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[David Gaider]

Youmu wrote...
The point is day 1 DLC. The game isn't even out yet, and they are already trying to sell DLC.

And? That's when most people will want it. The only reason to object, that I can imagine, is that you think you should be entitled to it.

I've heard plenty of talk about "I paid for the whole game, I should get the whole game" but I don't really get it. If you consider DLC not to be extra -- it is, but let's ignore that for a second -- then the plain fact is we're not selling the "whole" game for that price. The base game is a complete product, and it's up to you to decide if you want the extras.

Why can't Sebastian, you know, be in the base game, instead of a separate DLC. It obviously is done by the release day.

It wasn't planned as part of the base game. It was always planned as extra DLC, primarily because it doesn't need the long certification process that the base game does and thus the timetable can be quite different.

Even if that weren't the case, is there something wrong with planning an extra module or extra content of some kind as DLC? We make a base game and plan at the same time for the extras we wish to sell? Should we not be allowed to sell things? It's not my business policy to decide, but I find this kind of reactionary "well it was never done in the past so it's clearly evil now!" to be a bit bizarre. We didn't have online methods of delivery with wide market penetration in the past, either.

Game releases, then start churning out all the fancypants DLC, actually adding to the game, instead of "heh this is ready now but it's not included in the game so you better buy it". Some of the X360 DLC (other games, obviously) is already on the disk, and only thing you are buying is a itty bitty file that enables accessing it, and that is just plain wrong.

Well, fair enough. Like I said before, it's not my decision to make. I just find all the talk a little suspect-- like someone throwing up a fuss at the car dealership because they had to pay extra for the air conditioning and the leather seats when they already paid for the car. Sure, the company is trying to make more money-- and unless you want to go with a "capitalists are evil bastards" approach, I'm not sure how you can fault that as "wrong"... particularly when the cost of making a video game has been steadily going up even as prices have roughly stayed the same or even gone down. Seems like a recipe for a market desperately in need of a change, and probably not one everyone involved is going to feel comfortable with.

All of which is, of course, just my opinion. As are all yours. Naturally you're free to decide when and how you're going to buy your games, and thus use whatever criteria you wish. If there's enough people who happen to agree with you, then a company would be forced to change how it does business no matter what. If not enough people agree with you, getting upset at them and calling them idiots isn't likely to convince them of anything. They have the right to vote with their dollar, too.


With that, however, I'm going to close down this topic. Discussions on the evils of DLC in general can go in Off Topic. If you have a comment to make on Dragon Age 2 DLC it can be made on the DLC thread specifically-- or a thread that deals with DA2 directly and not simply as an excuse to discuss DLC. Thanks.

Modifié par David Gaider, 14 janvier 2011 - 07:12 .