THQ: The Future of Gaming Is Lower Prices, More DLC

[Hader]

In terms of maximizing profit, it may work. From a business standpoint it isn't a bad idea. From a reasonable gamer's view though, I don't know...could go either way. Personally I am not much of a DLC person anyways so regardless I likely wouldn't buy the DLC in the first place. As far as the ATV series goes, I love it, first console game past NES I ever played was Offroad Fury 1. DLC for the series makes no difference to me though, I am more into the old school style these games had then the new style.

 

[Frotality]

Those where the days.....but yeah, I hate this plan. Mainly becuase I can't download things online. The idea is too realish shorter games and lower pricers more often. Not put out about of DLCs to milk people for more money.

yeah, thats THQ's idea.... but if this idea gets picked up by the rest of the industry, milking is exactly what will be on every other publisher's mind.

 

[Scarecrow]

Those where the days.....but yeah, I hate this plan. Mainly becuase I can't download things online. The idea is too realish shorter games and lower pricers more often. Not put out about of DLCs to milk people for more money.

yeah, thats THQ's idea.... but if this idea gets picked up by the rest of the industry, milking is exactly what will be on every other publisher's mind.

Why is our industry made up of ass-holes?

 

[LightningBanks]

I like this idea alot. I generally dont finish games before I either get bored or stop for other reasons. So getting a game for cheaper would suit me fine. As long as the DLC isnt an extra costume or something

 

[Frotality]

Those where the days.....but yeah, I hate this plan. Mainly becuase I can't download things online. The idea is too realish shorter games and lower pricers more often. Not put out about of DLCs to milk people for more money.

yeah, thats THQ's idea.... but if this idea gets picked up by the rest of the industry, milking is exactly what will be on every other publisher's mind.

Why is our industry made up of ass-holes?

the release of quake brought about the era of online FPSing, obnoxious children later discovered it and whined to their horribly unqualified parents to buy it for them, and sadly those insipid persons-whom-i-distaste-very-much outnumber actual gamers, so publishers are appealing to them instead of us now. pretty much, gaming became to popular, and like the movie industry, is on its way to becoming mostly culturally worthless crap.

 

[Scarecrow]

Those where the days.....but yeah, I hate this plan. Mainly becuase I can't download things online. The idea is too realish shorter games and lower pricers more often. Not put out about of DLCs to milk people for more money.

yeah, thats THQ's idea.... but if this idea gets picked up by the rest of the industry, milking is exactly what will be on every other publisher's mind.

Why is our industry made up of ass-holes?

the release of quake brought about the era of online FPSing, obnoxious children later discovered it and whined to their horribly unqualified parents to buy it for them, and sadly those insipid persons-whom-i-distaste-very-much outnumber actual gamers, so publishers are appealing to them instead of us now. pretty much, gaming became to popular, and like the movie industry, is on its way to becoming mostly culturally worthless crap.

How sad....I'll always have my old games thought. They can't take thoses away....can they?

 

[nofear220]

Hm, I could see this working... Maybe...

This could definitely work, but I can see it just raping our pockets in reality.

 

[iblis666]

i love dlc as long as i can redownload it if i have a problem like my hard drive catching on fire and as long as i can pick and choose what i want

 

[Exort]

In other words: "...making you pay for shit that should have been in the game in the first place."

Fuck you with a fist, THQ.

You pay less for less content, what is wrong with that.

 

[Exort]

Extra Credits much?

Extra Credits suggest to put content on the CD and be unlock with a code in new games not extra DLC. Anyway, I pretty sure Extra credits isn't the only guy in the world that can come up with such idea.

 

[Traun]

Those where the days.....but yeah, I hate this plan. Mainly becuase I can't download things online. The idea is too realish shorter games and lower pricers more often. Not put out about of DLCs to milk people for more money.

yeah, thats THQ's idea.... but if this idea gets picked up by the rest of the industry, milking is exactly what will be on every other publisher's mind.

During the early days of gaming id would release the first scenario of Doom and Heretic as a demo and the game would contain the other 2 scenarios. It could be like that, pay for two-thirds of the game and if you licked it pay for the other one-third.

It could be good...but it won't. I've seen too much to actually believe that this will end well for the customer. Also, we both know that if this succeed (and it will, the new generation of gamers seems to throw money without really thinking things through) EA would be all over it like a fly on a ****. I think Ubisoft is trying to test this with "From Dust", but no DLC's have been announced yet. So yeah, get ready for the new marketing model, because recent trends in gaming show that this will be the future.

To anyone believe that this will end well for the customer ? I hope you are right, but I doubt it, I?ve had my soul crushed too many times already.

 

[V8 Ninja]

That's probably the best option for them to go with, especially considering that sports games usually get released every year with (usually) minor enhancements. However, seeing the whole game industry adopting to this method is a bit harder of a vision to imagine...

 

[Dogstile]

I'd take it a step further. Put the barrier to entry at almost nothing---like $9.99 or $19.99. Then DLC the shit out of it.

The kinds of gamers who don't buy AAA titles or wait for them to hit the bargain bin never spend more than $20 on a game anyway. The kinds of gamers who are like WANT!!! when it comes to their favorite titles could probably be persuaded to part with $10 a month for DLC releases over a life cycle that could be planned out almost like an MMO and next thing you know you've sold them $200 worth of DLC.

It might be worth trying, but it's a hell of a risk and nobody knows risk-averse like game publishers (especially in this economy.)

Eh, I don't, and many of my friends don't do downloadable content. It'd clog up our basic original consoles (xbox) 15gb harddrive /way/ to fast. So they'd have to bundle a game like that with a decent harddrive at some point to grab me

 

[MazeMinion]

I agree with this, but only if the downloadable content packs are full expansions that actually expand the game, not stupid little map-packs.

 

[Antari]

Its like watching a blind man trying to navigate a military live fire obsticle course. You just know it won't end well.

 

[SimuLord]

I'd take it a step further. Put the barrier to entry at almost nothing---like $9.99 or $19.99. Then DLC the shit out of it.

The kinds of gamers who don't buy AAA titles or wait for them to hit the bargain bin never spend more than $20 on a game anyway. The kinds of gamers who are like WANT!!! when it comes to their favorite titles could probably be persuaded to part with $10 a month for DLC releases over a life cycle that could be planned out almost like an MMO and next thing you know you've sold them $200 worth of DLC.

It might be worth trying, but it's a hell of a risk and nobody knows risk-averse like game publishers (especially in this economy.)

Eh, I don't, and many of my friends don't do downloadable content. It'd clog up our basic original consoles (xbox) 15gb harddrive /way/ to fast. So they'd have to bundle a game like that with a decent harddrive at some point to grab me

Meanwhile my PC has a terabyte that I couldn't overload if I tried.

 

[Stormz]

Shorter cheaper games and tons of DLC, no thanks...Yes I'm serious. I'm not buying a 2 hour game and then dishing out a bunch of cash for DLC. I hate DLC and what happens if they shut down the servers or have major issues with them? No more DLC for you!

Or what if you don't have your Xbox connected to the net? I don't have a TV in my computer room right now.