This generation every other developer is moving onto delivering DLC to their customers to make as much money as possible, this can prove to be both beneficial and harmful to the customer.
PC Aficionado: "Obsidian published a survey in early October, asking for responses from players concerning DLC. Now, 55,000 responses have been noted, and the final results are out."
Nobody wants to pay for DLC... Tell that to the idiots who are killing gaming by buying into the current microtransactiin trend without a fight.
I'm willing to pay for expansions. Those things we used to get that were of proportionate price to the base game's content and was worth the money.
They'll use this to plan future DLC. Yep, lots of small games with loads of DLC is incoming. Just MT's to get them used to now. Nearly, there guys. Way to kill the industry.
Fvck DLC. Either put the content in the base game or piss off.
Yeah I'm talking to you EA, Activision, Ubisoft, etc.
Been wondering where that Champions Ballad DLC is for Breath of the Wild? Well, Nintendo confirmed it's coming December...on the European eShop only.
Good timing - other than Xenoblade 2, nothing's really coming out during that time.
awesome.. I would expect it to release around the same time in NA too. Can't wait!
December, eh?
Guess I'll likely be taking a brief break from Xeno mid-to-late December, then.
No way am I missing out on the very first ever post-game content that the Zelda series has ever had.
Looking at the industry trend of charging for DLC after a game is released and if it is justified for companies to do so
This is tricky. In my opinion, I feel like DLC should be free because we purchased a game, a finished product, for 60+ dollars, so things like Day One DLC shouldn't exist. On the other hand, I understand this is a business and that development is expensive, and expanding a product instead of making another one is good capital.
What I think would help is if the community was met halfway with a reinvention of the downloadable content system. Give the content we purchase certain standards, kind of like Day One DLC isn't permitted. If Season Passes are purchased, then the customer must have an outline of what they are purchasing, and if the individual didn't want everything in the outline then he/she could drop what they didn't like for a cheaper fee. Also, while I'm in the land of never ending possibilities, a rewards incentive is made for a certain amount purchased from all the developer's games released (which can also be carried over from system to system or gen to gen), like buying 10 DLC packs gives you one free. This way we both get what we want: they get some money and we don't feel taken advantage of.
Given that companies used to release DLC back in the late 90s and early 2000s for free as "supporting their product" for extended appeal? No, it's not justified, and never was.
Full on expansions are entirely different, but this bite-sized DLC bulls**t became popular with the biggest caner of them all, Call of Duty and their bulls**t map packs.
Once these companies discovered just how stupid the average "gamer" (and I use that term loosely) was, it was straight to the bank. Now look at where that first step has gotten us to today.
Of course, as consoles have inched closer and closer to PC, in recent years, it makes since when considering the existence of expansion packs. Why should they not, as it is always an option not a requirement.
dunno about pre order bonus, but i think if you buy a collectors edition, you should get all the release day content. i was shocked when i got batman ce and did get robin dlc. poor effort.
How about a cheaper game if you pre order? I used to pre order, but lately i just wait until the price drops. and pre order bonuses are usually exclusive to some retailers, so its pretty damn useless here in europe.
Since the DLC model and pre-order crap is here to stay I hope that it will somewhat follow this sort of path. Either have small bonuses that have little to no effect on a game, for example skins for multi-player. Or if you pre-order you get a code(note: not an online pass) that guarantees you free DLC for up to 6 months after the release date.
This way the preorder bonuses won't effect a game that much or with the second option it would simply be a bonus for you to pre-order.
Personally I think it has gotten a bit out of hand with all of the online passes, release day DLC, cut content, DLC on disc, etc. but it seems like at least for consoles it is here to stay sadly.
preorder bonuses should be available to everybody after maybe 2 or 3 weeks after the game comes out for a price on the store or marketplace...
Preorders shouldn't be about dlc but exclusive swag worth having or like with Kmart and Amazon offering $20 discounts on future purchases
I'm 100% against DLC