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12 years ago
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PS3 to PS4 China Rising Code..... EA says sorry your out of luck

I bought BF4 for my PS3, I waited to redeem my download code until after the PS4 came out and I utilized the 10 dollar upgrade to the PS4 version.

I go to download China Rising Today and it wont let me download for free.  Start an advisor chat and EA has evidently decided this afternoon that if you took this path to upgrade your game you are out of luck and have to pay 14.99 or buy Premium to get it.

So with the upgrade path I chose I am locked into keeping the PS3 disc (I cant sell it to recoup some of my money) and you are going to refuse to provide content which I paid for (It was promised as a condition of purchase).  I have two other friends who had the same problem earlier in the Day and where able to receive new codes.  

I have been holding off on purchasing premium due to all of the problems with this game, but I was looking forward to the new maps.  Well I guess I am going to hold off on spending anymore money on this nightmare of nothing but problems for now.

Here is the Chat Text:

info: Your approximate wait time is 2 minute.
info: You are now ready to chat with Manoj.
Manoj: Thanks for contacting EA Customer Experience, my name is Manoj. How may I assist you today?
Manoj: Hello J.
Manoj: How can I help you?
you: I am having problems trying to download my china rising expansion pack for the PS4, it says that I have already redeemed my code and I did when I purchased the game but it is saying that I need to add funds to my wallet to purchase it
you: It is showing under my Sony Entertainment Network account Transactions Details as having posted on 11-15-13. But I am unable to download it now.
Manoj: Okay.
Manoj: Have you upgraded the game from PS3 To PS4 version?
you: Yes I did
Manoj: In that case I am sorry to say that we can't help.
you: Why is that? I did not redeem this code on my PS3 I redeemed it on my PS4
Manoj: According to the latest updates , upgraded players have to purchase it.
Manoj: There are two conditions of getting the China Risings Expansion.
Manoj: 1-Customers should have pre-ordered Battlefield 4 for their Next Gen Console at full retail price.
Manoj: OR
Manoj: 2- Customers should have purchased Battlefield 4 Premium for either their Gen 3 or Gen 4 Console.
you: Who can I talk to about getting a refund for my digital upgrade, There was nothing advertised about not receiving the expansion pack via the digital upgrade. If I would have known that then I would have sold my PS3 version instead of doing the Digital upgrade
Manoj: And this point of time , I am not sure.
Manoj: You can wait for some time . Maybe there are some changes with this policy.
you: I have two other friends who had this same problem and spoke with someone earlier today and they received new codes, Was this policy just implemented? I am not trying to be a pain, but this is very frustrating, I have had nothing but problems with this game since its release, and now I am being told that the DLC that I purchased is not available because of the Upgrade Path that I took.
Manoj: As I said this is the update we got few hours back.
Manoj: I would rather suggest you to wait for some time.
you: Do you have any information on who I can contact to escalate my complaint?
Manoj: Currently there are no escalations regarding this .
Manoj: We deeply regret for the inconvenience.
Manoj: You can paste this in the forums.
you: Thank you Manoj While this hasnt been resolved for me you where nice. Thanks for your time.

  • In order to receive the Battlefield 4 Expansion Pack: China Rising on Gen 4, you need to have done either of the two following things:

    • Pre-ordered Battlefield 4 for a Next Gen Console at full retail price.
    • Purchased Battlefield 4 Premium for either a Gen 3 or Gen 4 Console.

    Please see the following Battlefield article for more information on upgrading from Current-Gen to Next-Gen: http://blogs.battlefield.com/2013/09/upgrade-to-nextgen/

    Please also see the following article for information on the benefits of Premium membership: http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield-4/premium

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  • at the beginning of this franchise they were ok because it was new but now that they are making all the money they just became greedy and does barely as nice work as they could just to make more money

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago
    Yea this is totally bS man...i have been playing battlefield for long time and i am really disappointed at EA..not Dice, EA being greedy decided to release this game while still under development "To beat call of duty" they say...honestly i have had enough with EA i hope Dice becomes self independent like bungie and you can sue EA for false advertisement. I didn't not receive the dlc because "A console Upgrade"?, i payed 75 in total i could of just bought the ps4 version if i would of known and thats that....excluding the issues within the game like crashing every time menu not showing up etc problem goes on...What is EA thinking? I am a dumb consumer
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    I just wish i could play it.  Ordered my PS4 on 02/01/2014, it arrived yesterday, 04/01/2014 at 5.30pm after waiting in all day, too afraid to walk to the shop incase i returned home to a   'Sorry we missed you'   card.  Connect it all up, Pulsing blue light of death.  DOA straight out the box.  Happy ending though, phoned Sony this morning and they are replacing my console this Tuesday, guy is coming to my house to pick the paperweight up whilst simultaneously handing me a brand spanking unit!! Which i hope for the love of god works

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    I am so annoyed right now. I have only just got round to trying to download the China Rising DLC for my PS4 as doing the rounds with other games and got a bit pissed off with how glitchy both version of Battlefield 4 are (PS4 much worse). To find that I have been royally screwed and tottaly mislead into buying the upgrade or the whole game for that matter. I think I will be boycotting all EA games and not just the ever worsening Battlefield series. [Removed - Admin.]

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    EA_Barry
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    12 years ago

    In order to receive the Battlefield 4 Expansion Pack: China Rising on Gen 4, you need to have done either of the two following things:

    • Pre-ordered Battlefield 4 for a Next Gen Console at full retail price.
    • Purchased Battlefield 4 Premium for either a Gen 3 or Gen 4 Console.

    Please see the following Battlefield article for more information on upgrading from Current-Gen to Next-Gen: http://blogs.battlefield.com/2013/09/upgrade-to-nextgen/

    Please also see the following article for information on the benefits of Premium membership: http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield-4/premium

  • EA has ripped us off! I bought the PS3 version of Battlefield 4 to play until the PS4 released and they failed to mention a wait warning on the China Rising code. There is no way to redeem it on my PS4 and I no longer play on PS3 or even have it installed. There was not "wait to install warning" and EA should resolve this issue to it's customers!

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    Same here.

    We've all been tricked By EA.

    What's not faire is it's not explicitely written on the game Box nor the China Rising Coupon.

    EA should make the efforts to give the upgrade for free to the customers in this position else they really don't care about us and will definitely Loose Credits.

    I bought FIFA 14 on PS3 and had to buy it for PS4 paying the full price though there should have been the same upgrade for 10e offer. I was tricked once and now i'm getting tricked again, Bought BF4 for PS3, paid the ps4 Upgrade and i can't even enjoy the ridiculous China Rising Extension.

    What's wrong with EA these days? 

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