Pre-Order Mass Effect 3 get Battlefield 3 for free!

[IcEWoLF]

This is a great deal!

As the title states, if you order ME3 through Origin you will receive BF3 for free. If you happen to have BF3 already you will be given a code that you can give to a friend. Just a friendly heads up.

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Pre-Order Mass Effect 3 get Battlefield 3 for free

 

[yourbeliefs]

Interesting offer.. I was actually going to wait until the price went down, but a whole free game is tempting. When would I get BF3 though?

 

[meStevo]

Origin

ORIGIN PRE-ORDER OFFER DETAILS

Prepare to enter the battle! Instructions on how to redeem your bonus PC Digital Download copy of Battlefield 3™ will be sent to you via email when Mass Effect™ 3 is released.

You won't be getting $50-$60 on ebay for it either.

 

[yourbeliefs]

So BF3 will be available to download digitally for XBL and PSN (or whatever the hell it's called now)? The page was rather vague for non-pc gamers.

 

[meStevo]

It's not vague at all: PC Digital Download copy of Battlefield 3

Looks like a PC only thing to me.

Lukewarm deal at best, last thing a gamer would want to do at this point is hop into BF3 servers full of people who've been playing regularly since it launched.

 

[yourbeliefs]

Well that's dumb. So they just assume that everyone who wants ME3 would have a high end PC to be able to run BF3? Shame on me for assuming that EA would do the right thing and give a free version of BF3 that corresponds with the version of ME3 they buy.

 

[Zookster]

I get their emails and, especially around the holidays, they often advertise offers to get a PC version of some game free with whatever qualifying purchase you made regardless of platform. If they don't want to risk these free games turning up on eBay by sending out a disc version (360/PS3), they could at least offer codes for downloadable versions of their other games on Live or PSN.

I'm on the fence with pre-ordering ME3 due to current backlog, but the right incentive could easily push me over the edge ($10 credit at Amazon or Wally's still isn't enough for me).

 

[yourbeliefs]

Looks like EA realized what a bad idea this was as well:

The Escapist : News : EA Launches, Kills Mass Effect 3 Preorder Offer on Origin