GardenSnake wrote...
But Shiori, DLC's bring in money none the less. 
Yes, but it's always the case of cost vs gain.
Developing a DLC isn't nearly as expensive as making an expansion. As a result, you can focus on story elements or characters that wouldn't be able to hold their own as a focus of an expansion.
Awakening was a pretty generic expansion that focused on very same things as Origins: what it means to be a Grey Warden. It was even new player friendly because it didnt require you to finish Origins in order to play.
Even with all that it sold poorly compared to Origins (I think I read somewhere that the sales were 1/3 of those Origins had).
By comparison, DLC dont have an imperative to bring in x amount of cash. They're cheap enough to make that covering the production costs is easy so everything they earn is extra cash on top of what the main game brought in. Think of them more akin to clothing and apparel rather then a game. You don't depend on them to survive but they do bring in extra money.
That's why Bioware can touch a wide range if subjects in their DLC: character development and story (Leliana's Song and Stone Prisoner), extra ingame content and items (Warden's Keep and RtO), mindless AU grindfest (Darkspawn Chronicles) or extra adventures outside the main game (Golems of Angarrak and Witch Hunt).
Witch Hunt, as content that's heavily focused on Morrigan, is developed primarily for those who romanced her, like her character or have done the DR. By marketing it as a final chapter of DA:O you get to bring in people who may not be fans of the character but desperately want that one last adventure with their Warden. Even if they don't care much about Morrigan or her plans, $7 is cheap enough for them to give it a shot anyway. Had it been an expansion ala Awakening, then they could have decided it wasn't worth their money.
Modifié par Master Shiori, 31 août 2010 - 03:36 .
) or if BioWare is going to wait until PAX starts on Friday to release anything. GIven BioWare's marketing, I wouldn't doubt they hold out until PAX but on the other hand I find it incredibly stupid they aren't giving this DLC more press- hell, even Darkspawn Chronicles and Leliana's Song had more press than this one and yet this DLC is probably the one many more people would be interested in, yet they've held out on it for so long.
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. I want my hope to be somewhat alive at least and the fact you come up with such good arguments for it just steeps me lower in the dumps. 
My Warden would also be a better mage to have in the party.
