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themcnoisy · 2015-04-08T23:36:32+00:00

This is about DLC or expansion packs as they used to be known. Many years ago they were released 9 - 15 months after a FULL game had become a commercial success. They were to keep fans of a particular series or game happy. Not to fleece people. Yet tonight DLC has hit a new low. I have been unhappy with DLC as its now known, since assasins creed 2. A whole episode of the main game was relegated to DLC (episode 12 or something) which you had to purchase separately. Ive since seen great games segmented into map packs, costumes held back, characters missing, tracks left out, gametypes missing, a store screen on every game and worst of all was tonight. In Dynasty Warriors 8 empires you can pay £13.99 for the dlc of changing your characters voice. This is no joke. A part of dw6 out of the box, is now an extra £13.99 on top of the £30-£40 for dw8 empires retail release. So why has this happened?

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themcnoisy
Fri 10th Apr 2015

And that Mr Forrester is the best arguement, well thought out and written. I agree.

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BAMozzy
Fri 10th Apr 2015

kyleforrester87 wrote:

I agree, and these big publishers have only thrived because of things like DLC/yearly sequels etc. which, like it or hate, is the systemic result of the underlying problem. Rather than get annoyed about it I actually find it quite exciting. While their are lots of crap ideas it'll only be the truly good ones that last so I'm looking forward to seeing it evolve naturally into a better and better case scenario. And if that's a resurgence of indie studios ultimately leading us to a new golden era of gaming in 10 years time after these studios become more established and capable of creating larger yet more interesting games that'd work just fine for me I don't think we actively need to "vote with our wallets!" and get the pitchforks out, rather just let things unfold as they need to and support what you perceive to be value.

I don't think its just a case of Sequels and/or DLC that has enabled these companies to thrive. It may help a bit but it also enables them to take 'risks' on new IP's too as any loss will be offset against the more profitable games. We have seen quite a few new IP's from these companies too - Watchdogs, Destiny, Titanfall, Ryse, Knack, The Order, Bloodbourne, Sunset Overdrive, Evil Within, Evolve, Driveclub, Screamride, Lords of the Fallen, Murdered Soul Suspect, Dying Light to name a few and more on the way - the Division, Ride, Project Cars, Mad Max, Scalebound, Until Dawn etc and no doubt hear more in the next few months in the lead up to and including E3.

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