Evolve, should they have...

[J Tyran]

It's a little while since release and the criticism over the game being "designed with DLC in mind" and as a "DLC portal" has died down a little, the game has slipped into obscurity pretty quickly and they have not released all the DLC yet so that doesn't bode well for their ambitions.

Many people, including reviews were scathing about the DLC plans for the game but did they approach it badly? If they had sold £0.50p plastic models of the ingame monster for £10 with a QR code to add the monster DLC would the reception have been better?

Using cheap plastic toys as portal for day one, on disk DLC has been incredibly successful for other publishers and console makers. Instead of criticism for it they receive praise and incredible demand, would a plastic model of a wraith and the other monsters done the same for 2K and Evolve?

 

[Lufia Erim]

So a rip off of amiibos? Well no. Because not everyone like platic toys or are collectors and they don't have the nostalgia of nintendo characters. The only reason skylanders worked was because it was aimed at children/families . Evolve has no such luck.

 

[Fhqwhgod]

Oh god you just reminded me that Evolve exists. Why?

 

[Inglorious891]

It's a little while since release and the criticism over the game being "designed with DLC in mind" and as a "DLC portal" has died down a little, the game has slipped into obscurity pretty quickly and they have not released all the DLC yet so that doesn't bode well for their ambitions.

Many people, including reviews were scathing about the DLC plans for the game but did they approach it badly? If they had sold £0.50p plastic models of the ingame monster for £10 with a QR code to add the monster DLC would the reception have been better?

Using cheap plastic toys as portal for day one, on disk DLC has been incredibly successful for other publishers and console makers. Instead of criticism for it they receive praise and incredible demand, would a plastic model of a wraith and the other monsters done the same for 2K and Evolve?

The target audience wouldn't of been interested in any physical Evolve toys for the reasons Lufia listed above. Hell, I like to imagine that me and my friends were the target audience seeing as we all played the alpha, beta, and all put 100+ hours into the final release, and none of us are even remotely interested in physical toys. Just gimmie the game and not a bunch of cheap plastic junk.