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Bad Company 2 PS3 BETA Exclusivity is due to "Logistics".

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Battlefield Bad Company 2 will be having a BETA which will only be coming to the Playstation 3 platform, arriving on November 19th.

We spoke to Gordan Van Dyke (Producer on Bad Company 2) regarding the reason over the BETA being exclusive to the PS3.

"Logistics…We looked at how Development was going on the PS3 and what we were able to provide. DICE saw the Xbox360 having the first BETA so the PS3 should have the second, fair game!"

You can hear the whole interview right here, only from TFMX.
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 ... - beefjack.com | By: Cyrus365
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Published: 55 days 3 hours ago | Interview | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | PC
 
 

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CrippleH - 55 days 4 hours ago
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Fair indeed.
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reintype - 55 days 4 hours ago
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1.1 - It could be termed as fair, but I don't think that's the real reason.
I think this is Sony/EA's answer to MS/Activision.

When you have 2 competing shooters after the same market, the obvious thing to do will be, to shadow your opponent's movements. So if your opponent is doing something for one platform (Commercials, Timed-DLCs), then you must appeal to the other. I wouldn't be surprise if the PS3 version gets some form of exclusive content.
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thorstein - 55 days ago
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1.2 - Me FTW!
I love it. Don't care what system or fairness. But after I saw MP in action, I dare say that BC2 is going to trump MW2. (NOTE: I love MW. I still play it AND I was planing on MW2..etc but now...)

I win.
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LukaX23 - 55 days ago
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@ all MW2 haters...

I just beat the single player (I've got an early REAL copy on PS3). It's just amazing... Don't hate.
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BLuKhaos - 54 days 18 hours ago
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1.4 - @LukaX23
No one cares so fvck off!
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rob6021 - 54 days 12 hours ago
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1.5 - @1.1
The guy I think it was Torrence Davis staight up asked him if the beta being on PS3 was because of a deal with Sony. And he flat out said no, he wasn't choosing his answer carefully to hide something, he flat out said no, but believe what you want if it makes you happy.
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ZBlacktt - 55 days 3 hours ago
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This game will be on a whole new level compared to COD.
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Soda Popinsky - 55 days 3 hours ago
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I also favor BF but I think both games will be great in their own ways.
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creepjack - 55 days 3 hours ago
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Screw COD, gimme more Battlefield!!!!
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sikbeta - 55 days 2 hours ago
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Fair indeed

Hey COD, there is new FPS in this community, so keep going with your crap and you'll find out what happen when a whole community turn his back on you
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MrJack - 55 days 2 hours ago
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I think this game could be great, it just offers so much more variety than COD, and is just as fun.

Can't wait for the beta.
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Rocco Siffredi - 55 days 2 hours ago
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This game beats EVERY FPS in terms of graphics quality.. hell.. BC2 looks so real.
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Hank_Hill - 55 days 2 hours ago
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well i'll tell you what, thats pretty nice of them
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STONEY4 - 55 days 1 hour ago
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The beta is on PC too, not just PS3, so it's not really exclusive.
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joe382 - 55 days 1 hour ago
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but then you could say Mass Effect isn't really exclusive because its on PC too. So we can say this is exclusive since people say Mass Effect is exclusive.
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Ggame - 55 days 1 hour ago
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8.2 - what?
Like you said so every game on XBUG360 is not really exclusive either.
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STONEY4 - 54 days 15 hours ago
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I wasn't even talking about the 360, you can check my bio and I have a PS3 and PC. All I'm saying is that whoever wrote the the article is wrong about the exclusitivity.
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Troll_Police - 55 days 1 hour ago
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@Torrence Davis

I thought you said the PS3 got the beta because XBL was "rock solid"? Looks like you were wrong again.
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STONEY4 - 55 days 1 hour ago
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I hope I get a beta code, since this beta is on Novermber 19. The PC beta doesn't start until December.
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CaptIndecisive - 55 days 1 hour ago
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Who died to get the PS3 a third party beta? lol
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Darkfiber - 55 days 1 hour ago
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Bad Company 2 PS3 BETA Exclusivity is due to "Sony's wallet".

fixed.
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Boty - 55 days ago
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12.1 - lol.
I think you meant "Microsoft's Wallet is probably empty". There, fixed.
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Blaster_Master - 55 days ago
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EA hearts PS3. End of story.
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f789790 - 54 days 23 hours ago
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I don't think that was the case with the Orange Box.

Then again, EA sucks at porting.
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Gantz_Team - 55 days ago
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14 - AWESOME!
My God - I cant wait for this game. The game looks amazing and far better than Modern Warfare 2 even though I can't wait to play both - Battlefield seems to be far more realistic.

@Darkfiber - If it were Sony's wallet the game would come out first for SONY. And besides the fact that Microsoft runs 90% of PC's in the world - they wouldn't have gotten the BETA you idiot.
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gameraxis - 54 days 23 hours ago
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15 - I honestly don't get the problem here...
MW2 is out in like 3 days, BFBC2 isn't coming until MARCH 2010!!!

I know I'll be getting MW2 and playing the crap out of that, and when BFBC2 comes out in march, I'll buy it and play both...

So where's the dilemma?

Side Note: i think MW2 will have more guns and stuff to play around with, the way this guy is talking, there may be 15 guns or something in BFBC2, which i could never understand, there should always be 100 or more guns in a shooter, that's what killed it for me in K2, i hope they keep spamming out 10 at a time in the form of free dlc, just to keep it fresh!
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HungPHAT - 54 days 21 hours ago
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15.1 - Agreed !
Exactly ! They come out four months apart and I'll still be playing MW2 & BFBC2 and also Conviction ! So I'll be very happy indeed

Dual cosole gamer guy add me
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DirtyLary - 54 days 21 hours ago
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Got my code.

I played the 1st on the 360. I will support the PS3 with my purchase of 2nd.
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Sevir04 - 54 days 19 hours ago
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18 - it looks sweet!
I'll be picking this up in March... i hope i get into the beta.
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DeadlyAnGeL91792 - 54 days 17 hours ago
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19 - looks good
I cant w8 for this game hopefully the mics wont be complete sh!t again but otherwise it looks spectacular (also guns need better sound effects)
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adlt - 54 days 10 hours ago
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20 - Sounds fair to me...
AWESOME! I'm getting this over MW2 since I can only get one. I think the destructibility and gameplay bought me over. Until then, Demon's Souls!
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