I don't know why I'm surprised. Is it really even a little bit unexpected that corporations would see DLC as an easy way to nickel and dime gamers into paying three times as much as they would for a proper expansion?
Don't get me wrong; on the whole, I like the idea of DLC. It offers a steady stream of new content to gamers, and is a much safer investment on the part of developers. Win-win, right? Except when they offer us bullshit DLC.
I think the first shining example of this was the horse armor for Oblivion. Sadly, that nonsense is fast becoming the rule rather than the exception, and that's ignoring the new trend of having to buy DLC to actually play the complete base game.
What's a gamer supposed to do?
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10 years ago
mvc3.......okay DLC is out of control. Never did I believe that one day I would spend sixty dollars on a fighting game on release day and not get all the characters. they will be an extra 5 bucks each. I hope they never have the idea to apply this to the literary trade. You can go buy harry potter 10, or for an extra 10 bucks get the one with two extra bonus chapters! "It was written by publishing day but it's about allowing our readers to have the freedom to customize the story they want to read."
ReplyDeleteBut to answer your question all we can do is get fucked. Go get your x-box points! After all we already charge you to use your existing connectivity which you pay for separately. We call it the gold membership.
Indeed. It is a sad state of affairs, but so long as corporate share-holder profits are what drives (any) industry, then I suspect that we'll never avoid this sort of bullshit.
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