Battlefield 4 premium

[GhostMjr]

And so it begins!

Premium isn't included in the digital deluxe edition and could me as much as $50 extra!

Premium purchase page:

http://www.battlefield.com/uk/battlefield-4/buy

Premium details:

http://www.battlefield.com/uk/battlefield-4/premium

Further details:

http://bf4central.com/battlefield-4-premium/

[TheDvEight]

The cash cow that EA is.....this doesn't surprise me, it'll follow suit of bf3 eventually being available at a discounted price, surprised it costs so much though.

[Tutonic]

Hah! No.

[TommyGuner]

I'm so buying this, because I want to get early-access on Battlefield 5, as well as early-access to the next Medal of Honour with the highly cerebral story-line.

[ArithonUK]

So pre-order to get China Rising DLC, then buy it AGAIN when you pay $50 (£33) for Premium. What's the odds that Premium will cost £34.99 or more?

You're looking down the barrel of £60 for the (complete) game - remember they could include this stuff in the game, but are holding it back to nickel & dime people. BF2 cost £24.99 and had more content and features at launch.

Currently GreenManGaming is the cheapest pre-order price at £29.99 for BF3 (inc China Rising) so the race is on for finding the cheapest source of Premium. Could dMw bulk-buy at a reduced cost?

[Tutonic]

Could dMw bulk-buy at a reduced cost?

Not really, no.

It's a shame, because I suspect that I'd quite enjoy BF4 but the price has put me right off.

[TheDvEight]

another link

http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/08/20/battlefield-4-premium-announced-five-expansions-planned-beta-launches-early-october/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=emp

[ShadowFax75]

I'll probably buy it. But just as Arithon said you'll buy China Rising DLC twice that way. I would rather have a BF4 premium edition option for the pre-order.

[TheDvEight]

I effectively did the same with back to karkand for bf3 -.-

[TeaLeaf]

It does look rather unfortunately like they plan to charge you every 3 months for new DLC.   My favourite bit of marketing bull was the 're-imagined':

Battlefield 4 Second Assault â€" Includes four fan-favorite Battlefield 3â,,¢ maps now re-imagined with the power of Frostbiteâ,,¢ 3. Available first on Xbox One.

Roughly translated this means that they're hoping you don't notice that they're charging you again for content you have already paid for a couple of times in the past and then delivering it to someone else first before it gets to you!

[TommyGuner]

It does look rather unfortunately like they plan to charge you every 3 months for new DLC.   My favourite bit of marketing bull was the 're-imagined':

Roughly translated this means that they're hoping you don't notice that they're charging you again for content you have already paid for a couple of times in the past and then delivering it to someone else first before it gets to you!

Pretty much this.

[ShadowFax75]

I just noticed the store on battlelog and saw you get a discount on premium (for bf3) if you allready own any dlc.
It would be cool if DICE does the same for bf4.

[Chaosphere]

So £45 for the game, £55 for the digital deluxe edition, and £40 for premium.

£95 for the full whack, with an extra tenner if you want some additional throw away rubbish.

Ohlol.

[CoolHand]

So £45 for the game, £55 for the digital deluxe edition, and £40 for premium.

£95 for the full whack, with an extra tenner if you want some additional throw away rubbish.

Ohlol.

I know I'll get the game, but I will wait until the local store has some great bargain. When BF3 came, two weeks afterm they sold a limited amount of games for half price. And the shop is 200 meters away from my office....  :-)

[ShadowFax75]

So £45 for the game, £55 for the digital deluxe edition, and £40 for premium.

£95 for the full whack, with an extra tenner if you want some additional throw away rubbish.

Ohlol.

That's a lot of money indd. If you search, you'll get it cheaper.
I've pre-ordered bf4 (not deluxe) at a price of 45 Euro (£38) which can be cheaper too (40 euro incl. dlc or 35 euro without the dlc) and you can get premium for 39 euro (£33).

Considering the time I played bf3, I think it's money well spend.