Poll: Downloadable Content Doesn't Belong In Games

[karp250]

well if u look at something like the GTA 4 DLC that was a huge amount of content and you can understand how it didn't really fit into the original game. moreover developers have schedules they need to get things done by it is a business of entertainment. If u think it is just hacked on DLC don't buy it if the game was good enough on its own merits then you shouldn't really need it.

 

[Kuchinawa212]

I dunno. It allows me to play more of the game I like. Now if they force you to buy it just so you cna play multiplayer (like halo 3) then I start to get a bit mad.

Alright Halo 3 doesn't FORCE you to get them. and now they give all the maps to you free, but before...ugh I hated that I was one map pack short and I couldn't play in nearly any of teh ranked matchs.

 

[Enigmers]

Rock Band DLC is spot-on, because you don't have to buy a disc and pay for maybe ten songs you want, fourty you've never heard of, and ten you know are absolutely terrible, you pick and choose exactly what you want and have a ball.

Otherwise, it depends on the game and the DLC, if the DLC adds a lot of content for the game in relation to how much it costs, then why not?

Especially if it's from VALVe, they've been giving out free DLC for Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress 2 (at least on the PC, Microsoft is charging you for the DLC if you bought them on the XBox 360). Personally, I think that if a company releases free DLC, that shows people how coolio the company is and then people would be more likely to support said company.

 

[silverbullet1989]

dlc needs to be more justifiable....
Half the time it feels more like developers are rushing out a half finished game at full price (or more if your IW) Whilst in the process of making, or thinking up dlc for it... IMO developers shouldn?t need to release dlc for a game if they actually spent the necessary time making a FULL game in the first place.

As a pc gamer (here we go) map packs and stuff which is now classed as dlc were called patches... and were FREE! Now we have to pay for stuff like that because of this dlc generation were stuck in. Oh and before im slated as a console hater, i own a 360.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

If a company decided to make DLC for a game, it should be free. Has long has you payed for the full version of a game you should be able to experience EVERYTHING the game has to offer and not just a part of it.

Naw even the retail games should be free. I mean why should people get paid for working on games. It makes no sense.

Who cares that the game costs 50 bucks, we should charge extra for content that should have been included in the game in the first place! That totally makes sense!

 

[slipknot4]

I personally love dlcs. I would find a Zombie island very misplaced if it was not a DLC.
Same thing applies for fallout 3.

Map packs on the other hand. GTFO

 

[Xanadu84]

Notice how you don't see many Expansions these days? That's because DLC has pretty much become the newer, more convenient, more varied in price and content, expansions. And just like expansions, you have to look at the content, and make your own judgment call about whether the content justifies the price. The difference is that since its a download, it's easier to distribute, and doesn't require the additional cost of a full release. DLC, as an institution is great. You can't say that bad DLC shows that DLC is bad anymore they you can say that a bad X Box game shows that the X Box is a bad system.

I read that a few times, and really can see no way that someone could interpret that above metaphor as a flame.

 

[Jadak]

Not all DLC is actually pulled from the game in order to sell it for inecrease profits in the future, that DLC I have a problem with.

On the other hand, if a Developer did everything they had the money/time for in the first place, and then the game does well enough for them to decide to continue development, that's great.

For something like MW2, no excuses. They're milking it, screw them.

 

[MorsePacific]

Care to share? =3

It's just a huge spooky area and really annoying zombies. There's way too many of them and there's no New-U stations to fast travel to, so you're always stuck walking through hordes of them as you try to get somewhere in the huge area. If you're a high level when you go in, don't expect to get more than four-ish levels out of the whole experience, and don't expect to get any new equips either. It was funny, though.

 

[Sebenko]

Horse armour.
And Broken steel- you bought the game, now buy a real ending!

DLC sucks.

 

[Hiphophippo]

Official DLC is a great thing. Paying for content that should have been on the disc is very different however.

 

[Verrenxnon]

DLC is a flimsy excuse to pilfer gamers for money in the weak attempt to lengthen a game's length. Compare that to the timeless classics still being played. If you really NEED to artifically generate interest in your game, you've failed in some way.

Take Mega Man 9's DLC: you had to download Protoman, an extra timed level, hard mode, superhard mode, and a few other things. What happened to unlockables?

 

[Abedeus]

Borderland's DLC for PC was even worse.

Not only late, but also stealth activating SECUROM. Come on...

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

I have drawn ire toward Bungie in their limiting access to a product by which I have purchased due to my fleeting interest in their additional maps. However with the exception of them, whilst I acknowledge such is an irritation for many, why would a company not offer DLC for a cost? When properly rendered it is bonus material which may well never have lingered upon their mind until a certain juncture. Thus they provide an option to download, for a fee. You are within your rights to ignore the product.

Certainly this is taken advantage of, Fable II was cited as an example once I recall and as initially stated, Bungie. I nonethelesss understand the reason such is not free. There is a design cost and they desire compensation.

 

[Voodoomancer]

DLC is good, awesome in fact. Adds more to your game.

Having to pay money for it... not so much.

Free expansions are FTW.

 

[The Anhk24]

DLC is stupid on XBL, here , give us money, and we give you crap!

Isn't that the point of any business? Honestly i dont mind the DLCs some are good otheres are just a waste

 

[hudsonzero]

i like it as long as it is not just released when the game is(im looking at you dragon age) but when its used to add stuff the developers have been working on since then(fallout 3) its OK

 

[dududf]

Borderland's DLC for PC was even worse.

Not only late, but also stealth activating SECUROM. Come on...

Wait..wait...wait...

I bought the game, because it DIDN'T have Securom, and that it's a good game. Are you saying they just forced Securom on me? Because now my .exe's bigger, and I'm finding out some hidden details in the 1.1 patch steam forced me to DL.

Please for the love of god, tell me my findings are incorrect.

If they are correct (if you don't know say so) Could I get a refund from steam?

 

[TelHybrid]

If it's like 1 or 2 extra missions, tbh it can sod right off unless it's free. I'm also against costume packs being charged for. If it's a full expansion like Wipeout HD Fury for example, then that's acceptable.