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Battlefield 1 Is Probably Going to Feature an Xbox One Marketing Deal

With Activision teaming up with Sony on Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, looks like Electronic Arts is going to go in the opposite direction with Battlefield 1, at least if this picture below is to be believed.

Nitrowolf22915d ago

I thought this was already known during Battlefield 4 or Hardline e3 reveals hat they made a marketing deal with Microsoft

TwoForce2915d ago

Well, Battlefield 4 had a deal with MS, but not Hardline though. More importantly, EA have both deal of them. EA Star War has a deal with Sony, and making SW BF for PSVR.

Aloy-Boyfriend2914d ago

Love for everyone then.

Not bad EA.

FITgamer2914d ago

I'm pretty sure Microsoft has had marketing rights for every BF game since BF3.

Fin_The_Human2914d ago

Even though both companies are bad, I would rather be in bed with EA than Activison.

jb2272913d ago

I'd rather be in bed with a rattlesnake than either of them personally

Liqu1d2914d ago

I thought this was pretty obvious.

firelogic2914d ago

I suppose BF will still sell the most on PS4 AND they get the marketing dollars from MS so win-win for EA.

TKCMuzzer2914d ago (Edited 2914d ago )

Not sure why people are disagreeing with you, Microsoft will advertise it and the PS4 version will sell more because it has twice the install base. Why can't people just accept it, it's not a bad thing, just reality.

firelogic2913d ago

They probably stopped reading at "sell the most on PS4" and hit the thumbs down. lol.

raggy-rocket2914d ago (Edited 2914d ago )

As long as it sticks to just marketing I think it's fine. Just not timed dlc please.

I'm an exclusive Xbox owner and I think timed dlc is awful. Only things I think are acceptable are getting dlc early if you have premium, and getting game/dlc early if you have EA access. Exclusive deals for dlc based on consoles are cancerous though imo. CoD did it for years with Xbox and now with Sony. I'm not sure, but I think previous Battlefield games did it with Xbox also. Timed exclusive/exclusive games are acceptable and can have legitimate reasons at times. Timed/exclusive dlc, however, is just tacky.

jb2272914d ago

"Timed exclusive/exclusive games are acceptable and can have legitimate reasons at times. Timed/exclusive dlc, however, is just tacky."

How exactly? I fail to see the difference. Timed exclusive entire games are much worse than timed dlc in my eyes. At least all platforms get to actually play the base game in one instance. I honestly don't understand how you got to that conclusion.

raggy-rocket2913d ago

Because sometimes games need to be timed exclusive due to funding, publishing, crew size issues. Those are legitimate reasons (e.g Dead Rising 3 would not have happened if not for Microsoft, same for SFV and Sony)

Crew size and funding issues are highly unlikely to affect ability to produce dlc for both platforms. Usually dlc exclusivity is ALL about money.

jb2272913d ago

By that same logic, isn't it possible that a game wasn't able to reach a decent level of quality without the money from a dlc deal? Advertising has a lot to do with it as well since it is factored into a games budget. If a company like MS picks up the advertising cheque & pays a bit for dlc, that essentially would allow all of those funds to go back to the game itself.

It seems like the situation isn't all that different to me. I'm not a fan of timed exclusives across the board, but timed dlc is ultimately the least impactful kind of timed deal for gamers. They typically amount to a month long window & they rarely ever actively take away from the quality of the base game.

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DICE Needs To Recapture The Magic Of Battlefield 1 In The Next Game

For DICE to succeed with its next game, it has to return to the roots of the franchise. Atmospheric map design, clear and defined class-based gameplay, attention to detail, and total chaos. Battlefield 1 feels like every rock, every glint on your sniper rifle, every falling brick from a collapsing church, has been painstakingly considered. So much care went into the design of the game, from its soundtrack to its costume department. To stand a chance alongside the behemoths of Treyarch and Infinity Ward, DICE needs to recapture what made their old games so brilliant, otherwise it’s all over.

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LordoftheCritics533d ago

"DICE Needs To Recapture The Magic Of Battlefield 3 In The Next Game"

/Fixed

...on a serious note, DICE needs to remove the Battlefield name.

isarai533d ago

Eh, bfbc2 was the peak for me, only ad dogfighting and the accommodations that come with it. Every BF after that was such an unsatisfying progression system for weapons and gear for the classes, 90% of the guns feel exactly the same when you unlock them, just felt boring in comparison. Not to mention the gimped destruction as the series progressed

Sciurus_vulgaris533d ago

I found Battlefield 1 to be overrated. The gameplay was simpler and less strategic than its predecessors. Battlefield 1 did have a woo-factor, but the gameplay got repetitive faster than Battlefield 4 in my opinion.

porkChop533d ago

If DICE needs to return to the roots of the franchise then why would they look at Battlefield 1? BF1 is overly simplified and streamlined. What DICE should focus on is Battlefield 3 and Bad Company 2. Those two games were the pinnacle of the franchise.

TheEnigma313532d ago

BC2 was the best. they need to get back to that.

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Battlefield 1, Hardline, BF4 Servers Are Being Taken Offline by Cheaters; EA Silent on Issue

Cheaters & hackers have been causing grief on Battlefield 1, Hardline & BF4 servers, with nonstop DDoS attacks among other things. Unfortunately, EA has remained silent about it.

-Foxtrot763d ago

Course they are silent, they are hoping people flock to 2042

gamesftw250762d ago

Maybe it was a inside job then haha.

jeromeface762d ago

wouldnt be the first time, titanfall 1+2 anyone?

PapaBop762d ago

Not even if they paid me.. EA always do this with old games with less money potential, if this was Ultimate Team, they'd address and sort it faster than stories could spread. Why invest time in their products when they will just dump it in the following years? Then again EA never could see the forest for the trees.

Inverno762d ago

I imagine after those games were given out for free a couple months back through Amazon, anything that makes people go to 2042 is a plus for them

XiNatsuDragnel763d ago

They want people to go on 2042. My theory

excaliburps762d ago

Nah. I think they can't do anything about it or they want to sink money into fixing it.

Pudge102888762d ago (Edited 762d ago )

EA owns all BF servers so yes, they can do something about it but they refuse to because they dont want ppl playing their old games instead of the new one. Its EA we’re talking about here

pr33k33762d ago

if this happened in 2042, they'd have something to say. which is weird, considering battlefield 1 has more players on steam right now.

Pudge102888762d ago

Its so obvious that EA is doing this or hired ppl to mess up the games so that we’d be forced to have just 1 Battlefield working.

FPS_D3TH762d ago

Honestly it’s probably the devs themselves. They did an update to bf4 way back that kinda made assault rifles doo doo in hopes that people would flock to BF1 cuz BF4 was too perfect

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Xbox Store Weekly Game Sale Features Deep Discounts On Many X360 Games & DLCs

Daily Video Game writes: "This week’s weekly digital game sale on Xbox Store features deep discounts on many popular AAA Xbox 360 games that are backwards compatible for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, including Gears of War, Fable, Max Payne, Saints Row, Bully, Catherine, and lots more!"

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MadLad831d ago

Grabbed Panzer Dragoon, the Darkness, Conker Reloaded, Burnout Revenge, Time Splitters 2, Fight Night Champions, and Stuntman Ignition.

Essentially some of the classics that I can't get on PC, now that I have a Series S.