Warning: New Beautiful Katamari DLC is a Ripoff

Gaming Today reports a ripoff and advises you not to buy Beautiful Katamari and encourage this kind of business practice:

Beautiful Katamari's "downloadable" content includes four new levels, each costing 200 Microsoft Points. The problem: the content is stuff that is already on the disc, only you aren't able to access it until you fork over even MORE money than you already have paid for the game.

i.e., You're paying additional money for keys to unlock the content that is already on the disc. Four separate keys, each costing 200 points.

[gamesR4fun]

maybe not but still pretty low $#@$%% devs think were gonna take that bs bad enough charging through the nose for new content but the fact you made it and prepackaged it on a disk you sold is 2 much. How about giving the fans some value and actually packing that (erm 40 dollar disk with some playable content not crud you got to pay more 4

[original seed]

But i hate the idea that its already on the disc.

[sanderFVCKINcohen]

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[CyberSentinel]

It's an interactive screen saver.

If this is what we got to learn from "the japanese" then, I will stick with Halo 3.

http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-...

@1.4: Then you would have to call it Metal Gear 4 Online, because thats exactly what Konami wants you to do. Pay for the game TWICE since online is NOT included. Bungie puts it all together in 1 package, with Konami you pay for the same game twice. Xbox Live costs less then 1 game and provides coverage for EVERY games online capability. PSN's solution is to divide the game, and make lemmings pay for the same game TWICE. I guess its not so "FREE" after all.

L@L.

@1.5: It DOES NOT come with the online game, it comes with a (demo) "starter pack", and NO decision was made as to "pricing" yet, get your facts straight lemming.

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3...

Blind Lemmings, You "Believe" The "FREE" Hype.

[neogeo]

Halo3 should have the single campaign free but, $10 to unlock multi player, $10 for the good ending, $5 to unlock the weapons already on the disk,

And $25.00 to upscale the 640p to 1080p

BELIEVE..

[DrPirate]

1.3, please tell me you're joking and that your only pretending to be retarded.

How is this Sony's decision? If you follow the Kojima report: Metal gear Solid 4 DOES come with Online play, then later on in the Year, Metal Gear Online will come out as a PSN download for 20 or so bucks.The download is basically an expansion packs with more maps, gamemodes and character customizations.

How is this the "PSN" solution if plenty of games aren't divided between singleplayer - multiplayer.

[TrenchaunT]

That's pretty stupid--but what do you expect from a game that looks like it took a good two days to make anyways?

[chanto23]

LMAO!!!!

[InMyOpinion]

Looks like a PS2 port.

[jackdoe]

That is lame.

[kooplar]

thats why it is 40 bucks

[jackdoe]

I thought it was 40 bucks because it looked just like the PS2 version...

[Alcohog]

lol

[gogators]

be buying your game then, Namco.

[SEAN1617]

LOL THAT PRETTY FUNNY, and yes if you bought windows vista home premium, all components are already there to upgrade to ultimate, but you must pay an upgrade fee. lol so when in ROME

[Shaka2K6]

Best played on Sony PS controlers though.

[Megaton]

Ewww, blind consumer exploitation.

Always been a cult classic of a game anyways. Never thought it would really do well among the 360 owners in the first place. Judging by a lot of the posts I've seen around here in Katamari threads, you guys think you're "too mature for a game like this" which is hilarious on many, many levels.

I wouldn't boycott it because it is a fun series. I'd definitely boycott the extras though. That kinda money grubbing garbage needs to be stopped dead in its tracks.

[solidt12]

I agree. I wouldn't buy the extra. But Hopefully someone will find a way to crack the keys to unlock the extra content. I see a hack on it's way.

[jackdoe]

MS is stingy with the banhammer so it would probably check for hacks like that and ban you from Xbox live for life, which would suck infinitely.

[ParaDise_LosT]

Your gonna miss out on tekken then xD

[gogators]

Namco to do this kind of stuff (it's nice to know that EA can influence other publishers), I will still buy their products, like Ace Combat 6. Which, I am not passing on. I would have dropped the dimes for Katamari; just because I haven't played any previous renditions and want to see what this knid of game and fuss is all about. This behavior makes it a pass, now.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

I think it just sucks because PS3 owners would have enjoyed it more with the sixaxis.

IT'S COMMON SENSE!

[TheHater]

I hope no One buy this game, just for this fact. Ripping people off like this is just wrong.

[Ri0tSquad]

those bastards

[Bnet343]

and barely anyone is playing online right now except for Japanese people. I'm not buying that new content

[MK_Red]

Wow, this is simply bad. Good find though.

And I thought EA was the worst...

[original seed]

Im in no way going to buy the DLC

[Fux4Bux]

"Premium" content is on the disc and the game is prettymuch the same as the original PS2 version that released for $20. Seems like a nice big rip off all around.