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Battlefield 4 Premium sales top 1.6 million

EA has revealed that Battlefield 4 Premium subscription sales have topped 1.6 million -- but did not reveal sales of the actual game.

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Chanogram3790d ago

Good for EA and DICE. They will get one more premium sale when they fix ALL the issues from launch. Its a lot better than it was a month ago, but it's still not perfect.

ichdich3790d ago (Edited 3790d ago )

can't believe people actually buy this.

DICE need to die. They only know how to release broken games.

its not releted to EA

DarthJay3790d ago

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OMG you were serious? This is so wildly incorrect it is hilarious. Have you even played a DICE game? If you say yes, I won't believe you. Yeah, criticism of BF4 is 100% fair and I've been at the front of that pack, but I have over 3000 hours of time invested in BF2, 1943, BC, BC2 and BF3 and I can assure you, you don't know what you're talking about.

SolidDuck3790d ago

I bought premium. Online mp on battlefield is the best mp. The only online mp that was better to me was socom 1 and 2. And there not around anymore. I get u might not like it, but it's totally worth it to me. And it's not perfect but it's running pretty dang good on ps4 now.

csreynolds3790d ago

And I wonder how many of these Premium owners are now wishing they'd saved themselves £40...

Majin-vegeta3790d ago

Go to Battlelog you'll see plenty of forum posts with people asking for refunds xD.

Mr7Beans3790d ago

They want a refund after playing more than 100 hours, this makes me chuckle. and who even pay that much for premium? i bought it in half of that price.

sprinterboy3790d ago

I got a refund from GAME UK and got acbf instead, don't get me wrong I will give DICE and EA a free pass this time as it's new hardware but if the SP and MP is screwed again then I will never buy a product from them again

csreynolds3789d ago (Edited 3789d ago )

@Mr7Beans:

Have they played more than 100 hours on China Rising and/or Second Assault, benefiting from all the bonuses that come with Premium (XP events, exclusive items etc.)? Unlikely. Therefore, they have the right to ask for a refund.

Also, Premium is £40 RRP in the UK. I doubt you purchased it for less, unless you acquired a code by, ahem, "other" means.

malokevi3790d ago

I'm happy. Though, itching for the next batch of maps.

n4rc3790d ago

I'm happy with it.. Had no intentions of buying it after 3 unused dlc packs in bf3.. But I've been having a blast with it and I even converted a couple cod friends Lol

No regrets here.. Its my most played game

Bdxxacjkfs3790d ago

I have the normal Game but not this Premium thing. I will never buy it.

DeadlyFire3788d ago

I just wait a year. EA slashes the price to $20 which is the best deal really.

Lubu3790d ago

This premium member is still waiting for second assault.

n4rc3790d ago

Crap.. Really? That sucks..

They are pretty well done IMO.. Hopefully you get it soon

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EA Hiring Ex-Military Personnel to Help Build Next Battlefield Game via "Hiring Our Heroes" Program

EA has hired ex-military personnel in order to help shape the next Battlefield game as part of the Hiring Our Heroes (HOH) program.

OtterX6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

Why don't you Hire Your Old Dev Team who brought us the brilliance of Battlefield Bad Company 2 while you're at it. It was more exciting than anything recent in the Battlefield series. It just needs to be updated to reach modern times, but it was so great at its core.

just_looken6d ago

This would be nice but that team has tossed out the finals and has arc raiders on the back burner
https://www.pcgamer.com/ex-...

20 thousand still play the final's
https://steamcharts.com/app...

Why get slapped around by ea when you already have something going on.

What the next battlefield needs is a step back simple functional not a live service and smaller player servers than 2042. Just make it like battlefiled 3 with bad company destruction just something simple

But they already killed off ridgeline games that had ex halo/cod devs so no singleplayer unless they make another dev team for it.
https://gamerant.com/ea-bat...

Rynxie6d ago

It's what made zipper and slant six awesome. They had military vets working for them, no just as consultants, but as developers as well. I wish Sony never closed them, MAG 2 or an update to MAG and a new socom is much needed.

just_looken5d ago

Older ps3 battlefield titles did the same even went to the range to get sound files.

But all these titles we are talking about were on the ps3 a console so powerful it offered free mp and games did not need 4 levels of payment plans even more crazy was the player size of mag's games.

TheColbertinator5d ago

A return to the golden age of Battlefield seems so far away now

Str8Chaos745d ago

Sadly I think you are correct. They just don’t get it. They will do their live service game with its Battle Royale and fail at both.I hate being so negative, but I have little faith in EA at this point.

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There are no "thoughtful" ads in video games, EA

There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.

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northpaws34d ago

I think the only type of games that can gets away with it would be sport games, having those sponsors ads on the side like on real life.

But don't put freaking Doritos ads in Star Wars or something, it breaks the immersion. If it is a pop-up ads, then big no.

Hofstaderman34d ago

EA can thoughtfully eff themselves.

Makersbreath234d ago

EA coming back for the crown of being perceived as the worst company in gaming.

Chocoburger34d ago (Edited 34d ago )

One of my favorite series is the THPS franchise, and it was packed with ads, but it didn't bother me. Posters for skateboard companies, JEEP, and Nokia phones. It did sort of fit in with the game world, but that was the past, these days ad would be intentionally intrusive or unskippable loading screen type of imagery. Ugh, I know EA would do it in a horrible fashion. Screw them.

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Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed

EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.

isarai40d ago

Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.

Cacabunga40d ago

I wonder if it will be censored with some in game ads.

MrBaskerville37d ago (Edited 37d ago )

Microsoft did, Phil Spencer played a minor part. He instigated the buyout that led to Kotick escaping all his controversies while getting a golden handshake.

Someone on Twitter calculated that the people hired in Tango and Arkane Austin could get a decent salary for roughly 17 years for the money Kotick was paid.

InUrFoxHole37d ago

Yeah some thing tells me Kotics $ was already guaranteed before MS made the deal. As for the studios... Let's be honest here... none of those studios made system sellers.

XiNatsuDragnel40d ago (Edited 40d ago )

EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.

MrBaskerville37d ago

Then they shutdown Codemasters and studio behind Jedi Survivor.

Atleast they could hardly do much damage that EA hadn't allready done. EA has shut down most of their studios by now.

ravens5240d ago

What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.

Extermin8or3_40d ago

I mean part of the issue is that things transpired outside of work....

MrBaskerville37d ago

That's the thing he mentioned about not being a creep at all.

KwietStorm_BLM40d ago

You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.

mudakoshaka39d ago

Nerds think they are Gods when they are making video games.

NotoriousWhiz40d ago (Edited 40d ago )

"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."

Yep, EA is disgusting.

Extermin8or3_40d ago

I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.

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