According to this story on Planet Battlefield, if enter the code you can get it as a download for $20. Must be a US only offer because I tested it and came up with Code Error but I'm in the UK.

http://planetbattlefield.gamespy.com/

"EA Store $20 OFF $40 - BF: Bad Company 2 (PC) $20+tax
Link: http://eastore.ea.com/

Promo Code: PAXEAST842

I just got BF: Bad Company 2 for $20+tax

Could be used for other games, but this was a no-brainer since it's stacking with the already $10 off.

Enjoy!"

So if you want to join in the fun we are having on the SimHQ servers then now is the time

Hi i've bought it on
playcdkey.com for 29 $ - my friend advised me that he is regularly buying games from that site and service was top notch - key arrived to my email inside 15 minutes....

If they just sell a key, how do you get the actual files?

Torrent?

Got it thanks!
but I have to wait for days(?) for my transaction to settle, whatever that means.

XRoK

Fatty clued me in on the deal and I picked it up for $20! I nearly cut off the end of my finger though, so it's difficult for me to play online, but as soon as I remove the medical wrap (Wed/Thur) I'll be good to go!

What a wimp Brennus.

Welcome, XroK, Fatty.

Gonna have some fun games.

Yeah, I chopped both my legs and my head off and I still played (that may explain my aim last night lol).

It's good we are getting new blood

not torrents (although i suspect it would work that way also) - you download EA's version of steam called EA download manager - make an account inside that application and then activate your game with cd key you received, then you get the option of downloading the game install files locally....

only drawback to this (as far as my research goes) is that you have exactly one year to install the game first time with the cd-key you bought.....

Oh boy, fresh dogtags.

/knife

I've gotta warn you guys, I played the crap outta BF2 back in the day, and I'm comin' in swingin'!

So did I. My sniper loved Wake Island. I remember one shot taking down a helicopter as it was trying to cap a flag. I got 5 kills with that one shot because it was loaded.

I really do think this game is better. The only thing I don't like about it is that we can't go prone. If we could, then I would play a sniper again.

Yeah this was a great deal, I had tried the beta but was sort of meh on it due to the laggy servers and poor accuracy and everyone running around like headless chickens... so I decided to wait to buy it until it came down in price (have too many games to play anyways).

When I saw this $20 deal I bit, and I sure am glad I did, it's been a blast to play BFBC2 now that I can pick good servers, and especially once I started unlocking specials and ranks and my accuracy is increasing, also hardcore servers have been fun.

Still learning the new play style, but really liking this better than BF2 which had too many snipers, glad they had the deal so I could join in on the fun relatively early.

Bought mine last week from EA store online for $20. Couldn't pass it up.