EA Announces Star Wars Battlefront Season's Pass ~ $50

Elai · October 12, 2015, 05:34:35 PM

If you buy this game new, literally kill yourself. This is not okay.

Star Wars Battlefront $50 Seasons Pass Announced

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EA has revealed the details of the Star Wars Battlefront's $50 USD season pass, along with the info on the game's Hero Hunt mode.

The season pass will include 4 expansion packs, early access to the expansions by 2 weeks, an exclusive "Shoot First" emote and the promise of more details in the coming weeks.

Hero Hunt begins with a player beginning as either a hero or villain, depending on what planet is being played, and 7 other players will spawn as troops from the opposing side. "A tense seven-versus-one hunt" then begins. The player who kills the hero or the villain then takes their place as Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Boba Fett, "or whichever iconic character is up based on the pre-determined order."

The season pass is currently available for pre-order through the PlayStation store, the Xbox store, or EA's own Origin service. Hero Hunt will be one of the available modes for the game when it launches on November 17.
Star Wars Battlefront has been in beta testing, a move that proved so popular EA extended the Star Wars Battlefront beta by an extra day. Of course, the extra time is for technical tests, so connectivity problems may arise, but that still shouldn't stop you from trying to capture a few more of those infinitely entertaining animated gifs.

R o c k e t · October 12, 2015, 05:35:39 PM

wow.....

Mr. Psychologist · October 12, 2015, 05:39:05 PM

So what's different between this and Battlefield Premium subscription?

Cause BF4 Premium is pretty good value.

I should know, I bought it twice.

T6 · October 12, 2015, 05:39:22 PM

If you didn't see this coming from EA, literally kill yourself.

Mr. Psychologist · October 12, 2015, 05:40:06 PM

I agree brother

T6 · October 12, 2015, 05:40:54 PM

hmm, yes, brother

CIS · October 12, 2015, 05:41:40 PM

This is why I hate EA.

Mr. Psychologist · October 12, 2015, 05:42:21 PM

This is why I shill for EA.

Thun · October 12, 2015, 05:43:43 PM

>Buttholefront

Girl of Mystery · October 12, 2015, 05:46:22 PM

Batch · October 12, 2015, 05:47:18 PM

Wait...two weeks early? Thats going to fuck up some fractions of the community. Hell there will probably be the same 5 people always against each other.

This is pretty disgusting

big sponge · October 12, 2015, 05:47:48 PM

I'm not surprised in the slightest. Most multiplayer titles these days have season passes.

GAMERG0D · October 12, 2015, 05:49:20 PM

Battlefront II in 3 years lol

Spoiler

T6 · October 12, 2015, 05:52:18 PM

Quote from: GAMERG0D on October 12, 2015, 05:49:20 PM

Battlefront II in 3 years lol

Spoiler

you seem troubled, child

Elai · October 12, 2015, 05:58:45 PM

Quote from: LC on October 12, 2015, 05:47:48 PM

I'm not surprised in the slightest. Most multiplayer titles these days have season passes.

None of which are fucking $50.

RomanGladiator · October 12, 2015, 05:59:35 PM

Better be pretty extensive expansion packs for that price like prequel era/Clone Wars, Force Awakens, etc...

Ásgeirr · October 12, 2015, 06:00:46 PM

Its like theyre selling the game in 2 full priced pieces

🍁 Aria 🔮 · October 12, 2015, 06:00:51 PM

Quote from: Prehistoric on October 12, 2015, 05:58:45 PM

Quote from: LC on October 12, 2015, 05:47:48 PM
I'm not surprised in the slightest. Most multiplayer titles these days have season passes.

None of which are fucking $50.

Except for the Battlefield games.

🍁 Aria 🔮 · October 12, 2015, 06:01:52 PM

Oh no

Who could have foreseen this?

The Lord Ruler · October 12, 2015, 06:02:03 PM

Dlc for a game mode holy shit

T6 · October 12, 2015, 06:04:22 PM

Quote from: Prime Megaten on October 12, 2015, 06:01:52 PM

Oh no

Who could have foreseen this?

Now, now my child

The children are but looking for ways to nitpick at people who enjoyed the beta oh so much.

Azumarill · October 12, 2015, 06:05:17 PM

Quote from: The Lord Ruler on October 12, 2015, 06:02:03 PM

Dlc for a game mode holy shit

> costs as much as an actual game
> announced before release (which means content is already finished or close enough as makes no matter re: being ready for live play)

corporate shill pls gtfo

Gatortag · October 12, 2015, 06:05:17 PM

What's surprising about this? BF4 is $50 for all DLC too. Though I didn't buy BF4 till the premium edition came out. Got the game and all DLC for $60. If people really don't want to pay a lot. Just wait a year. Nothing new here.

Flee · October 12, 2015, 06:05:54 PM

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Azumarill · October 12, 2015, 06:05:58 PM

Quote from: T6 on October 12, 2015, 06:04:22 PM

Quote from: Prime Megaten on October 12, 2015, 06:01:52 PM
Oh no

Who could have foreseen this?
Now, now my child

The children are but looking for ways to nitpick at people who enjoyed the beta oh so much.

by all means, let EA pound your ass with overpriced day1 DLC

RadicalClass32 · October 12, 2015, 06:06:19 PM

I would automatically say >IGN, but it truly is frustrating and not surprising considering that EA does it all the time.

T6 · October 12, 2015, 06:06:19 PM

Quote from: Azumarill on October 12, 2015, 06:05:58 PM

Quote from: T6 on October 12, 2015, 06:04:22 PM
Quote from: Prime Megaten on October 12, 2015, 06:01:52 PM
Oh no

Who could have foreseen this?
Now, now my child

The children are but looking for ways to nitpick at people who enjoyed the beta oh so much.
by all means, let EA pound your ass with overpriced day1 DLC

But of course, its EA

Water Oni · October 12, 2015, 06:07:24 PM

LOL EA

Girl of Mystery · October 12, 2015, 06:10:29 PM

Quote from: Prehistoric on October 12, 2015, 05:58:45 PM

Quote from: LC on October 12, 2015, 05:47:48 PM
I'm not surprised in the slightest. Most multiplayer titles these days have season passes.

None of which are fucking $50.

Black Ops 3 season pass is $50
Black Ops 2 season pass was $50
BF3 Premium was $50
BF4 Premium was $50
CoD Ghosts season pass was $50
Advanced Warfare season pass was $50

Azumarill · October 12, 2015, 06:10:58 PM

Quote from: Flee on October 12, 2015, 06:05:54 PM

Quote from: Mr Psychologist on October 12, 2015, 05:39:05 PM
So what's different between this and Battlefield Premium subscription?

Cause BF4 Premium is pretty good value.

I should know, I bought it twice.
Solid business model, but I do understand why this pisses many people off.

see i can understand companies wanting to make more money where they can. its just, it seems to callous and matter-of-fact, the way they do these things. they dont ask the community what kinds of things we'd like to see in extra content, or how much we'd be willing to pay for a certain amount/type of content, etc. they just decide to reserve certain game modes or items for DLC instead of the base game, cut that content from vanilla and sell it separate, and pretend like everything is hunky-dory.

there needs to be an effective dialogue between developers/publishers and the consumers where these things are concerned. but so many people buy this shit without question anyway that the devs and publishers have no real reason to change things.