Poll: Personal Issue with Batman: Arkham City

[DesiPrinceX09]

Doesn't matter, nothing too important will be cut out. A bunch of skins and optional parts of the game with a (sexy) cat lady will not make that much of a difference. But hey, I pre-purchased Arkham city already so I am gonna enjoy playing as cat woman as well as Robin in the challenge mode (got it from Best Buy). I prefer the Robin bundle pack to a different looking Batman.

 

[Stevo92]

I'm buying it new cause I want the game, I don't give a balls about a character skin since it doesn't effect the game at all....it's dumb to go I'm not gonna buy it or buy it used cause of one thing, completely stupid.

 

[IceStar100]

THE JOKER

*Is tackled and beaten mercilessly by Susan Arendt*

 

[FoolKiller]

Once again, this topic comes up.

I hate that they do this to incentivize (is that even a real word?) buying a game new. I only know the stats for the 360 but apparently 30% of owners don't have LIVE. So this means that 30% won't get all the content that they are entitled to when they buy the game new. How is that fair in a single player game?

For me, it was going to be a day 1 new purchase but their greed has just turned me into a person to buy it used. As a consumer, I can only really vote with my dollar and with these tactics my vote disapproves.

 

[CobraX]

While I agree this kind of stuff is BS, you might as well still buy it, the only thing this is gonna accomplish is making you miss out on a awesome game. Besides it's not the developer's fault - It's normally the Publisher who decides to do stuff like this (Warner Bros.)

I wish someone organized a mass protest of these anti-used games tactics used by Game Companies and everyone just agreed not to buy games that did this, eventually causing this shit to stop....but that isn't ever gonna happen.

You could always buy it used a couple of days after launch and just miss out on the Cat-women levels, it's better than missing out on the whole game and none of you money will go to Warner Bros....but none of it will go to the hard working passionate devs at Rocksteady Studios either...

 

[Gerard Hughes]

I dont care about the add-ons
I only buy dlc for games that I whore out too(Bioware Games) and when I do I dont mindplaying a little extra

 

[Trogdor1138]

I'm waiting for the inevitable GOTY edition. I can't really spare the money to buy it and the only game I'm buying new this year will be the Metal Gear Collection.

In the meantime, I'll probably borrow it off my brother and likely just have to deal with not having the Catwoman stuff. At least I'll have more to do when I play it later though right?

 

[Iron_Man_977]

for one, while its hard to believe, rocksteady is not made up of alien wizards. they are humans like you and me, and they need things like food to survive, so they are just trying to rake in some cash. also with the skins they are realising the skins later as DLC, so here's what you do: buy from amazon and save about $20 on taxes & shipping (they discount it once it gets above a certian price, and $60 is high enough)then use all the money you saved to get even more skins than you would have by preordering!

Strangely enough if you buy used rocksteady already got payed for that item, they already had a hearty meal from the sales. They put no extra effort or outlay into the game since it was sold once so they should get no extra money when it's sold again.

while that is true, often when buying used it is from someone who already owns the game. while you may be buying it from a store selling used copies they're just ensuring that they keep the income going a long time from now untill they've had enough time to make another game

 

[dogmachines]

Hey they gotta make money somehow...

By which I mean "Isn't it enough selling the game itself?"

If only it were...

For years it was. The pre-order stuff is total bullshit too. If your game is good, it will sell. No need for 5 characters from separate retailers to increase hype. All it does is sucker in people who may not have bought it otherwise, like with Brink and it's cluster of pre-order bonuses.

 

[Kopikatsu]

I hate that they do this to incentivize (is that even a real word?) buying a game new. I only know the stats for the 360 but apparently 30% of owners don't have LIVE. So this means that 30% won't get all the content that they are entitled to when they buy the game new. How is that fair in a single player game?

It's not a real word, but we get your meaning.

As for people not having LIVE...I was one of those people. And it was EXTREMELY frustrating. I actually sold my 360 and got a PS3 almost entirely because of that. (The other part of the reason is I like the PS3 exclusives)

Really sucks for those people. It really does.

Hey they gotta make money somehow...

By which I mean "Isn't it enough selling the game itself?"

If only it were...

For years it was. The pre-order stuff is total bullshit too. If your game is good, it will sell. No need for 5 characters from separate retailers to increase hype. All it does is sucker in people who may not have bought it otherwise, like with Brink and it's cluster of pre-order bonuses.

Video games cost more and more money to make, but they can't charge any more for it. They have to increase their revenue somehow. Besides- They're a business. Their entire purpose is to make as much money as possible.

 

[Nouw]

I have no problem whatsoever. They're purely cosmetic and do not affect the gameplay for one thing. And chances are, they're going to come out as cheap DLC later.

 

[Zing]

The skins are frivolous. Don't really care about them.

 

[Shane McCay]

Quite so. Playing as the Dark Knight again is its own reward in my opinion.

 

[Titan Buttons]

I'm still buying the game mainly because the work on it is sold and I don't think the creates of the game should be punished for the marketers money grubing.

Also the batman skins is actually an ethical markeeting stratergy because it's saying "Pre-order and for that we will give you these skins" which do not effect the game in the slightest if a person does not own them. They are a trivial reward for being loyal. While those that don't buy the game through pre-order or second hand they might not get skins but it does nothing to the gameplay so they have nothing to complain about.

The Cat-woman unlockable content (I don't use DLC because nothing is actually downloaded) on the other hand, made me want to cancel my pre-order on the spot. it is wrong to lock content that is already on the disc from people who have bought it. It's like selling someone a car but then taking out the radio or A/C and selling it seperatly.

 

[Dr. wonderful]

Hello fellow Escapees.
Recently, I have seen what is going on with Arkham City, and I have decided not to buy it.

I was a huge fan of the original game, it was great and I felt real joy when City was announced, but now I see that they are doing just about everything to the game that I hate.

They demand pre-ordering from diffrent places for the diffrent skins. I.E you would have to pre-order it from 6 diffrent places to get all the costumes

And as if that wasn't bad enough for me, they also said that if you bought it used, you would have to pay to unlock Catwoman as a playable character.

I don't know about you guys, but this business model speaks only "CASH NOW, DO EVERYTHING TO GET IT" to me, and I despise it. I will be buying it used, just because it's my own personal "FUCK YOU!" to the business model.

Thoughts?

I just saw a vanilla walkthrough WITHout catwoman.

It was fucking amazing.


Anyway, Just wait till it releashed as DLC. Other then that. Just buy the bloody thing. If you buy it new, it's already in the case.

As I pointed out earlier. All the skins will become DLC in the future. You decide which one you want, then you pick it out.

Personally, I think the skins look awful (except for the 1980s batman one. That was fucking awesome).

 

[pppppppppppppppppp]

They demand pre-ordering from diffrent places for the diffrent skins. I.E you would have to pre-order it from 6 diffrent places to get all the costumes

Uhh, the point is to add variety to the bonuses, you're not supposed to get all six costumes. I don't see how this is a money grab unless they're going for the "OCD patients with too much expendable income" demographic.

 

[Jegsimmons]

all this stuff will be free and or unlock able anyway, so just get one from gamestop.

 

[krazykidd]

Tell me, OP. Did you complain when Soul Calibur II (I believe it was II) had three different exclusive characters depending on which console you bought it for?

Wasn'T that soul caliber 3? plus thats entirely different, each platformes had different character, you didn't have to pre-order NOR pay extra money for them ... hell You can get a batman arkham city skin from buying the blu ray green lantern movie... i mean really ? ... Really?

 

[irequirefood]

Oh no, you're missing out on a couple of aesthetic choices, and what essentially is side missions as another character, because you want to get the game cheaper and give absolutely no money to the developers for it. My heart breaks for you.

 

[Hamish Durie]

omg imma miss out on skins
don't care and I didn't find out about catwoman till a few days ago so It felt like a bounus rather then gouging
i'm ok