[colonelpwnage]

"At launch, EA will release a Gold Edition of Battlefield: Bad Company which will feature an additional five new weapons. For players who do not purchase the Gold Edition of the game, they can still buy the five weapons at a small individualized price per item. All weapons are balanced for gameplay. More weapons offer players more choices but do not create an advantage/disadvantage for players who do not opt to buy new items."

Hmmm...way to encourage people to spend more money on either the "gold" edition of Battlefield or the weapons off the marketplace if there is no advantage for players to buy these weapons. I still think this is a greed tactic.