DLC Abuse

[Lunar Freeze]

I'm beginning to miss the days where you unlock stuff by advancing through the game. Capcom is one of the biggest abusers of the DLC, with Soul Calibur 4, Megaman 9, and Resident evil 5. Paying just to unlock modes/characters that should have been in the game originally.

 

[Gingerbread Lesbian]

Oh it's bollocks, I completely agree. It infuriates me that from the PS2 days when you can unlock everything via in game completion they plan to unlock things later for like £5. I don't mind some things that are fairly big or aren't planned like the Prince of Persia expansion or map packs (as long as the price isn't hefty) but £5 for say like...a costume on LBP or a new character on MGS4 etc. No thanks.

 

[Aztec Triogal]

Eh, I have mixed feelings on this. I lean towards the "They don't owe you shit, if you don't want to pay for the extra content, you don't have to pay for it" side of the debate. However, when developers get lazy and just fail to add standard gameplay elements because they plan to update it later, even with free DLC, it really pisses me off.

I guess that leads me to another rant altogether... and that is that it's bad enough when developers release early and then charge money for planned content... but I hate the trend that's starting with games shipping with obvious glitches and run-issues that are solved a few weeks after launch through DLC. Yes, that was all one sentence. Shut up.

 

[Busta]

I never minded it for stuff like Maps and all for Halo and Call of Duty I guess. I mean, I do wish they would release a bunch more together though rather than released 3 maps here, then 3 maps 5 months later, etc... Sorta kills me having to spend $12+ everytime 3 new maps come out.

 

[Rockman X]

I'm beginning to miss the days where you unlock stuff by advancing through the game. Capcom is one of the biggest abusers of the DLC, with Soul Calibur 4, Megaman 9, and Resident evil 5. Paying just to unlock modes/characters that should have been in the game originally.

Soul Calibur 4 was actually Namco, but yes, I do see your point. They're not the only ones who are nickel-and-diming everyone either. Lucas Arts did it with the PS3 and 360 versions of The Force Unleashed, they charged $10 to dl the extra costumes and levels that were in the PS2/Wii versions. And don't forget the infamous horse armor you can now buy for Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.

But yeah, I think devs are taking this stuff a bit too far. I don't mind paying for DLC if you get alot of new content for it, like that new GTA expansion pack. PC gamers have been buying expansion packs for years, and if something is worth it, sure, why not pay if it's going to add to your game's experience? But too many times now what once would have been normal unlockables a generation ago are suddenly extras we have to pay for.

Actually, the advent of good internet for consoles brings a problem PC gamers have dealt with for years: patches. Why bother to properly test your game and work out all the bugs when you can release it unpolished, then a month or two later go "oops, sorry, have a patch"? Devs are starting to abuse patches now and it's getting real annoying. When unpolished crap gets pushed onto store shelves, we're basically paying $60 for beta copies.

 

[Aztec Triogal]

I think developers are quickly getting their hands slapped when they go to release bullshit DLC. The horse armor thing was a mockery of what DLC is suppose to be... but after almost no sales on their bullshit towers and pirate cove DLCs, they actually invested in real expansion packs and those brought in a ton of dough. I think about 60% of the people who bought the game, also bought the DLC. That's nice.

It's a work in progress. And as for the maps, I understand the price tag being high beign a point of concern... but as for only a few maps released at a time. It's not like they just whip those together overnight. Besides actually developing and rendering them, there's playtesting involved, and incredible amounts of revisions that go into that kinda thing.

 

[Shu]

The worst is gears of war 2 now a days. I looked at the recent map pack for it and most people are already saying dude you don't even have the combustible map map pack.

I just say in response... Hey.. here's an idea you donate me points and then I'll buy it, otherwise I'm conserving money on things in the real life. I mean it wouldn't be bad if they put all the maps together in one map pack and charge 800 credits, but what the heck... 2 maps at a time in the paid for map packs?

B.S. I'd rather take my 12 dollars elsewhere. I didn't mind Halo because at least 2 of the packs were free and they offer more than just 2.

 

[DLFlux]

I've not payed for any DLC as of yet. Doubt I will in the near future. I won't even pay subscriptions, hense why I'll never own WoW or FFXI.

Not saying I never will buy something from the PSN store, but it will have to be something pretty appealing, not just a costume or a new character. Fuck that shit.