8 réponses à ce sujet

[LyonVanguard]

 Ok... wait... what?
Why couldn't they add this content to the retail game?
You expect me to pay $7.00 right after I payed $60.00 for a DIGITAL copy of a game?

[John Epler]

Be civil. Disagreeing with someone is not an excuse for a lack of respect.

[Stanley Woo]

Suron wrote...

y'know. I'm fine with DLC. I'm even fine with DLC relatively soon after launch.

AFTER LAUNCH

you have a damn trailer advertising this crap before the GDAMN game is even OUT.

tacky as all hell..and you wonder why so many get on you about bowing to your new EA masters.

I don't mean to sound like a douchecanoe here, Suron, but we are not obliged to ask your permission or run our schedule or decisions through you, so I'm sorry if you disagree with what we do. Those decisions are still ours to make, however, so please temper your disagreement with a measure of courtesy and respect. i'd appreciate it. Thank you for your feedback.

It is possible, even on the internet, to disagree with or dislike a thing without that thing being THE WORST THING EVAR THAT KICKED MY PUPPY!

[Stanley Woo]

Magatame, you must not have read all of my post. Allow me to repeat myself:

It is possible, even on the internet, to disagree with or dislike a thing without that thing being THE WORST THING EVAR THAT KICKED MY PUPPY!

So let's please cut out the name-calling and insults. i'd appreciate that. Thank you.

[Stanley Woo]

Sorry, folks, but we are not responsible for whether every individual knew or did not know about the Signature Edition offer. It was heavily advertised on our forums, website, and elsewhere. No one individual is so special that they should expect us to ignore our special offer expiry dates for them, whether they knew about the dates or not.

[Stanley Woo]

apoc_reg wrote...

Stanley Woo wrote...

Sorry, folks, but we are not responsible for whether every individual knew or did not know about the Signature Edition offer. It was heavily advertised on our forums, website, and elsewhere. No one individual is so special that they should expect us to ignore our special offer expiry dates for them, whether they knew about the dates or not.

Thats fair enough Stanley but can i ask why the decision was made to limit the signature edition at all? I cant see the benefit for you either?

Thanks

Limited time offers are a standard marketing tactic. You advertise a product that is only available for a limited time, creating urgency and an inclination to purchase said product. those who were going to get the product anyway might want to ensure they get it. Those on the fence might have their minds changed and move firmly over to the "will buy" side. Those who didn't want to buy it might be swayed by the extras being offered. It is a benefit to the customer, who will get the product they were already interested in plus extras at no additional cost. It is a benefit to the company because pre-orders are one indicator of how popular a product might be at release.

[Stanley Woo]

AnotherAD wrote...

swk3000 wrote...

BioWare has to submit a game to be made into disc form several months before the release date; they don't do so a week before the game comes out. .

So why was it "Dragon Age 2 went gold" announcement less than a month ago (02/11/11) ,

To clarify: a gold announcement means the completed game-on-disc has been approved for manufacturing. That game-on-disc still had to have been locked and submitted weeks earlier, and spent weeks in final testing to ensure there are no obvious, severe, and common issues.

[Stanley Woo]

ColdbringeR, Sylvius the Mad, either take your "debate" to private or agree to disagree. thank you.

[Stanley Woo]

ColdbringeR wrote...

AlanC9 wrote...

But why should it stir something up? The existence of a $7 DLC simply doesn't mean that the game has any less of that stuff than it otherwise would have had. If that's what causes the feeling, then the feeling is irrational.

It stirs something up because we consider the possibility that this DLC is simply a portion of the product that was extracted during development in order to be advertised as "bonus content". If this is the case, then we are indeed receiving less of a product than we would have if DLC didn't exist. I'm not claiming that this is the case however, but how exactly are we to know that it isn't?

Actually, ColdbringeR, what I've gotten from your "side" of the discussion is that it doesn't matter what you are told or what the facts are, that people should be able to feel however they feel. So really, you don't particularly care for any reassurances or facts or reasons.

This being the case, what do you want to hear? What would make you stop feeling like you're getting an incomplete product at this point? (And I say "at this point," because I would rather not have you ask for solutions which require us to go back in time, because time travel is not currently feasible.)

EDIT: If we cannot agree to disagree, or if there is nothing we can say or do to alleviate this feeling, then there is no more discussion to be had, is there?

Modifié par Stanley Woo, 03 mars 2011 - 09:54 .