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Intelligent Discussion: Current Gen Gaming
Rocket50:
--- Quote from: Cake ecaF on June 06, 2012, 12:23:17 PM ---From my view point:
No one releases a full game anymore without putting the other 50% out on DLC which will total up to more than or equal to the original game value. So you're basically paying for full two games.
Corporations start rolling out stupid shit like premium subscriptions where you pay for the full game again, just to get a bunch of maps and some stupid unique combat knife/assault rifle.
The whole gaming market is directed toward FPS games, no paying attention to anything else other than exercise games and retarded motion games.
Large Corporations (EA, Activsion ect.) like to shit out the same game and slap a new box on them and sell them for $60, knowing that casuals/13 year old kids will keep on buying them, just because it has a name such as "Call of Duty" or "Need for Speed".
I'd love to go more in-dept with this if necessary. Now post your opinions about the current gen market.
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The things your griping about happen almost exclusively with a EA and Activision, aka, not the ENTIRE gaming industry. No other company but EA would do cash grabs like these without an uproar because EA doesn't give a shit about its reputation and Activision knows that it will always have the little kiddies buy up whatever it shits out every year.
DLC for the most part is fair:
-The game is released with enough content to constitute a game
-The developers decide to make more for the game post-release
-They charge for it
That's not a bad practice when it is reasonably priced. But when you attempt to sell it at a price higher than the game itself, then that's a problem and like I said, no one but EA and Activision have done it and gone out unscathed.
Samo:
Here in Australia, they release the latest Call of Duty (on console) for $120, the "limited edition" for $160 and that "prestige edition" for $240. All it came with was a remote control car. And you guys think you have it bad.
Astropilot:
I :thumbsup: ed on "No one releases a full game anymore"
Really now. All of a sudden you pay for your game and you have to pay for more shit to have a better experience. And what's worse is that it isn't free. That kind of marketing is for MMOs. Not full solid games, that you pay around 30-50 dollars with.
The times when you should release an expansion pack is when your fans really like the game and want more experience of it. Now they just release 1/4th of the game while the other parts are still being made.
Cake Faice:
--- Quote from: Rocket50 on June 06, 2012, 04:37:03 PM ---The things your griping about happen almost exclusively with a EA and Activision, aka, not the ENTIRE gaming industry. No other company but EA would do cash grabs like these without an uproar because EA doesn't give a shit about its reputation and Activision knows that it will always have the little kiddies buy up whatever it shits out every year.
DLC for the most part is fair:
-The game is released with enough content to constitute a game
-The developers decide to make more for the game post-release
-They charge for it
That's not a bad practice when it is reasonably priced. But when you attempt to sell it at a price higher than the game itself, then that's a problem and like I said, no one but EA and Activision have done it and gone out unscathed.
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True. But just when like 9 or 8 years ago where you could thrive off of a PS2/Gamecube/Xbox Game for months...even years without the need for DLC, and look at today's market where you can beat games within a week and have an option buy DLC to keep replenishing the gameplay...just kinda sad that you can't play games like you could anymore.
cogsandspigots:
I have to say that Bethesda and Relic are doing it right in the DLC department.
And Valve is just Valve.
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