Star Wars Battlefront’s full Season Pass is currently free on the European PlayStation Store, meaning that you’ll be able to claim all of the sci-fi shooter's expansion packs without paying a penny. While some had originally assumed that this was an error, its cost has also been eradicated on Xbox Live, suggesting that this is a deliberate move.
We’ll contact EA to try and find out for sure, but this seems like a good primer for the forthcoming Star Wars Battlefront 2, which is due out a little later in the year. The publisher’s said that it wants to largely do away with the Season Pass model for future games, so we suppose it makes sense to give the community one last opportunity to play together before the sequel deploys.
Update (16:00 BST): The Season Pass is only currently free on the European PlayStation Store. We assume North America will follow later today, but will update when we know more.
Update (23:30 BST): The Season Pass is now free in North America, too.
[source store.playstation.com]
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Since getting this game last Christmas, I've spent about £20 on the DLC packs, so if this is true I'll be raging!! Can I get my money back please EA?
Since they gave away all BF 4 DLCs for free, just before BF 1 release, I was also hoping for this!
@Incognito_D It's true. It's let me download them all for free.
Argh it's bedtime already and I'm not getting back up. Fingers crossed it's all still available in the morning. Nn🌛
Thanks for the heads up, I just got the season pass for free!
Kick in the teeth for everyone else who purchased though!
Good thing I waited. And waited and waited.
Finally an excuse to renew Plus.
i cant find it...UK only?
@get2sammyb Shows up as $19.99 for me for the season pass. Your link at the end of the article goes to the $29.99 Ultimate Ed. So while it is free, it's free for people who already bought the game, which I haven't. I know, I know, nit-picky. I'll see about borrowing it from the library later - pretty sure I saw it there - and seeing if that changes things after I install the game.
@get2sammyb Be thankful you don't have to keep up w/ the Xbox versions (I know better than to mention that console on here but you said it first)
Season Pass $19.99 but is free w/ Gold
Ultimate Ed. is $29.99 but is $4.50 w/ Gold
Deluxe Ed is $14.99 but $13.49 w/ EA Access
And all the other DLC either free or discounted w/ EA Access.
Guess you better hope EA Access never comes to Sony consoles, so much more work for you.
@rjejr It might not be live in the US yet. Link is to the UK store. I'll update.
@get2sammyb "Link is to the UK store"
Well either the internet or you are smarter than you think b/c that link definitely takes me to the US store, I'm already logged in w/ my Jak avatar at the top and everything. And the prices are all in $.
(Maybe it's just Sony's store internet back end or something?)
I would be RAGING if I bought the season pass / DLC for this, kind ofa shady move TBH
@rjejr Yeah, I think the Store auto-adjusts depending on your location.
Pretty sure they've given every DLC away free over time already, also think they did the same with Battlefield 4 over the games lifetime gave away all the DLC separately at some point. This is the exact reason I've decided to not bother with BF 1 season pass... Spent £30 on the Battlefront season pass so might aswell wait for BF1 DLC to be given away at some point...
@rjejr It does that bc you kept your US account signed in to web browser store I think. You'll need to logout of your US account and then try the link again.
I still have Battlefront 1 and wouldn't mind dusting it off to play a little before 2 comes out if the season pass has been drop to zero.
Awesome. Thank you for the heads up. I wanted the extra maps for offline co-op so this is great news. Just reinstalled the game to try out the Vr mode so can check out all the content now
@get2sammyb You watching the Apple Tv Event - your'e going to want to see Sky, you like weirdo stuff like that.
@Incognito_D I know what you mean but think of it this way. It's going to extend the life of the DLC you've paid for. And you've had access to the content since last year. Everyone getting it for free had to wait.
Just like with PlayStation Plus games. I bought LBP3 etc which eventually arrived on PS Plus.
@gmxs games are given away on PS-Plus every month that people have paid for.
I think it's a good move, drums up interest for the second one and extends the lifespan of the first.
I do think it's a bit harsh they just drop it out of nowhere however. Someone may have literally bought the season pass yesterday full price.
For me, ideally they should give some notice then it's buyers choice. And EA come off better. Everyone wins.
@get2sammyb I can confirm it is now free on the US psn store!
@ztpayne7 yes it is just picked it up with the app myself
The Season Pass is Free on XB1 for Gold subscribers and the 'ultimate' edition - the game and season pass is only £3.75. The only reason I mention this is so that it would not surprise me if the Season Pass was also offered free on PS4 too.
Is there an issue with the Store? Site not available??
@get2sammyb FYI update:
Season Pass is free on NA store as of 4:45PM EST.
Ultimate Ed - w/ game and season pass - is $5.09. No, that's not a typo, five oh nine. Only available for 1 week until 9/18.
I am a PS+ subscriber, not sure if that matters or not for what prices I'm seeing.
Seems like $5.09 should be a no brainer but I played it free for a weekend - a few offline single player missions around E3 - and I really don't like FP view. And I have no space on my PS4 HDD, still looking into an external. I'll ask my kid.
What a slap in the face! Bought it for only 20 euros but still...I feel cheated
@rjejr Cheers!
You would think they would be clever and price it at $5.01, unless 509 is a new stormtrooper legion.
@Dange exactly. The game's always been hugely popular, full lobbies almost two years after launch etc, but lately the dlc lobbies can be 4-6 players short from full after midnight which didn't use to be the case. This can only be a good move. But agreed, yet again more bad form from Sony RE no warning, although to be fair, I can confidently assume they'll give a refund to anyone who bought the season pass in the last month or so. There's just no way they wouldn't do.
@BowTiesAreCool I highly doubt they will.give a refund, that would like be me buying a game and then having it become free next month on PS+. It just one of those things that if you bought you got to play it sooner then those who had to wait to get it free.
Its great they are free but I waited 10 minutes for a game on one of the DLC and we did not get enough players to play and that was only a 16 person game.
@Dange I only bought the Rogue One DLC about 4 weeks ago, but you win some/ you lose some I suppose. It's the same thing when you buy a game and it appears on PS plus shortly after (why I often avoid on-sale games these days!
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