Okay I think this is going to be last post I make here on these boards simply because the snobbish attitude here some hold is nothing short of pathetic. This unfortunately does not endear to me the fact that gamers are a respectful or considerate bunch. Quite the opposite actually. I use to think this community was pretty decent most of the time, minus the occasional troublemakers. But I guess a lot of people's true colors are starting to show.
Basically what I keep seeing in this thread:
"
Ha ha! You didn't get the Collector's Edition! Too bad so sad, no Prothean Squadmate!"
*Sigh*
For starters
there is/was a limited supply of the Collector's Edition. I'm quite certain that there are a number of people out there who probably wanted the CE, but couldn't get it. If I was one of these people I'd be pretty off-put by some people's comments here. It's worth keeping in mind not everyone is so rabidly obsessed that they follow every bit of news on the game or pre-order months ahead of time. If there were plenty of copies of the Collector's Edition this might be a different story.
More important to consider is this though:
Not everyone wants to spend $70-80 on a brand new game. Now yes in some cases those individuals might just be shiftless individuals who simply cannot afford it. But I'd say in a lot more instances folks simply are a little more choosy about what they spend their money on. $80 isn't what I'd call expensive, but it sure isn't exactly cheap either. I think expecting people to spend $70-80 simply so they can have all of the actual release content is a bit much.
You may beg to differ. You may think ME3 is totally worth $80, maybe even more. And hey that's swell. If you think ME3 is totally worth more then $60 that's precisely why the Collector's Edition exists. It's there for those who really like the series and want a few extra goodies to somewhat justify the price tag.
Collector's Editions however should not offer exclusive game story content. Weapons, armor, etc. that stuff is generally tolerable as being optional since that really isn't too important to the game experience. But if a squadmate is not considered part of the
experience, then what is the purpose or value of their existence to begin with? I find it very troubling that any squadmate can be considered unnecessary/optional in a story driven game.
If you ask me everyone who buys a new copy of a game should be able to have the most complete version of it. It's for this very reason why most GOTY editions include Expansions and DLC. That way even if you are buying the game long after release you'll be as up-to-date as those who have owned the game for awhile. And this is also why patches, updates, etc. are free. The fact some here are saying
well at least they're offering still offering it for purchase, is perhaps the most obnoxious thing I have ever read here.
Please tell me where it was advertised or ever said
that the additional squadmate was exclusive. For all you know this squadmate could have been available to everyone anyways. (
Also you were not suppose to know it was a Prothean either I might add.) Thinking Bioware would make something exclusive when it has much more selling power is simply foolish. And that probably brings up the real stinger of this issue: they know most fans would probably want a Prothean Squadmate. The sad thing is rather then simply giving all their loyal customers access to this character, they are with-holding him. They are dangling the carrot in front of us to see how much money we will cough up. Now I will agree EA/Bioware is a business, so there is no reason why they can't do this.
But believing this is "good business" seems very erroneous to me. While certainly a lot of people are looking forward to ME3, that doesn't mean it will eclipse sales charts There is a possibility (though highly unlikely) it could sell worse then ME2. Unfortunately rather then building support in the product to avoid this, and making Bioware look "good", they are making themselves look rather "bad".
It especially seems that way after Zaeed was offered for free under basically the same circumstances. Can anyone give me a good reason why this should not also be the case with the Prothean? I mean yeah they could have charged us for Zaeed too, but they didn't and I think it worked well for them and encouraged a lot more people to buy ME2 DLC. Again why not keep up the goodwill especially taking into account some people's resentments with certain recent things?
It's one thing that Bioware/EA is doing this. While I strongly disagree with it and personally will not buy this DLC ever whether it's a nickel or a hundred dollars,
it is their own mistake to make. However the fact some of you are cheering this on or just
NGAF has got to be one of the most shameful displays I have ever seen here. I guess I'm out of touch with things these days in that being an apathetic rock is what the "cool kids" do now. And no offense but I've seen plenty of people here do attitude 180s. You might want to be a tad more sensitive, since someday you could be the whiney one.
Honestly I don't think there is an easy solution to this. The way this whole thing was handled is going to anger a lot of people no matter if they leave it or change it. Frankly I would have thought EA/Bioware smarter then this knowing Day 1 DLC is not exactly popular. The thing is had the Prothean been made available to everyone from the get-go we all could have been content I think. Too late now though I guess.
I believe the usefulness of the feedback I can give here has come to an end. Seeing as pretty much all my interest has now been lost in any future Bioware titles my rantings are of even less purpose then they were to begin with. I wish everyone well and hope that my concerns have simply been misplaced and that I will be proved wrong.
Modifié par Bluko, 25 février 2012 - 04:26 .
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or just doing it for the amusement or at least i hope they are and don't actually think the way they do lol
