Xoxotl wrote on Apr 10, 2012, 09:17:

NKD wrote on Apr 9, 2012, 23:59:
DLC is going to continue to be an issue for triple-A titles because the cost of development increases while the retail price of a game is decreasing (after inflation is taken into account.) Indie games can make their games more affordably with less money lost to the middle-men, so it's not a big deal there.

Nah. I can't accept this explanation. I'm pretty sure triple-A titles like ME3 are making metric buttloads of profit for EA/Bioware. But they're gonna try to nickle-and-dime you on DLC whenever they can. There simply is no excuse for day zero on-the-disc DLC being a extra paid SKU.

I'm willing to bet that indie developers don't even come close to the total profit margin per copies sold that the big publishers do with triple-A high profile titles.

JohnBirshire wrote on Apr 10, 2012, 07:10:
That's the stupidest argument I've ever heard, people who make it are idiots. The only thing people don't buy and sell used are condoms and toilet paper. If you want to put video games in the same category as them, go right ahead. However, arguing that I can't sell something I bought because the developers would make more money if I didn't is asinine. I guess I should burn my house down and have the builder make me a new one instead of selling, trash my used car and only buy new, etc etc etc. Ridiculous and absurd.

Sepharo wrote on Apr 9, 2012, 22:52:

Scud wrote on Apr 9, 2012, 22:48:
My respect for them went down considerably when they said that buying used games is as bad as piracy.

Sorry if this derails the thread (and Jerykk shows up) but...

It is, it's (arguably) worse.

Steele Johnson wrote on Apr 9, 2012, 18:46:
The game is probably good enough to buy day one and have a helluva time playing the classes it comes with. You guys worry too much. lol

7.62WorldOrder wrote on Apr 9, 2012, 17:12:
What annoys me is that they spent development time that could have been used on making the game better/more polished/less buggy for release and do this instead to try to wring a few more bucks out of people. The more successful this tactic is, the more it encourages developers to spend more time on DLC stuff during the "normal" development cycle. The percentage is going to go nowhere but up.

Of course the pirated version will have everything including the DLC characters available on day one.

Jonjonz wrote on Apr 8, 2012, 08:00:
I had high hopes that Funcom would not repeat the mistakes of AO and Conan, but then I saw that they include melee weapons like hammers in the new game, which is just the same old fantasy rehash.

D4rkKnight wrote on Apr 6, 2012, 21:15:
Is this for real? I thought this was a Call of Duty announcement. How is a multi-player expansion the first thing released for a -until now- single player rpg?

The Half Elf wrote on Apr 5, 2012, 22:41:
I have a question. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, but what happens when developers can't deliver? Are we going to have another dot com bust?

I would shrill like a happy kid if these all come to fruition, but at the same time, I'm a bit leery.

Creston wrote on Apr 5, 2012, 13:09:
I love how, in the Land of the Free, people will still bitch endlessly about others not feeling exactly the same way they do.

You can be free, as long as you do and feel exactly what should make the most sense according to me!



Creston