PS3 Battlefield 3 Ships without Battlefield 1943, EA Guilty of Bait and Switch?

EA is up to their old shenanigans. Earlier in the year they announced that PS3 copies of Battlefield 3 would have Battlefield 1943 on them. Scouring the discs, we and other gamers have found that it is indeed, not the case.

EA said that it’s not there (so stop looking). However, they’ll give PS3 owners early access to all of the Battlefield 3 expansions.

But, that’s not really an "Oops, we forgot so have this instead," because that was previously announced.

So basically, EA seems to be guilty of a bait-and-switch, which is technically, illegal. Hopefully, you’ve opted out of that class action lawsuit clause so that you can get satisfaction in a court of law if EA doesn’t pony up the goods. When a company states that a product contains something specific and then ships the product without that stated item, that’s fraud. It’s basically false advertising and, as if they don’t have enough lawsuits against them already, I imagine some lawyers will be hopping on this in short order unless EA decides to suddenly make good on its previous offer.

For shame EA! It’s just poor form, and you wonder why gamers have a dim view of the company?