Battlefield Premium Info Leaked by Sony

By Brian P Rubin | 30 May 2012 | 9 Comments

It seems as though the folks in charge of Europe’s PlayStation Blog hit a button they weren’t supposed to, and information about EA’s forthcoming Battlefield Premium Service popped online. Apparently the service—commonly regarded as EA’s competitor with Activision’s Call of Duty Elite subscription service—will be available on June 4, costing £39.99/€49.99/AU$79.99 across the regions in PS Europe’s purview, according to a Joystiq post that caught the error before it was pulled.

Using currency conversion, this more or less confirms the information we had a couple days ago that priced the service at $60 in the United States. However, the release date is much sooner than we’d expected, if the PS Blog is to be believed. The next DLC pack, “Close Quarters,” was also dated for June 4, and priced at £11.99/€14.99/AU$23.95, coming out to about $18 American.

This isn’t the first time an error on Sony’s part leaked some of EA’s plans—in fact, just earlier this month, Sony’s Hong Kong website leaked information about “Rebellion,” the newest DLC pack for Mass Effect 3. Pretty much everything in that leak turned out to be true, so don’t be surprised when Battlefield Premium is available on June 4.

Via Joystiq

9 Comments

Posted by Jason on 30 May 12 at 7:44am

Will the new game modes only be available to the premium members, or will it eventually be out for everyone.
Posted by David on 30 May 12 at 7:57am

Oh, EA…You money grabbing sillies…
Posted by Marc on 30 May 12 at 11:58am

At least it’s a one-off payment and not a money grabbing yearly thing that is currently done by that OTHER game…
- Posted by IBuyFromKmart on 30 May 12 at 12:16pm
  
  But what do they give do I get all dlc without paying or is it just to get it early?
Posted by TraumaHunter on 30 May 12 at 12:09pm

if its cheaper to buy it like this I see no problem with it.

It’s not like I’m paying for a subscription yearly.
Posted by Andrew on 30 May 12 at 4:59pm

why is it so much more expensive for Australia?
Posted by Lawrence Sonntag on 30 May 12 at 5:40pm

Australia always gets completely fucked over.
Posted by DaftPunk on 31 May 12 at 12:17am

AU$79.99, what in the actual fuck? That’s more than I paid for the fucking god damn fucking game itself. Fuck.
Posted by Poochop on 31 May 12 at 1:39am

Outrageous, but that’s just me, I don’t really like DLC, and what if people already have Back to Karkand, so yay, we get to play DLC a week or so early because we paid in advance..oh wait, and skins and camos!