Ironstar: Downloadable content is utilized by Game Developers/Publishers for a variety of reasons, which include keeping you from selling the game to 3rd parties, fixing "broken" titles, and generally milking your wallets. I prefer some forms of downloadable content much more than others.
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This is clearly a money grab and I wouldn't pay 1 red cent.....ZERO.
Stop buying games that do this kind of shit, people.....DO NOT BUY AT ALL!
That's the only way it will stop.
"Stop buying games that do this kind of shit, people.....DO NOT BUY AT ALL! "
You're telling me I shouldn't have bought MGS4? MGO only lets you have one character, if you want to create another one they charge you like 6 or 7 bucks.
The data for those characters aren't stored ON THE GAME like characters in other games.
It's more like when a person wastes $10 on changing their gamertag.
I love Arc System Works, and BlazBlue is my favorite fighting game of this gen, but this is some grade-A bullshit. I bet even Namco and Capcom are sitting back like "DAYUM! Now that's greedy." Probably taking notes on how to improve their current DLC schemes.
DLC intended to extend the core experience, such as story-etension content, is the kind of content which can be argued to bear a price in that area, though it is rare the quality and value of the DLC matches the price. For instance, we could say the story extending DLC for Dragon Age and Mass Effect 2 is worth its price, but $8 for an extra character in a fighting game is NOT.
@blackboyunltd - I have no idea how you squeezed 2 - 3 hours out of Kasumi's loyalty mission. I played it 3 times, and I never came close to playing that long. Hour and a half the first time cause I was exploring every nook for items. Under an hour the 2nd and 3rd time.
Simply because it is being utilized as consumer abuse. Overpriced map packs, character packs, costumes as well as modes and content already on the disc. It's shameful, but alas, it will continue, simply because most consumers have made themselves into cattle with the "gotta have it all!" mindset.
Just a case of a potentially good thing gone terribly wrong.
BTW I`m not putting down MGS 4 or MGO i love MGS with a passion.
Still i pretty much forgive blazblue's devs in this case . They clearly added a lot for the console , to an arcade version that had already lots of changes (and wich remember was even pirated on pc) , and the game itself was cheap . They crammed a lot already so i can buy the "there was no time" excuse .
Most of all they are a small company wich i feel like supporting .
I'm much more annoyed by the fact that they try to resell old dlc colors from the previous blazblue game , instead of making them compatible like sf4 and ssf4 did
The way Activision clearly screwed gamers by releasing the $15 MW2 map pack clearly shows we as gamers are not doing a good job voting with our wallets. That or I'm clearly underestimating how good that map pack is, because there is no way in hell I will ever give them $15 for it.
Too bad this fragment of the product is just an extended loan/rent. Once the game finishes its lifespan the fragment won't work anymore...
Lately gamers are dictated how to buy, and how to play "their games".
I will still buy Blazblue CS, but the game better offers online filters so I don't play DLC whores. I don't want to an unbalanced game or a game with an incomplete experience...
Halo did a good job with the map packs. The two forge maps become map makers. The prices also dropped at a fair time.
only dlc i got is Valkyria Chronicles
but makoto was a ok dlc i'd rather have a real dlc with gameplay ( a whole new character ) than to pay stupid dlc like colors or additional music
Besides this is for a fighting game you got half price AND they told everyone before that they were working on them ... ALSO balzblue for a half game price as a LOT of content
7.99 is too much ? in the worst case scénario we 'll get that three time and the game will still be cheaper than a normal release ..
And to finish my point ..this isn't some OLD maps pack , this isn't some recycled stuff , this isn't some unlock .. i'd rather buy that dlc where work was done ON than the stupid map pack from MW2 ...
Also they are patching the balance ... to prevent stupid thing to happen online
serious this makoto is way batter than the shit that happenned with yoda and vader in soul calibur 4
There's no point discussing with you...
I'm losing more hope in humanity, this is just sad... :(
do you think wipeout fury was put on hold .. ??
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there is cut content ( deliberate ) i hated assasin creed 2 on that aspect ..
I hated the treatment namco did with soul calibur 4 dlcs .
BUt in this case , the perspective changed .. the game is half price.. and the content is not on the disc because they hadn't finished with her in time ..i can understand that.
It's not like i was ripped off ..for half price , BBCS was has MORE content than Calamity trigger .
Every dlc isn't evil .. you have to think a little more .
In fact most of you are funny what bothers you most is the price 7.99 ..had it been 4.99 you would have bought the thing and shut up ...
And nobody can see that the game is half price in the first place ..
that's pure hypocrisy in my eyes ...
7.99 for a character without a story mode and you can't
play with her in arcade mode! She should have been
4.99 or less because she isn't worth $8.
why they were selling the game for 40 dollars. 40 plus 24 dollars (if the other two characters are coming as DLC) is 64 dollars. Wow, thanks Aksys, we are still paying for the full retail price. Ok, you're not being persistent if you did buy makoto for 7.99. We need to do something about this... I wonder if Capcom is going to do the same thing.
why they dont offer better games and value? so many cheap shots at us gamers it sickens me
you can't fit all the characters in one disc. those are some sprites alright. Hey, let's not support aksys just to show em whose boss.
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"Well that was quick. The DLC character themes already got ripped from the 360 disk." (Valkenhayn's theme)
What does this means??? Why the dlc characters have their own themes INSIDE the disc??? UMMMMMMMHHHHPPP...
cause this is utter bs.