Question of the Day, August 13, 2010

[Cabisco]

I do pay extra for maps etc, well I did but then I slowly realised so few of them are worth it. For the most part I don't think I'd pay for anything other than more content and that will only happen with games I really like. Not COD, sorry activision.

I think the best system for a company to keep making money would be through pay per piece of content method already around, just make sure the content is great. I'm sure some people would spend 100ms points on a really cool gun (like adding an SA80 to cod etc, not a game breaker).

I would hate paying for month and only getting certain things I like.

 

[silver wolf009]

Goodies. If I like the game ill pay for extra goodies.

 

[syltman]

Virtual goods that don't give in game advantage.

 

[SalamanderJoe]

Extra modes, more content/maps, more challenges/achievements. It's why I'm still playing Bad Company 2. They have the whole DLC/online content thing down. I mean they're adding a whole new expansion pack to Bad Company 2 set in Vietnam. Its why I keep coming back.

 

[Nivag the Owl]

I would prefer a system where playing the game gave you credit for virtual goods. Not really that bothered about any of the others, and definitely no real money would be involved.

 

[Jesse Custer]

I suspect that the grand majority of people in the "I wouldn't pay for any of these. 79.4% (100)" are TF2/Valve players/customers (I was also a big lover of the UT series, until 2004). I shake my head in disbelief when people pay for map packs.

 

[ArMartinez02]

Man, this is one of the many reasons is making me want to stop playing CoD, I love the CoD series, but lately delivering half-assed games, no updates whatsoever, and poor control over their game makes me wanna stop and sell the game back to GS.

I would pay for DLC, but thats as far i'll go, paying for other content that in first place should off already been in the game? blargh, gotta hate activision these days.

 

[FoolKiller]

I just don't get why I would have to pay for the main reason (at least in the case of CoD) for the game after I had already purchased the game. Arguably Call of Duty and many others have a relatively weak single player campaign and the main focus is on multiplayer. Then why would someone want to pay full price for the single player portion if they would have to spend more to play the main focus?

Shouldn't the single player cost $5 then?

 

[Jared]

For a shooter. No. Not ever!

RPGs perhaps, they are different, but not a shooter!

 

[Patton662]

Remove mod support and later charge ludicrous prices for 4 maps of which 2 weren't even new. You know what, I'd rather buy the whole Valve catalogue again than pay a single penny to Activison. It's such a shame that Blizzard merged with them because I like Blizzard

 

[Keava]

Hmm. Let's see. No?
I can understand paying for content, actual content, that adds something to game in a noticeable way, allowing new experience. When it's just a few maps or, or vanity stuff then frankly they can stuff it where the sun doesn't shine.
Want my money - work for it. Release a proper expansion pack for appropriate price with maps, game modes, achievements and all the rest of junk included in a single package.

 

[imgunagitusucka]

I play and love COD on Xbox360 and have since launch. I've never bought one of their overpriced map packs. Not one. But I've bought all the halo map packs, even though I like COD better. It shows the power of a reasonable price point.

 

[UnravThreads]

I had to go with "virtual goods", but only to a point. I have to say I agree with Blizzard in that there shouldn't be a "pay to get ahead" option (such as buying top-tier weapons for money).

I've bought map packs in the past, along with different kinds of DLC, but generally I don't want the balance of the game to be upset. One reason I've not bought the Aegis pack for ME2, despite it being a single player game, is that the armor (on paper) is very powerful and I don't want that.

If a dev is going to offer, at a reasonable price, extra skins or maps, then sure, I'll bite. But I won't buy anything I see as being capable of upsetting game balance or ruining game mechanics. I learnt my lesson with the piss-poor Feastday pack for Dragon Age: Origins (it almost completely negates the approval system) and it's why I've not bought the card unlocks for Duels of the Planeswalkers.

 

[fix-the-spade]

No, never.

As the Valve shooters, the Battlefield series and Quake/Unreal ably show. The best extra content is the product of a healthy player and mod community. They're far more valuable than anything the developers can come up with first hand and cost nothing but your time and friendliness.

When publishers/developers try to control these things directly you end up with Modern Warfare 2, where modding gets you banned and they expect you to pay £10+ for five below average maps.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

The only shooter add-on stuff that I've paid for was DLC for Fallout 3 and Borderlands and a character pack for Killing Floor (and that was mostly just to support the devs). I wouldn't pay for any of those crap, especially "Creation of ladders and leaderboards". Why would I pay extra for something that is going to be full of elitist and cheaters? And, I actually said this for the first time with a series of games yesterday, but I'm done with Call of Duty. I might still play 4 and/or (probably) 5, but I'm not buying any more. I didn't even say that about Halo, just lost interest in it...

 

[Cynical skeptic]

... Liking these poll results. Yesterday's was kinda fluffy (if only for the lack of a "none of the above" option) but between the guitar hero's poll being over 50% "don't own" and this one being over 70% "not retarded," kinda boosts my confidence in this forum.

 

[Marter]

I wouldn't. Online shooters are not something I partake in very often. They aren't important, and I'm not going to spend money on them.

 

[CloggedDonkey]

I would pay for more stuff, as in DLC like map packs and new weapons, but never for crap that I could get by just playing the game more.

 

[Blue Musician]

None, I do not pay a game for then having to pay more.