Halo Wars DLC Under Fire From Fans

[MrSnugglesworth]

The end of days for Video Games is nigh.

I tried to warn you all, but nobody listen to poor Zathras. Told you I did. Don't fall for new gimmicks like DLC and digital download games. But did anyone listen, no. Now you got monthly subscriptions on games that didn't even merit the purchase price, you pay for downloads that should be free, and have given game companies complete control over how, when, and where you can play your games, how many times you can install it, how many user accounts a game can have, and worse. Warned you, but nobody listen to Zathras. Not even The One.

I'm a bit confused here.

Your name is Khell_Sennet, and yet you say Zathras warned us.


Care to explain?

 

[phatty500]

The end of days for Video Games is nigh.

I tried to warn you all, but nobody listen to poor Zathras. Told you I did. Don't fall for new gimmicks like DLC and digital download games. But did anyone listen, no. Now you got monthly subscriptions on games that didn't even merit the purchase price, you pay for downloads that should be free, and have given game companies complete control over how, when, and where you can play your games, how many times you can install it, how many user accounts a game can have, and worse. Warned you, but nobody listen to Zathras. Not even The One.

I can't help but agree.
Gamers are really proving to be the least savvy consumers of all; quickly surpassing housewives. That's why furtuneoffs is going out of business and gameslop stock is doing splendidly. They're both the same kind of store: sell commonly found goods for premium prices to people who apparently don't know any better.

What we have to do is stop buying everything that's hyped up and actually find out what's in a dlc pack before buying it. The GTA4 dlc sounded like it was overpriced when we first got all the details and while playing it at a friends house, my suspicions were confirmed.

The real problem is that things are just going to get worse. Enough people will buy a few missions (that were just leftovers from development they needed to clean up) for $10, so they're going to try and charge you the same with even less to show for it. And it's going to get worse and worse until people stop buying it.

I really liked Saints Row 2 but the dlc they've been releasing is overpriced, so I'm not going to buy it; at least not until they drop the price.

whoa whoa whoa wait. the lost and damned was every bit worth it and i cant wait for the ballad of gay tony.

 

[Stalk3rchief]

Overpriced useless junk?
Welcome to X-Box Live!
=D

 

[Zac_Dai]

New game modes don't balance test themselves, you know.

Of course, you could just push them out free and woefully unbalabced then patch them to balance them later, but it's better to do some kind of playtesting first, and that takes time (and I speak as someone with experience balance and playtesting board and tabletop games).

It takes time, so you have to pay someone a wage to do it, so if you want to make money doing it, you have to charge for it.

We know this isn't the real reason.

PC Devs release free DLC all the time and due to the whole fiasco with TF2 DLC on the 360 we know its really because microsoft demands that all DLC should be paid for.

Whether you agree with MS business policies or not, thats the real reason.

The end of days for Video Games is nigh.

I tried to warn you all, but nobody listen to poor Zathras. Told you I did. Don't fall for new gimmicks like DLC and digital download games. But did anyone listen, no. Now you got monthly subscriptions on games that didn't even merit the purchase price, you pay for downloads that should be free, and have given game companies complete control over how, when, and where you can play your games, how many times you can install it, how many user accounts a game can have, and worse. Warned you, but nobody listen to Zathras. Not even The One.

I might be the only who gets your Zathras reference Khell.

<3 Babylon 5

 

[psychopathik turd farmer]

Yep, this sounds like a dick move. HALO is done (like players didn't know that when they realized HALO3 was solidly mediocre). It just needs to be buried in its space coffin and let Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare series take the FPS reigns of awesomeness.

But, on topic. Future DLC should take after Fallout3 and actually make good, new updates with new content that keeps players coming back for more.

THIS PERSON SPEAKS THE TRUTH!!
RIDE ON BROTHER!

 

[GonzoGamer]

The end of days for Video Games is nigh.

I tried to warn you all, but nobody listen to poor Zathras. Told you I did. Don't fall for new gimmicks like DLC and digital download games. But did anyone listen, no. Now you got monthly subscriptions on games that didn't even merit the purchase price, you pay for downloads that should be free, and have given game companies complete control over how, when, and where you can play your games, how many times you can install it, how many user accounts a game can have, and worse. Warned you, but nobody listen to Zathras. Not even The One.

I can't help but agree.
Gamers are really proving to be the least savvy consumers of all; quickly surpassing housewives. That's why furtuneoffs is going out of business and gameslop stock is doing splendidly. They're both the same kind of store: sell commonly found goods for premium prices to people who apparently don't know any better.

What we have to do is stop buying everything that's hyped up and actually find out what's in a dlc pack before buying it. The GTA4 dlc sounded like it was overpriced when we first got all the details and while playing it at a friends house, my suspicions were confirmed.

The real problem is that things are just going to get worse. Enough people will buy a few missions (that were just leftovers from development they needed to clean up) for $10, so they're going to try and charge you the same with even less to show for it. And it's going to get worse and worse until people stop buying it.

I really liked Saints Row 2 but the dlc they've been releasing is overpriced, so I'm not going to buy it; at least not until they drop the price.

whoa whoa whoa wait. the lost and damned was every bit worth it and i cant wait for the ballad of gay tony.

Gay Tony looks like it might be worth it if they bring back more fun stuff like the parachute but at $20 L&D was really overpriced. It was just missions and other little extras for the same exact city. What L&D needed was a new landmass (it didn't even have to be very big) and some of the things missing from the original gta4: rampages, tanks, anything missing really.