sorry, but EA and MS need to get this issue fixed ASAP for the sake of those that bought this for the 360. It is a pretty good game online. Glad I rented the PS3 version.

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CyberSentinel5775d ago (Edited 5775d ago )

...This wouldn't of happened if they used M$ LIVE, like everybody else. (but then they could not control their products with forced sequel sales, when they discontinue online support of last year's title!) The reason it's not happening on Installation 3 is because their aren't enough people playing online. Lemmings are not (Online) gamers.

Ask EA, they will tell you the numbers.

PirateThom5775d ago

At least you can play online with the PS3 version.

Ask EA, they'll tell you the numbers.

Wildarmsjecht5775d ago

That didn't stop you butt munchers from saying it was PS3's fault for MGO beta having issues. Gotta love that spin of yours though...gets every dizzy with its dazzling stupidity.

CyberSentinel5775d ago (Edited 5774d ago )

...how is that orange box petition going? Oh sorry, I forgot, touchy subject. All online games on M$ LIVE are working fine, this is EA's problem, since they want to host their own servers.

@1.2: Sony decided not make psn one unified service, that's why you need 3 ID's for just one game.

@1.4: Guess how many XboxLive games use multiple ID's? That's right, you guessed it, NONE. Even if psn uses just 1, (which I have no idea if its true or not)...IT'S STILL NOT UNIFIED!

Back to the lab, professor frink.

@1.6: WOOT! GREAT FIND! YOU ARE THE MAN! Bubble up!

@1.10: ...because genius...like I said NOBODY is playing battlefield on Installaion3. This is why you ONLY have lag. However real gamers, get their game on, on LIVE...this is why EA has problems. To many players, not enough servers to support LIVE numbers.

@7.1: It's called a beta, something you lemmings wouldn't know nothing about, because Capcom doesn't love you. Go make another character slot in MGO without having to pay for it...Oh that's right, you can't!

So much for free.

Wildarmsjecht5775d ago

So why do we only need 1 for COD and other games? Konami decided to use it's own servers. Get it through your head. Yes, the PSN is unified and you're becoming incredibly desperate if you think we need 3 IDs normally. Clearly, you're done with this argument. Go into the corner.

Ri0tSquad5775d ago (Edited 5775d ago )

"The reason it's not happening on Installation 3 is because their aren't enough people playing online. Lemmings are not (Online) gamers."

All it matters is that I can go on Battlefield: Bad Company online on PS3 and I'll find someone to play probably without any problems at all while 360 users are having problems. 9.8 million people are registered for the PSN and you're saying PS3 owners (which you call lemmings which is really mature of you BTW) aren't online gamers? Ha, Warhawk says hello.

@Snukadaman
This game isn't lag free on Xbox Live either.
This lag problem is in the Xbox 360 and PS3 version. The connection issue is only on the 360 version as far as I know.

http://forums.xbox.com/2112...
http://www.xboxworld.com.au...
http://badcompany.ea.com/ne...

Although I never experienced lag on the Battlefield BC PS3 demo.

Snukadaman5775d ago (Edited 5775d ago )

Things must be worst on the ps3...they didnt even have a beta test. I have not even opened my game yet....still busy playing with the outfit... Looks like you guys on top didnt even try playing the game on the ps3...its has worst problems then xbox....love how you guys are clowning but dont know the facts...

http://boardsus.playstation...

The Goulet5775d ago

So if its an xbox game...its the developers fault...but if its a PS3 game with issues it's all PSN and Sony's fault...I see the fanboy logic here...

Goulet

morganfell5775d ago (Edited 5775d ago )

ALL THE PLAYERS ON THE GREEN EARTH DO NOT MEAN SQUAT WHEN YOU CAN'T CONNECT WITH THEM.

And another thing. You had better check EA's numbers as they include Silver account log-ons as well. However every PSN log-on is a potential player that can run multiplayer...and play it free.

And Snuka you are correct no PSN beta. But then again an open development system makes possibilities of issues less likely. The MO demo was smooth and so far I haven't had a single issue on PSN.

PirateThom5775d ago

You want to know the best thing about the Konami ID?

Even when PSN went down for maintainance, you could still play Metal Gear Online.

DontH8DPlayaH8DConsl5775d ago

How is not being able to connect worse than lag?!? Even your logic isn't that dumb! No wonder your Daddy left your mamma, it was your fault!

Snukadaman5775d ago

Its obvious both suck but people are coming here acting like its no problems on the psn...bullsheit....why dont you go stick a fork in a outlet kid....one less d!ckhead.

DontH8DPlayaH8DConsl5775d ago (Edited 5775d ago )

you said "Things must be worst on the ps3""its has worst problems then xbox" So any normal person would see that means not connecting is better than lag! I do apologize though, your daddy does love you!

Ri0tSquad5774d ago

I did exactly what Snukadaman did. Searched the official forums and found someone having issues with lag on Battlefield BC. It's all there in my last post. Both versions have lag but it's looking like only the 360 version is having connection issues. All of it will be fixed.

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I love video games5775d ago (Edited 5775d ago )

well ill be. for ONCE the online problem is on xbox. sucks either way though

OSIRUSSS5775d ago (Edited 5775d ago )

Whats going on with Live lately? First the Street Fighter beta problems now this? WOW.

Mutley4165775d ago

I get disconnected on my ps3 has happened twice-

Jinxstar5775d ago

Actually thats hosts quiting. It doesn't say anything like "Host ended game" it just DC's you.

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The Argument for Battlefield: Bad Company Remakes

With the franchise’s mainline entries failing to find their footing in recent years, now is the perfect time for a Battlefield: Bad Company remake.

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thorstein107d ago

Of course there is no counter argument. This is what fans of the franchise have wanted for years. This and/or BF Bad Company 2.

When asked why there hasn't been another Bad Company:

“There's one thing that lingers with Bad Company that we've been asking ourselves: What is it that the people really liked about Bad Company?" DICE general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson told Eurogamer.

Troedsson says that he and his team can’t put their fingers on what it is that people loved about that branch of the brand. “It's hard for people to articulate what that is, which is actually hard for us,” he says. “It would be hard to remake something like that. Can we do it? Of course. We have our theories when it comes to the multiplayer."

(Source: Game Informer, June 24, 2014)

SonyStyled107d ago (Edited 107d ago )

I always activate the Black Weapon on BFV Solomon Islands for all the BC2 fans who hear/recognize it, thus starting the events of BC2 on BF5 :)

Derrrunnn. Derrrunnn.

Tody_ZA107d ago (Edited 107d ago )

What is so hard to understand for them?

Bad Company 2 is one of the best and most memorable games in the series because:
- It was class-based (duh)
- Heavy focus on squads
- Substance over map size or gimmicks
- Fantastic and realistic gun play
- Well designed maps
- Destructible environments (why has this been minimised so hard in the series? You could demolish buildings in bad company 2 with some well placed C4
- Great progression system and variety in play
- No stupid CoD imitations or focus on the store over the game
- It was *drumroll* incredibly good fun?
- It was unmistakably BATTLEFIELD

INMATEofARKHAM106d ago

Probably should add a fun campaign to the list.

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Battlefield Legacy - Sunsetting Announcement

EA: "As we close in on 15 years since the release of Battlefield 1943, and Bad Company™ 1 & 2, we are announcing that their journey is coming to an end."

darthv72395d ago

This reminds me... I have ME on my PS3 hdd. Never really played it, but it was free.

XiNatsuDragnel395d ago

Digital future ppl is good they say nope imo

Eidolon394d ago

And it still says nothing about being able to downloaded even when it's off the storefront, that's a huge ouchie for some who somehow still have it in their backlog...

Shane Kim394d ago

Dont make it an issue when it's not. If you haven't played it in 15 years, chances are you'll never play it.

isarai395d ago

That all digital future sure looks great!

/s

zidane1341394d ago (Edited 394d ago )

Online game servers shut off eventually all the time. Doesn’t matter if you have the disc or not. Even if you have the disc, it’ll be just paperweight unless the game lets you connect directly to a friend or LAN play.

isarai394d ago (Edited 394d ago )

Read the article bro. They are delisting the games, including mirrors edge which is an offline game. Online servers i can understand, not being able to buy/download the games anymore? Completely separate issue, especially seeing as how some these games had lengthy sp campaigns and not just mp.

zidane1341394d ago

@israrai, you can still buy the disc for less then 10$. Hardly a loss.

TheEnigma313394d ago

You shouldn't have to buy the disc, that's the issue.

OhReginald394d ago (Edited 394d ago )

Some brilliant minds created servers to keep these old online games alive. A lot of ps2 and ps3 games that had there servers shut down a long time ago have been restored by fans to keep it going. Warhawk, killzone 2, socom 2/ confrontation, resident evil outbreak series, etc.

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DankSinatra394d ago

The disc still exist. I don’t understand the issue. You guys are upset about that “all digital future” yet these games are not “digital only”. Hell digital only is a minority in the gaming world and so far we haven’t moved into it, the only digital only games are games as a service or online only games, which end up failing in the end.

This is no different than a store that stops selling old games, just go and buy a copy somewhere else. So which is it, you hate all digital or you like it? Make up your mind.

isarai394d ago

Talk about missing the point entirely. I'm not going to sit here and explain it to you, figure it out.

DankSinatra394d ago

Talk about whining about something and not wanting to explain from an off handed sarcastic original comment.

I got the point just fine. You’re literally complaining about something that has an easy alternative to it.

ManMarmalade394d ago

I don't think you got the point

DankSinatra393d ago (Edited 393d ago )

@ManMarmalade

No I got it, it has to do with the push towards a future of all digital and reprocussions of losing games. Something I already stayed that hasn’t happened nor is it large enough right now to cause any issues as the games that are all digital are online only to begin with or make up the minority of games

So I’ll say it again, the disc still exists for these games that are over a decade old and can still be played easily. You guys are contradicting the whole “we don’t want a digital only future” crying when the dude I originally responded to stated:

“Read the article bro. They are delisting the games, including mirrors edge which is an offline game. Online servers i can understand, not being able to buy/download the games anymore? Completely separate issue, especially seeing as how some these games had lengthy sp campaigns and not just mp.“

So again, which is it? Do you hate all digital or do you want it?

Inverno394d ago

On PC I don't think it's much of a problem but I'm sad to see BF43 being shut down. I haven't played it in a while since it's stuck on PS3, but i preferred it way more over BF3. It was the lack of invisible barriers which made it better for me.

badz149394d ago

BFBC2 was still the best overall package offered by the franchise so far IMO

porkChop394d ago

Absolutely. BC2 was such a great game. It's a shame we never got BC3.

P_Bomb394d ago

I had a great run on Bad Company 2. Pound for pound, as solid a BF package as there’s been.

InUrFoxHole394d ago

Does anyone play the last BF anymore? I searched crossplay servers and it was 20 people the most on all the servers? Can never find a game

SonyStyled394d ago

The last BC you mean? I was still able to find 10v10 on ps3 2 years ago on NA servers during the evenings. I have all the free and paid dlc installed, but there want any matches in the Vietnam dlc.

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Battlefield 2042 Is More Than Enough To Prove We Need Bad Company 3

With this multiplayer experiment going every way but right, it's time for Battlefield to return to what made it so great - a fun single player mode coupled with classic multiplayer.

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DaCajun875d ago

Yes, because there is no way they could screw up a BFBC 3 like they just did the last 2 Battlefield games, right?. /s

They're not the same DICE devs they used to be they're just EA puppets. You will just keep getting COD/APEX/SEIGE BF games now, because idiots keep throwing money at EA for this garbage.

seanpitt23875d ago (Edited 875d ago )

BF is dead especially after this abysmal release.. what have EA done to this beloved franchise.. it’s really upsetting they are so far disconnected from what the actual fans want from this series.. such a same

If they would of made BC3 and stuck to the same formula as BC2 but gave it the next gen treatment it would of been a massive hit

LucasRuinedChildhood875d ago (Edited 875d ago )

Tbh, I think BF 2042 was a battle royale, and then they changed direction mid-development and didn't have enough time to finish it properly before EA's deadline. Specialists make more sense in a br, for example.

Like Halo Infinite before its delay, it needed at least an extra year of development. When you think about it, Infinite had 6 years and BF 2042 had just 3 years. It seems that's just not enough time to make a high quality AAA game anymore.

LucasRuinedChildhood875d ago (Edited 875d ago )

Here's evidence for BF 2042 originally being a battle royale game, heavily influenced by Apex Legends:
https://gamerant.com/battle...

ChubbyBlade875d ago

It did start as a battle royale. It’s pretty obvious. All the pieces are there.

isarai875d ago

Thing is i dont think they're capable of capturing what made those fun/different anymore.

Fluke_Skywalker875d ago

They actually admitted that in an interview a while back. They quite openly said they had no idea what made those games so popular and how to recapture it.
Maybe if they actually went and played BC2 they would find out.

RetroCaptainSteve875d ago

I mean, if they can bring back fun Star Wars single player games, anything's possible, yeah?

Gardenia875d ago (Edited 875d ago )

I think that says more about the people working on games nowadays. They have no idea what they are doing and aren't true gamers themselves. Because gaming is a billion money industry they follow the orders of the business men and investors who only look at making maximum profit of games.

Look at the beta and the launch of Battlefield 2042 alone; how can you not see the negative reactions of the community coming? That alone tells us enough of the people involved in making the game.

Yppupdam874d ago (Edited 874d ago )

Really? They don't understand what made the Bad Company games popular, or they just don't want to admit what made them popular...That is most likely what the creatively bankrupt writers of the Disney made Star Wars films say about The original trilogy. They don't want to admit that the people before them were just better and that ALL the things that make the Bad company games great are the same things that they probably deem "problematic". Just think how they would destroy Haggard if they made a new game? Everything about his character makes modern game developers sob and run for the first safe space filled with teddys and the soothing voice if Anita Sarkeesian piped in from a speaker in the ceiling.

Sheppard7t3875d ago

Like Ubisoft and the recent Splinter Cell rumors, I don’t trust EA/DICE in its current form anymore. They’d find a way to ruin Bad Company 3.

Azurite875d ago

Bad Company 2 was amazing but I'm afraid they'd mess it up with a new game.

Ninver875d ago

Better yet remake with new engine and new coat of paint. Plus all the bells and whistles of next gen

badz149874d ago

BFBC + BFBC2 remasters for next gen. skip last gen altogether. lower chance for them to screw it up rather than trusting them to make a new BFBC3

annoyedgamer875d ago

EA knows players want BC3 the same way Activision knows players want MW2 back. They will not make it because the goal is to make games built around MTX and Battle Royale.

Ninver875d ago

Very strong point. I see the light

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