Gamers OK With CoD DLC Prices, Says Treyarch

[aashell13]

Meh. Treyarch hasn't seen a cent of my money since MW2, and isn't likely to at this rate. the way games nickel and dime you to death in general these days grates on me.

I remember being able to go to wal-mart with $15 and come home with a jewel case version of a AAA game... ah the good ol' days...

 

[The Funslinger]

I have to admit, the guy has a point.

If the price was too high, people wouldn't buy it. That fact that people buy the hell out of it suggests that the price is fine. Y'know, for a given value of "fine".

Still... $15 for 5 maps. That leaves a decidedly bad taste in the mouth.

Eaarrggg...

Actually, they aren't okay with it. The cluster of CoD fans round here bitched endlessly about the rising prices, and made several good points... then went on to faithfully buy the DLC like a good little *****. Almost there guys. Almost.

Only one of them snapped out of it and went "well you can just fuck right off." All in all, the fans don't like it, and if prices keep rising, it'll snap them out of their stupor.

 

[The Electro Gypsy]

Of course they say it, it justifies their crazy money making schemes. Although the idiots who actually buy the DLC packs and CoD at all nowadays deserve to have their money stolen by a big soulless corporation

 

[Riggnarok]

I'm sorry, I paid $60 for the game. I'm not pay $30 for 10 maps to do the same shit I can do with the maps that came with the game.

I'm quite content with running around in the same place over and over. : P

 

[randomsix]

Lol ziplines in a combat situation? What is COD trying to be? A B grade action movie?

But adding new mechanics now? It seems to me that considering how some people said that Blops was just a mewtwo palette swap, they should have had these things from the get-go. I doubt people just suddenly decided they wanted more map interactivity, so why not implement earlier?

 

[Vault boy Eddie]

Makes perfect sense. I guess that's why I didn't buy the first one, won't buy the others and will definitely not buy MW3, because CoD has become the new Madden.

 

[noble cookie]

No, we don't like it, we are forced to get used to those damn prices. It's just a lot of the CoD community (and let's face it most of them only play CoD) know nothing else in terms of gaming and are willing to pay those prices to get their drug fix.

You realise CoD map packs are the only ones priced at 1200ms points, right?

 

[Waaghpowa]

Consider this, maybe it's not that gamers are ok with the price, maybe some of them don't know any better or don't have the same concept of value.

Similar to how the early settlers exploited the natives, exchanging land for beads or blankets. Not so much that it meant nothing to them and they were ok with it, but they didn't have the same concept or understanding.

If we consider most of people people saying "It should be free like it used to be in the day" as being the old school gamers, then is it possible that the ones ok with paying for the dlc are "newer" gamers and therefore don't have the same experience?

Just a thought, not to bad mouth anyone or call anyone dumb but it's a possibility when you take into consideration that this current generation of games is attracting a lot of new players.

 

[Roan Berg]

>$3 per map
>Some of the maps are lifted from the campaign
Come on . . .
That's not a lot of bang, if you ask me.

 

[dmase]

Yeah not bad at all. You see when me and my friends chip in to buy DLC off PSN we just pass it around to whoever wants it from that point on. Be fair and share you ware.

 

[TilMorrow]

Since when? Just because people buy the overpriced DLC doesn't mean they like the price. They have to deal with it due to a company that likes money are un-negotionable over the price.

 

[JET1971]

its not worth it at all. new maps is a generic addition to content and I wont ever pay for new maps

 

[AndyFromMonday]

Is it just me or have industry "veterans" started to redefine the meaning of the word asshole? First they claim new developers won't get to develop AAA games, then another one claims his audience doesn't get "his" game, then we've got Bioware claiming Dragon Age 2's format worked(it's on their forums) and now this bullshit? How far up your own ass do you have to be to turn into such a vapid, soulless piece of shit?

 

[SovietSecrets]

I'm not okay with them releasing a broken shitty port for the PC so I will never buy anything from Treyarch again.

 

[beema]

I hope Josh Olin gets cancer. That is all.

 

[vxicepickxv]

I hope Josh Olin gets cancer. That is all.

That's a bit harsh, he's only doing his job.


That said, I think 15 is unreasonable for the DLC, especially when the new game comes out November 8th, and everybody will move on to that one.

Activision: Like clockwork with Call of Duty.

 

[Evil the White]

Meanwhile, I'm still enjoying my free hats.

Thanks, nicer developers!

 

[Mad1Cow]

Well this just sounds like a confession to me. "YES we know our DLC is expensive, heck I wouldn't pay that and I made it. But so long as the idiots keep buying it out then by all means, we're just gonna see how much milk we can get out of good old daisy..."

It's the community that annoy's me the most, "I'M UPSET, BUT I WILL KEEP IT TO MYSELF AND SCREAM AT EVERYONE OVER THE MICROPHONE BECAUSE I CBA TO WRITE A LETTER OF COMPLAINT!!!" If each of them wrote a letter of complaint saying "I didn't buy your map packs because they're insubstantial and overexpensive" then didn't buy it, they could probably see it dropping in price and have them learn a lesson...FIGHT THE POWER PEOPLE!!!

 

[Tsaba]

Pssst! Pssst! Hey Josh Olin from Treyarch.... no they're not.

 

[Sniper Team 4]

What kills me is that I have to pay $15 for ONE map. Multiplayer can rot, but I must have more zombies. I wonder if they'll ever release a game with all the maps in it and nothing else. I'd probably end up buying that.