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[Lominia]

Ok people,

It’ll probably result in nothing, but I’ve opened this thread on the Bioware forum.

daforums.bioware.com/viewtopic.html

I’ve also sent a personal message to one of the modifiers, Chris Priestly, to try to get an answer.

Next is EA’s forum. Not sure whether to be diplomatic or just go in there & accuse them of being the crooks that they are coming across as.

[K K Slider]

Lominia wrote...

Next is EA’s forum. Not sure whether to be diplomatic or just go in there & accuse them of being the crooks that they are coming across as.

Diplomacy.

[Lominia]

K K Slider wrote...

Lominia wrote...

Next is EA’s forum. Not sure whether to be diplomatic or just go in there & accuse them of being the crooks that they are coming across as.

Diplomacy.

with you.

i know ranting isn't going to do us any favours. it's so annoying though. jumped on an exchange site & worked out we're paying the equivalent of $66 dollars for the standard edition which you can buy on Amazon in the states for $47

[SeanMurphy2]

I would not jump to conclusions. It could just be outdated product information.



When the Collectors Edition was announced most sites had TSP listed wrongly as an exclusive feature for the Collectors Edition. Despite official announcements from Bioware.



Even the Australian EB games website lists TSP as a feature of the CE. But does not list it as a feature of the standard edition. That does not mean I am assuming Australian copies won't come with the free DLC code.

[K K Slider]

Lominia wrote...

with you.

i know ranting isn't going to do us any favours. it's so annoying though. jumped on an exchange site & worked out we're paying the equivalent of $66 dollars for the standard edition which you can buy on Amazon in the states for $47

It doesn't help that the $ is so weak. But the prices are probably converted to € first and then into £.

[Lominia]

well, EA have two threads on this subject

Dawnherald  set up this one

forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/326318.page

which i spotted after starting this one

http://forum.ea.com/...91.page#3125696

Modifié par Lominia, 22 octobre 2009 - 03:28 .

[Rodro Lliv]

Also, in the UK EA forums: forums.electronicarts.co.uk/dragon-age-origins/841342-no-bonus-items-standard-editions-game-uk.html

[SheffSteel]

This looks like a public relations ****-up in the making to me. If you want to know the truth about this, don't bother getting in touch with Bioware (who cannot fairly be expected to know) or EA (who cannot reasonably be expected to tell you, see earlier remark about PR).

Get in touch with the press.


ETA When the dawn breaks, the **** crows.

Modifié par SheffSteel, 22 octobre 2009 - 03:56 .

[Dawnherald]

It's been a long time since I've contacted any members of the press and / or read any major UK publications.



Got a link to any major magazines for me to contact?

[SheffSteel]

Dawnherald wrote...

It's been a long time since I've contacted any members of the press and / or read any major UK publications.

Got a link to any major magazines for me to contact?

guardian.co.uk covers gaming in its blogs
eurogamer and various other websites will probably be interested in covering this. The more people get in touch, the more they will think it's worth covering.

[SeanMurphy2]

Dawnherald wrote...

It's been a long time since I've contacted any members of the press and / or read any major UK publications.

Got a link to any major magazines for me to contact?

I think you should wait a few days and give Bioware a chance to issue a response before going to the press. I think the original thread was started two days ago. And only became popular within the last day.

What if it just turns out to be outdated  or incomplete product information on the retailers computers? And then Dragon Age unfairly gets hit with bad publicity two weeks before launch.

If it turns out to be a fuss over nothing. Bioware don't deserve the bad PR. Especially given how hard it has been to recover from the E3 marketing backlash.

[SheffSteel]

At best it's a PR disaster for EA (not Bioware), who, by now, can and should have provided definitive and unambiguous information about exactly who gets what, where.



At worst it is shady business practice.



Either way, it is a story..

[Evilsod]

lawsie100 wrote...

wait, what? I dont understand here. I bought the digital download deluxe edition from steam and i dont get the stone prisoner and new abilites and grey warden tower with it? If i do then ignore my ignorance. It rubs off on people

Downloadable versions of the basic game seem to have everything it should do, boxed versions don't. As for the DDE on Steam, if you got the UK version you were almost certainly ripped off unless the Wardens Keep DLC (the only thing extra, unless you care about the soundtrack) is worth the £10 difference. The UK DDE *should* contain the exclusive in-game items too but theres been no word as to why they don't, almost certainly something to do with this deal with Game. Pricing is borked.

[SeanMurphy2]

Yeah but hasn't the standard edition always been listed without Stone Prisoner on various retailer website all around the world? And during that period Bioware staff have said TSP is free for all versions. As well as it being listed on the official Bioware Add-on website and in trailers.



It could just be the fault of the retailers who have not updated their descriptions for the standard edition which presumably has been listed for over a year. Whilst the Collectors Edition was announced a few months ago, so may naturally have a more updated feature list.



If nothing has changed, then I am surprised this issue has flared up so significantly within the last day.

[kansadoom]

If bioware just posted here and confirmed that we would be happy and this thread would die

[Evilsod]

Silence on the part of EA and Bioware is probably responsible for that. As for jumping to conclusions... this is EA we're talking about. Not suspecting them immediately of attempting to screw you over is a mistake you'll regret. But even Bioware haven't said they're looking into it or attempted to confirm things.

[Dawnherald]

Evilsod wrote...

Silence on the part of EA and Bioware is probably responsible for that. As for jumping to conclusions... this is EA we're talking about. Not suspecting them immediately of attempting to screw you over is a mistake you'll regret. But even Bioware haven't said they're looking into it or attempted to confirm things.

Exactly. Being worried about this isn't being paranoid. Not being worried about this is being naive.

[cypherbeta]

i think certain stores buy rights to certain DLC and bioware and EA sign these agreements as it earns them money.

screwing alot of folks in the process,

[cypherbeta]

sorry double post.

Modifié par cypherbeta, 22 octobre 2009 - 06:49 .

[cypherbeta]

whats the bet the ps3 version will get no DLC and probably a bad port.

[kansadoom]

PS3 will get as much DLC as anyone else and i suspect it will be similiar to the xbox360 port

[Dawnherald]

cypherbeta wrote...

whats the bet the ps3 version will get no DLC and probably a bad port.

The PS3 version will probably be a better port than the 360 one.

[Gill Kaiser]

You guys might be interested to know that one of these threads has had a dev response finally:



http://daforums.biow...orum=135&sp=270

[aries1001]

It seems to me that it is probably EA as a publisher that has made these deals around the world with varius retailers and such. It could also be that say Game or other retailers have misunderstood something. Afterall, there are pre-order bonuses as well.

[Rodro Lliv]

I hope they will look into the issue worldwide, just in case.