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Exclusive Homefront Map for Xbox 360 Only

Xbox 360 owners will receive a special bonus when the game launches on March 8, with an exclusive multiplayer map "Suburb" included on all disc copies of the game.

xYLeinen5550d ago

Yea, that's the way to introduce and build up this as a new franchise.

nnotdead5549d ago

very lame. give extra guns, skins, grenade, but to give a whole map that others won't get (not right away anyways) is (again) lame.

DaCajun5549d ago (Edited 5549d ago )

Yea it's all BS but what you gonna do when one company throws money at them? That's all businesses care about. If anyone thinks that most of these companies care about us the consumer then you are delusional. They just care about getting your money away from you and could care less afterward, if they did care, they wouldn't do this kind of BS and charging you for DLC the day games are released when they know it should be on the disc or charge you to unlock content that was already on the disc to begin with.

LORD-PHOENIX5549d ago

im sure if ms had a suitable mascot it would also be in mortal kombat

nnotdead5549d ago

i understand that its all business(unfortunately by what was said in the last Bonus Round on GT even developers are starting to look at game development this way as well), but doesn't this stuff have more potential hurting their sales? its seems that a lot of people where already on the fence with this game, and now if they're PC or PS3 gamers, this just gives them another reason to skip the game.

didn't they just come out and say they need to sell 2 million(guess full retail price) to break even? this seems more likely to hinder breaking that 2 million.

DaCajun5549d ago

@nnot

I think the way they might be looking at it is that the 360 is a big shooter platform so they are hoping to get the majority of the sales from them by enticing them more since it seems to work with the COD franchise. Just my opinion since shooters tend to sell a lot more on the 360. Plus if MS is giving them money for the exclusives then that just gets them closer to their goal faster.

nnotdead5548d ago

^
yeah i agree and thought of your point, but i would think they had the 360 deal done before the 2 million mark was announced.

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DaCajun5549d ago

Not new, this was disclosed a couple months ago. Just more BS so called journalism trying to fan the flames of the idiotic fanboy war right before the game comes out. The next articles will be Homefront map packs for Xbox 360 exclusive early release before other platforms. <<Old news also, that's what happens when you have money to throw around.

The fanboys promote these companies more than the companies themselves and for free but yet I bet most of them don't work this hard at their real job and some probably don't even have a real job either.

DarkTower8055549d ago

It's nothing to be mad about. It's just bonus content, and doesn't affect the finished game.

MS isn't the only one to get exclusives, Sony does the same. The new MK is getting Kratos, ME2 got all the dlc for free,and other games have exclusive content as well. All bonus content.

Its healthy competition between consoles, and its not necessarily a bad thing. If you feel you must play everything, then get all consoles.

DaCajun5549d ago

Who's getting mad? Not me, I was just stating my opinion on the matter. It doesn't affect me one way or the other because I own all platforms so I have a choice unlike other people. My whole point was not to let these people suck you into their flame war with old news. Sorry if I was unclear, I'll have to work on that next time.

soljah5549d ago

first of all lets wait to see if this game is any good. second if the on line multi player is sh@t who cares. for a bonus map on a crap game.
BTW how is thq's history on publishing AAA fps games

SpitFireAce855549d ago

Hey did anyone else notice the March 8th release
day i guess the forgot its March 11th all ready
and no game yet..I believe it comes out on March
15th!

killcycle5549d ago

Well you just lost alot of sales

Soldierone5549d ago

Yeah. Im not too sure about the game as is, dunno if i want to buy it or not. However the game isn't even out yet and they are already pushing stuff towards MS like COD did. So im leaning further away from the game. Im at the point where im willing to listen to reviews for it.

Blad3star5549d ago (Edited 5549d ago )

Am I the only one that thinks that Spawn would make a good Mortal Kombat Charater for the 360? I know he does not belong to MS but Spawn is a killing machine.

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Urrakia345549d ago (Edited 5549d ago )

Game probably isn't even all that great.

Edit: sorry if I seem biased, but I just fail to see anything special in this game that could set it apart from other FPS's. I'll still give it a try, just as I do with all games that I doubt. I always try to be fair :)

Tinasumsum5549d ago

Of course not. Been reading your comment history ;)

DelbertGrady5549d ago (Edited 5549d ago )

Can't wait! Only one week left!

@Urrakia34 - Of course not. It's the worst game ever made now ;)

MGRogue20175549d ago (Edited 5549d ago )

Well.. Disc space is obviously not a problem with either the PS3 & PC.. So it's really just another stupid exclusivity deal thanks to Microsoft

They just lost quite a few potential customers by doing this lol, idiots

Jezuz5549d ago

well, Red Dead Redemption featured an extra gang hideout for the PS3, Mortal Kombat features Kratos for the PS3 too

Biggest5549d ago

Kratos is a PS3 only character. I'm not sure how he fits here.

MGRogue20175549d ago (Edited 5549d ago )

Yes, but Red Dead Redemption on the ps3 also has missing grass & other tid-bits, frame-rate issues & a much lower resolution than its 360 counter-part.. The average joe wouldnt know about any of that though.

Believe it or not, Thats why the Ps3 version got that extra content.. To make up for the flaws.

On topic: Homefront reminds me alot of frontlines: fuel of war.. but slightly better

BX815549d ago

@Jezuz, you're correct. I don't see why people get all bent out of shape about this. It must be the gamers who choose to own one console. I'll be getting Homefront on the 360 either way but the bonus content helps. The PS3 gets some good exclusive stuff too. UFC 2010 had some fights on the PS3 disc that the 360 didn't get as well.

Jezuz5549d ago

I don't know why most people care about that graphics. If the games fun then play it

Soldierone5549d ago

Mortal Kombat will most likely include an exclusive character on 360 too. Just like Soul Caliber.

The only differnce is you have fewer choices, and not many Xbox exclusives fit in with Mortal Kombat like Kratos does.

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guigsy5549d ago

Like anyone's going to be put off by one map appearing on a different version. It will probably end up on the PS3 version eventually anyway.

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EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch

EA is laying off an unknown number of individuals from across its Battlefield teams, including workers at Criterion, Dice, Ripple Effect, and Motive Studios, IGN understands.

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peppeaccardo70d ago

When logic meets EA it generates anti-matter ..... so try not to apply it in any meaningful way. Entropy is what matters in there !!

badz14970d ago

cue the apologist saying that these are mostly just contractors hired for this specific project bla bla bla

HyperMoused70d ago

TTK for BF employees needs adjusting

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Profchaos82d ago

The community warned them this would happen but nope they knew better they continued with the live service push the made the art style cartoonish and this is the result

isarai_lee82d ago

It's always so bizarre when studios announce something super early in development under the suggestion of forming the game to player feedback, and then they push against all feedback heading straight for the cliff while everyone is warning them along the way

badboyz0982d ago (Edited 82d ago )

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US Lawmakers Urge Review Of EA Sale

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Trilithon116d ago

lol ya think? they're sending all that work to the cheaper labor market as soon as possible. and FYI, that labor market has exploded in the last 5-10 years. They have enough people to replace every single job. But honestly, EA is over filled with useless upper management as it is. You could probably trim 25% of their staff with no real loss in production. They aren't gamers, they're business execs. Just look at how many AI related jobs they're already starting to post. Its also hilarious that PIF owns Battle field 6

lodossrage116d ago (Edited 116d ago )

Wait,

The same congress that attacked Lina Khan when she fought the Microsoft Activision purchase.
The same congress that allowed Disney to buy 90% of Fox
The same congress that allowed Liv Golf to buy the PGA
The same congress that sits back while Paramount tries a hostile takeover despite losing the bid for Warner Bros.

NOW, the suddenly cares about doing what's "right" for works? Yeah, right.

thorstein116d ago

No. There were elections and some of the scum were replaced.

TheColbertinator116d ago

Different elections. Different scum. Same results.

rlow1116d ago

i know its a long shot, but i hope this gets shot down.

ZwVw116d ago

EA now owned by The Saudis and Ubisoft to inevitably be owned by China. In hindsight, once EA and Ubisoft started having their financial woes, they should have pulled a Koei Tecmo/Bandai Namco by merging their operations into one.