nin wrote on Apr 17, 2012, 09:19:
Sepharo wrote on Apr 16, 2012, 23:07:
NKD wrote on Apr 16, 2012, 22:27:
I don't think people realize the costs in printing thousands of t-shirts or books. The exclusive in-game stuff is actually much cheaper to produce, leaving more money for the actual game.
As long as the in-game exclusives are not overly significant, I don't have a problem with it. I consider it the cost of getting the games I want. Expensive to produce out-of-game perks are not going to support this business model by themselves.
There's lots of different ways to do the backer rewards... as we've seen with all the major gaming Kickstarters so far. Exclusive DLC missions shouldn't be one of them.
What about an exclusive perk, like Wasteland's KS offered, and no one batted an eye at? :)
I guess I'm making the distinction at missions... game content beyond an aesthetic item or something minor. But hey, for all we know it could be a pretty minor mission.
"With the game purchase you get zones 1-8 but if you pre-order from GameStop you will also get zone 6B!"
"With the game purchase you get zones 1-8 but if you're a backer you will also get zone 6B!"
I know I'm making a mountain of a molehill but as I've said before I'm not going to change my position on exclusive DLC just because it happens to benefit me this time.