DLC for pre-orders?

[Plippy]

Originally Posted by mattd27

Ahhh this sucks. I probably wouldn't buy the DLC planes right away, but it would be frustrating to be unable to play with people just because they DL'd a couple of planes.

I know in some games like Burnout Paradise and Midnight Club there are cars available to download, but having those cars doesn't mean you can't play with others who don't have the cars.

I don't see why this game can't just set it up that way.

It would be a pretty boneheaded move to not do something like Burnout. I'm sure that there will be a pretty small group of people playing this multiplayer and segmenting the online user base right out of the gate seems like a bad idea. I think that I'd be more inclined to buy DLC after seeing it in action.

[AlunDave]

What's to say that the pre order codes won't be entered in game, and usable for everyone, once they hit the internet following release. I've had several games with "exclusive pre order bonuses" that turned out to be codes usable by everyone once the codes were posted on cheat sites. eg, Fuel promo codes, The Steel Wheels GT in burnout paradise, and 3 "exclusive" Jets in HAWX.

[daveblah]

just spoken to GAME who have confirmed that the ps3 pre order bonus will only be a theme
the xbox pre order still seems to be 2 planes.

[FOZ_1983]

Originally Posted by Yossarian

Yeah the 2 aircraft are available to customers that preorder from a certain shop and in the UK. The planes will be available as DLC from day 1 because if you don't have them you will not be able to enter a server if the host does as happens with all other DLC on consoles. No buy, no play with that host.

I'd rather the T shirt unless they are going to take the piss with the DLC prices.

the same yossarian from the battlestations pacific forums?

[CaptnStyker]

The online game store GoGamer.com currently has the 360 version with the pre-order bonus planes (P 47D & TA 152H) {its actually advertised as part of a 48HR Sale)

It does seem a bit unfair to not offer two planes to the PS3 fans, as one myself I'd like to have some flexibility from day one in my hanger) one of the best marketing ideas was having different plane DLC offers (like UBIsoft did with HAWX) at different sellers.

[AlunDave]

The Pre-order Bonus planes in hawx weren't DLC. They Just gave codes to unlock the planes in game. Anybody who had the codes off a cheat site could unlock all 3 bonus planes.

[PF_Lizard]

anyone got the PS3 pre-order theme?

[redtiger02]

The better odds say that they will make the planes available to everybody at launch in North America. We are getting the game a few days early as it stands, 8-2 according to Gamestop. I can't see them leaving such an iconic plane as the P-47D out of the game in North America, as it was one of the major reasons why we won the war in the air and on the ground. You can't have an American campaign with ground-attack missions and not have at least one version of the P-47, be it the P-47B with the razorback cockpit, P-47-C with the improved razorback, or the P-47D, which is the most widely known and widely used model of "the Jug." The P-51D is a great plane, but you talk to any pilot from the era and he will tell you that it was not a great ground-attack aircraft. Statistical fact: if you research all of the great P-51D aces of the war, 85% were shot down by ground fire during a low-level mission. One single round into the coolant tank, located on the underside of the P-51D, and it's game over. The Merlin engine was the best high-altitude piston engine of the war but it just didn't make the cut for low-level work.

[Spitfire23]

Originally Posted by PF_Lizard

anyone got the PS3 pre-order theme?

nah it doesnt seem worth it really. considering ive pre-ordered it from play.com for £29.99 and Game.co.uk sells it for 39.99. its just not worth it paying an extra £10 for a theme

[Irishmandkg]

As long as the planes are released as DLC later, i don't mind. All i know is that I get a sweet T-shirt from Gamestop.

Looks awesome!