Free DLC’s continue for MW3, will it be a new trend in other games?

One of the first major games to offer free DLC's has been Modern Warfare 3 and with their continued success and player approval, it would be hard for other developers to not start offering the same. If Free DLC's in MW3 continue to be a big success, could we see a shift in the operation of the entire Video Game industry?

[RXL]

one map will turn the tide in the ENTIRE industry?..

no..

lol...

sure wish it would..

now if Capcom would do this?..i think people MIGHT give them a second peek...as it stands..they have horrible business practices.

[Blastoise]

Still nice to get free stuff though. Even if it just a map from modern warfare 2.
You know they could have charged for it and people would have bought it

[jeseth]

Yeah, Terminal for free is awesome. Free maps are cool no matter what.

I haven't really played MW3 since Christmas but the summer drought is on! I feel like there are no games right now.

May fire MW3 back up ... but ... probably not. Still cool giving people free DLC.

[HammadTheOne]

LoL. This isn't even considered free DLC to me. This is entitled to us, finally a decent map instead of the shit they fed us with the base game maps and stupid "Face off" stuff.

Also, this isn't free "DLC". When you see the massive patches PC players get for nothing, that's when you talk about "Free DLC".

[bodybombs]

@hammad this is what i hate about this generation of gamers. they think they are entitled to soo much when in reality they arent entitled anything. just be glad that they even give you anything for free.

lets be honest, if you arent happy with a game, then dont play it. there are tons out there, and im sure something will make you not such a complainer.

[J_Cob]

Yea, I remember Robert Bowling saying they should give away old maps for MW3 before he quit. Maybe they listened to him?

[sfsethfitzgerald]

No, but games that are doing this type of stuff are receiving a lot of praise from players. Therefore developers could easily want to start offering more free stuff like this. But no, not just the "Terminal" map will change the industry haha.

[PAYNEinc85]

1 map? They've given away more than 1 map.

[Tapioca Cold]

"they have horrible business practices."

Dude, STFU now. Do you have any idea, the smallest tad of an idea, of how much money this franchise makes?

seriously....some of the comments on here are as bad as the articles.

[RXL]

yes..i have an idea...

lol..it's not a super secret thing that only you and your friends know..

so you're saying that Capcom doesn't have horrible business practices?...really?...

you're gonna sit there and defend a large corporation that doesn't care about you?..defend a giant corporation that just wants your money and assume you're an idiot?(which im guessing that assumption is right actually)

i will not "stfu"...you can "stfu" and keep paying for half a game...paying for over priced dlc...content that's on the disc already...first day patches...

and when a company released 1...1 map...cry like it's the best thing to happen to the industry since wireless controllers...

but me as a paying customer?..i feel the need to state my opinion, jr...sorry if it's not the same as yours..

[Th3 Chr0nic]

This isnt anything new, this is how things used to be before SONY MICROSOFT AND PUBS LIKE ACTIVISION started nickel and diming us for every pixel and byte that we download. Devs like Valve want to include free content in patches but MS and Sony have been denying them for years since it is distributed thru their network and a fee must be charged. this kind of BS has forced PC gaming to decline, even when the PC versions get the content for free everyone complains it isnt fair.....such bs and they try to spin it like they are doing something that hasnt been done before, if anything it is a sign of desperation when compared to their history of setting the bar for greed over the last 10 years. sickening

[sfsethfitzgerald]

Yes, the focus of this was talking about mainstream games. So far in the video game industry there have been very FEW games offering any sort of free stuff, especially on consoles.

[Th3 Chr0nic]

Yes before this Gen of consoles there wasnt much free DLC on consoles, but then again there wasnt that much dlc at all really.

so the mainstream games of the gen before this that had "DLC" were 95-99% PC games. and it wasnt even called DLC cause it was included in the standard updates for free.
hell look at DICE, before this gen of nickel and dime dlc they gave everything they made away fro free, except main expansions and those were later included in a patch for free to everyone.

[Dispy]

Im sorry to say this but, no it's not something new, it's old. Pc games have had free dlc for over a decade(look at tf2) what activision is during is just pathetic, the map packs is so overpriced, it's actully weird, Activision giving free stuff away? Twice!?! But new, no.

[WeskerChildReborned]

Ik and it's dumb to think that COD is gonna be starting it when their have been other games that already have been doing it.

[shackdaddy]

Lmao. Did this guy just start gaming this gen?

[Lovable]

"Free DLC’s continue for MW3, will it be a new trend in other games?"

Wahahahaha...pure gold comedy right here!

[cr33ping_death]

ummm.... yeah Polyphony Digital laughs at you Activision.

[r21]

so does LBI

[IHateYouFanboys]

how so?

Polyphony Digital have paid DLC for paint chips! single use paint chips! theyve actually given out very few free DLC items. the Toyota 86 is about it really.

[Flatbattery]

If that's your argument you clearly haven't played it or at least paid any attention. The game is far more that it was on release, very little has been payable.
One car? I've can't recall how many free cars have appeared but it's far more than one. This next few weeks alone there are eight free cars for those that took part in the GT Academy which everybody was entitled to enter for free, including those that don't even own GT5.
I'm sorry, but one free map after seven years is a little late to the table and doesn't constitute a kickstart to free DLC. In short, it's been done before and better.
By the way, being the polar opposite to a fanboy is just as bad as being one.
Get back under your bridge.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

@flatbattery

He isn't the polar opposite to a fanboy. He's the polar opposite to a PS3 fanboy.

[hiredhelp]

Love DLC to be free But i also love more games to do what some last gen games used to do thats earn and unlock bonus content maps,guns ect Now thats cool.

[Sigh]

I really wished more companies did do more of this free map dlcs. Why? Because free DLC, EVERYONE gets to play it so giving the online multiplayer much more life-- for lack of a better saying. I remembered when I went back to MW2 I couldn't play the DLC maps I paid for because the community there now are prolly mostly new comers to the series that didn't purchase the mappacks. I really wished I got to play through those MW2 DLC maps again. But again, wished more companies kept this mappacks free, available to EVERYONE.

[MrBeatdown]

Yeah, there really is no good way of implementing multiplayer DLC maps. Someone either gets booted when a DLC map comes up, or nobody goes into the DLC playlist once the game gets old.

The season pass where you get all the DLC is a nice idea, but they're still too pricey. If Max Payne's season pass was $15 instead of $30, I'd gladly pay for it. And $50 for Elite and Battlefield Premium is just nuts. Giving out vouchers for discounted season passes as pre-order bonuses would be a good start. That, or giving away map packs a few months after a pack's release to those who come back to the game month after month would be a nice way to encourage people to hold onto their game. Hell, even lowering the price gradually would be cool.

There's so many map packs I would buy if the price was right, but especially with older stuff, you know you're just going to be throwing money out the window since so few people will be playing.

[Rob Hornecker]

Well ask and you shall have your wish fulfilled !
Both MW3 map packs are now up on XBL for half price.
As someone above mentioned that they haven't touched the game since Xmas sounds alot like me, I went ahead and got both packs mostly for the spec ops and to play the campaign. Ah the summer drought indeed!

I also noticed that there are still some exclusive stuff that can only be had by Elite members, Wonder if that will ever become open to everyone???

[Lock0n]

I remember DICE giving Free DLC in Bad Company 2.

[swat_teem]

it was not really DLC it was already on the disk locked away (when a new map came out we did not have to download anything)

[dollison27]

Would be nice if Activision offered the first map pack free...as a thank you for buying their game...but that makes too much sense.

[Kran]

Thing is, isnt all this DLC splitting up the community?

Like: these people are playing this dlc

These are playing this dlc and this dlc

these are playing this dlc, this dlc and this dlc

these people are playing none

I mean... thats one of the reasons why the Assassin's Creed Brotherhood multiplayer felt empty.

[faraany33k]

Guys this is actually 3rd free map for MW3.

[ToonarmY]

Free content? Just release mod tools and get a new map everyday like the gold old days on pc

[QuodEratDemonstrandm]

That's a good idea, but wouldn't you end up with more maps than players? 75% of the UGC maps would be deserted.

But, then again, those maps suck anyway.

I do like the idea of UGC. I would very much like to see it more widely implemented. I just don't know how it would work with MP maps.

http://n4g.com/news/778380/...

[NJShadow]

This is HARDLY the first "major" title to receive free DLC. Didn't EA just give us SSX players a crap-load of free DLC? Uh yes... I believe they did, and so have many other developers of "major" titles. ;)

[BlackPhoenix]

It can be a trend if they don't stop with this map (third free actually).