x( Well that's just adding insult to the injury of your wallet. If they want to rip people off, they could at least not waste their time while doing it.Lvl 64 Klutz said:What's worse is when a company releases a ton of DLC all at once with premium pricing and doesn't bother making a discounted DLC bundle. Now if you want it all, not only do you have to pay $2.50 - $5.00 for every costume/weapon skin/map/character, but you have to do so one at a time.
Big deal, the story is pretty bad anyway. And the combat is so broken that you're starting to wonder if it was intentional. Wait... why did I even play this game to the end? =(TelHybrid said:I think Alan Wake was the biggest piss take when it comes to DLC. You have to buy the DLC !!TO FINISH THE STORY!!
Alan Wake isn't the biggest piss take when it comes to DLC because of that. Sadly, tons of games do that. And they are indeed all the biggest piss takers, but don't think for a second that Alan Wake is alone in it.TelHybrid said:I think Alan Wake was the biggest piss take when it comes to DLC. You have to buy the DLC !!TO FINISH THE STORY!!
Too much Cheese Steak for Jimmy probably.Manthraxx said:are you sure you're "the fatter one" at PAX?
Actually, I only watched the first sixty seconds of it, because I knew what it was going to be in it's entirety: as soon as Jim said the words"people threatened the lives of jennifer hepler's children," I knew the video was going to be rambling, knee jerk, half cocked, condemnation of gamers from a position of perceived moral supirority that all journalists are required to have by law. And pardon my french, but I'm goddamn fucking sick of it.Zachary Amaranth said:See, Jim? Steam sales are killing the market!
....But seriously, it is a good point that they want as much for a skin as we can get a game for. I mean, not even counting sale prices, I've got quite a few solid games from Steam's "Under Five Dollars" category. No, they're not the big AAA titles and whatnot, but you know what? I don't care. They're fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun! And isn't that what gaming is supposed to be about?
I'm interested in seeing what you have to say about Season Passes, though.
Yes, how horrible you were forced to watch an episode that made you feel bad.Machine Man 1992 said:Well it's about time, after you delayed this episode to bash your audience who didn't do anything to that Hepler woman, and the ones who did will have likely never even seen your episode.
It is kind of like punishing your fans for buying your product, isn't it?Lvl 64 Klutz said:What's worse is when a company releases a ton of DLC all at once with premium pricing and doesn't bother making a discounted DLC bundle. Now if you want it all, not only do you have to pay $2.50 - $5.00 for every costume/weapon skin/map/character, but you have to do so one at a time.
Even better, you didn't bother watching it but cast judgment on the contents.Machine Man 1992 said:Actually, I only watched the first sixty seconds of it, because I knew what it was going to be in it's entirety
Even if there are more companies, this is the standard practice now. Pointing out exceptions and outliers doesn't change the fact that previously, they couldn't even get away with this. If some of the practices from the end of this console cycle had been attempted even at the beginning of this same cycle, there would have been pandemonium on the interwebs.LosButcher said:Your argument that it used to be better is pretty weak. Although there is a lot of companies that try to squeeze all the money out of your pocket, there is a lot more games coming out these days.
Some of them are actually giving away their content for free, like Klei Entertainment (Don't starve) and Unknown Worlds (Natural Selection 2). These are the companies I want to support so that is where I put my money. Hell, I even buy extra copies of their games, just to support them (if anyone wants a copy of NS2, add me on steam).
EA and other big publishers are very greedy, I think we all know that by now.
Thank god for Jim
Valve are some of the biggest pioneers of anti-consumer policies in gaming. Of course, they have cheap games and Gabe is a dreamboat or something, so they get away with it. But still, hats are the least of our concerns when they made DRM practically a standard in the industry.BigTuk said:Pretty spot on Jim. Now remember DLC is 't a new thing. Remember SHareware, you'd get the first episode for free and you pay a little for each episode after.. used in such games Like doom, duke 3d, shadow warrior, quake, blood, etc etc.
Of course then it was reasonable.. now it's pretty abusive. Excuse me you want me to pay how much for a bloody hat?. Yeah Valve is one of the biggest offenders with this. hell I saw hats going for more than I paid for the whole damned orange box.
YOu know how you can make them stop this... by not bloody buying it.