EA Patching PS3 Version of Bad Company 2 First
Only days ago, EA’s latest installment of the Battlefield series, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, was released on the PlayStation 3. While the game has been met with great praise, the multi-player component has faced some issues including server disconnects and EA Store issues. Thankfully, EA have since stated that they are looking at resolving the issues and should have a fix out soon.
On the official Battlefield: Bad Company 2 blog, EA have posted a status update for the issues many Bad Company 2 consumers are experiencing. The blog post states the following:
An update to Battlefield Bad Company 2 on PlayStation 3 is currently with Sony America and will, hopefully go live later today after we get Sony approval. When this happens PlayStation 3 owners will get access to the BFBC2 in game store and have access to their VIP content. Sony Europe will follow shortly after and will, all being well with Sony, allow European players to access the store and their VIP content early this week.
The access to the in game store will start things off by giving VIP members access to the Rush map, Nelson Bay and the Conquest map, Laguna Alta.
Hopefully these issues will be corrected before tomorrow so players can play Bad Company 2 without conflict. The most interesting thing about the post is that apparently the PlayStation 3 issues will be addressed prior to the PC version. The blog states the following:
While the Xbox 360 and PC aren’t getting a client update today we will of course be watching them at DICE and EA, making sure the servers keep running and let you game as much Battlefield time as possible.
EA and DICE are taking the problem reports very seriously and this should be a good sign for things to come. If you already have Battlefield: Bad Company 2, feel free to check out the PlayStation LifeStyle Bad Company 2 Trophy Guide.
12 Responses to “EA Patching PS3 Version of Bad Company 2 First”
Laughing at those who said MW2 was shit because of all the needs to be patched… looks like EA isn’t much better.
It’s not just MW2 but all online games have had the need to be patched in the first weeks because of retail sales exceeded financial ability to provide the hardware servers needed to deal with the sales rates.
It has happened with every online launch that I have noticed in the PS3 forums except for one and that was Zipper’s M.A.G., not that they did not have some hitches but they had them fixed on the server side without having new DLC to download for the fix… They did a better job at it than most others…
Is it even problematic on the other consoles?
I heard the servers were region locked is this true?
claass21 – an update to access the in game store in order to get some extra content is completely different from a game needing multiple patches to allow the online multiplayer to even be playable without a ton of glitches and matchmaking problems as was the case with MW2…I’m not saying that I like EA more than Activision or BC2 more than MW2, I’m just pointing out a huge difference in the issues each has faced upon release.
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“Laughing at those who said MW2 was shit because of all the needs to be patched… looks like EA isn’t much better.”
it isn’t a problem that they are constantly patching the game. the problem is, evrey time they fix a problem there is a new glitch that is found. 1 of the main reasons i won’t be leaving killzone 2 anytime soon. (only looking forward to dead space 2).
EA and patches go together like ketchup and mustard. At least this game is getting a patch, unlike Need For Speed Shift with all its horrendous frame rate slowdown problems which make it impossible to platinum it on the PS3.
Nice to see they support their game on the PS3 first, thats a new one for a developer to jump on fixing PS3 first.
@The Queef Sisters that’s because PS3 is easier to support due to Sony’s non-existant certification process. It’s nothing new. And the 360 version doesn’t really need an actual title update, just the servers on EA/DICE’s end had to be restarted. The PS3 got a title update for features the 360 version already had.
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