There's an interesting quote on
Joystiq from a GDC Europe talk by BioWare director of online development Fernando Melo, who says that a majority of the profit they saw from Dragon Age DLC was from sales of day-one DLC packs Stone Prisoner and Warden's Keep, saying this accounted for 53% of their DLC income from the game (thanks nin). Word is:
This figure accounts for those who bought Stone Prisoner for $15 in a used copy of Origins, and those who purchased Warden's Keep for $7 outside of its inclusion in the Digital Deluxe Edition. Since these two DLC packs, Dragon Age: Origins has had seven additional iterations of downloadable content, which account for less than half of the total DLC revenue from Origins.
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I can see situations where day 1 DLC would be fair. For example a game adopting a model where the initial game is cheap and you buy the rest if you like it. To play the devils advocate for a moment (as much as it pains me to defend day 1 DLC): What's the difference between day 1 DLC and paying extra for a Special Edition that comes with extra content on day 1? Because I'm pretty sure that what I did for DA (and Baldur's Gate 2 before it), as the two DLCs he mentions were included in my purchase...
We've had deluxe editions for years before day 1 DLC, and most people didn't mind. If you wanted it, you bought the special edition, and if you didn't, you didn't worry about it.
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RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure.
Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling... |
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