DLC and extras. Where is it going?

[killgod]

While the new kids to gaming are used to it, and will probably buy into this stuff to make it stay alive, us gamers that grew up on Colecovision, Atari, NES....are probably only going to get more pissed off as time goes along.


At first DLC sounded awesome. A couple extra bucks and we can enhance the games we like and spice them up, yadda yadda.

But then it got a little ridiculous.

First starting with the infamous 'Horse Armor' incident with Bethedsa's Oblivion, where they were charging a couple bucks to give your Horse some fucking armor, that's it....that's all you got.

Then we got into situations where games would offer 1 hour or so of content for upwards of 10-15 bucks. A little ridiculous, but people bought into it.

Now today, we have NCAA football with their fucking bullshit "Dynasty Accelerators' which have contributed to the already questionable game this year......and today I came across this article.

http://kotaku.com/5295098/relax-modern-warfare-2-wont-have-multiplayer-fee

While it's nice to hear that MW2 isn't taking into this, it seems that the next Call of Duty might go down that path.

What a fucking joke!

It's bad enough we have to pay for XBL, but now we'll be paying for 'premium' modes in online shooters?

I've come a LONG way through console generations through my 24 years of life and have never had any interest to kick the habit....but like fucking hell am I going to sit here and be nickeled and dimed if I want to get the full experience on the disc I already paid 60 bucks for.

Where the fuck is this 'DLC' concept going?

 

[Maynard]

i dont think its where DLC is going, i think this has been the plan since its creation. They new back on the original xbox that their was a market for a premium service. They were charging people for XBL back then and even though the ps2 offered a free online service, people still payed for the xbox live service.

So with the design of the 360, MS knew what they were doing. They knew what they could get out of this multi media system. Not only could they force developers to make DLC for games, but they could also add media content and have people pay for that too. There is a market for this stuff and people will pay. Look at how many people bought that horse armor.

I cant fault MS or the game developers for getting the most value out of their product. As a consumer I can only choose not to buy it. As a business person, I think MS should be commended for maxing out their products value. A company like Sony and Nintendo is giving away their online service for free. Why would you give it away for free when people are willing to pay for it. They get you in other ways, but they most certainly are not getting the best value for their product

 

[A Tasty Burgerr]

Companies less than three money.

I lol'd when EA charged $50 for NBA Live then charged another $10 to use the DNA shit.

 

[Twigg4075]

Where's it going? Right down the shitter. And as long as idiots keep paying for the shit it's only going to get worse.