Mass Effect 2

[Fate]

It's not free. You have to pay $60 for the legitimate version. 

[Josquius]

GRAGGGH!
I hate damn extra paid content.

But...it's free...

the company plans continued DLC after the game's launch

[Neil]

They made an absolute mint on Dragon Age DLC.  You have noone to blame but yourselves.

[viper37]

I don't mind the DLC when they come a few months down the road, they're like mini expansion pack.
DLC wich you pay for at release, I don't really like, but many games have collector's edition of their package wich gives you extra maps, units, and such, so I don't see the diff here.

[viper37]

They made an absolute mint on Dragon Age DLC.  You have noone to blame but yourselves.

what are you doing at Bioware again?

[Valmy]

They made an absolute mint on Dragon Age DLC.  You have noone to blame but yourselves.

If they commit the resources to making more content for a game I enjoy why shouldn't I pay for it if I want it?  I mean it is pretty easy calculus to me.  Warden's Keep in DAO was hardly essential to the game.

[Slargos]

They made an absolute mint on Dragon Age DLC.  You have noone to blame but yourselves.

If they commit the resources to making more content for a game I enjoy why shouldn't I pay for it if I want it?  I mean it is pretty easy calculus to me.  Warden's Keep in DAO was hardly essential to the game.

When said DLC is available at launch, it feels to me like they're gypping me.

It's not a case of "we used more time to develop content for a game when we learned that people wanted it" but rather "we intentionally left parts out and relabeled them DLC".

Of course, it's entirely reasonable. It's not like they're selling the car without wheels.

Still, with a payment scheme like this I expect to pay less for the initial product aswell.

[Barrister]

They made an absolute mint on Dragon Age DLC.  You have noone to blame but yourselves.

Sad but true.

On a related note I was rather frustrated at the fairly byzantine combinations of pre-order bonuses for Star Trek Online, I wondered why they did that.  But when I heard of numerous people (Katmai) buying multiple copies of the same game just to get different pre-order goodies, I had my answer...

[Slargos]

They made an absolute mint on Dragon Age DLC.  You have noone to blame but yourselves.

Sad but true.

On a related note I was rather frustrated at the fairly byzantine combinations of pre-order bonuses for Star Trek Online, I wondered why they did that.  But when I heard of numerous people (Katmai) buying multiple copies of the same game just to get different pre-order goodies, I had my answer...

You shouldn't make fun of people's weight.

[Scipio]

Naturally, I pre-ordered the deluxe steam ed as soon as it was announced.  Hells yeah, bitches!

[Fate]

Mass Effect 2 has been on torrent sites for the past week but you have to wait until the 26th to download from Steam.

Bioware is incompetent. 

[Fate]

They made an absolute mint on Dragon Age DLC.  You have noone to blame but yourselves.

If they commit the resources to making more content for a game I enjoy why shouldn't I pay for it if I want it?  I mean it is pretty easy calculus to me.  Warden's Keep in DAO was hardly essential to the game.

When said DLC is available at launch, it feels to me like they're gypping me.

It's not a case of "we used more time to develop content for a game when we learned that people wanted it" but rather "we intentionally left parts out and relabeled them DLC".

Of course, it's entirely reasonable. It's not like they're selling the car without wheels.

Still, with a payment scheme like this I expect to pay less for the initial product aswell.

I think it's part of a larger anti piracy scheme. Leave some substantial piece of the game not on the installation DVD, require user registration online and validation to obtain it, and then you'll have less kiddies turning to piracy.

[Slargos]

I think it's part of a larger anti piracy scheme. Leave some substantial piece of the game not on the installation DVD, require user registration online and validation to obtain it, and then you'll have less kiddies turning to piracy.

A reasonable assumption, but it certainly doesn't work. DLC is available on the pirated versions aswell.

[katmai]

I think it's part of a larger anti piracy scheme. Leave some substantial piece of the game not on the installation DVD, require user registration online and validation to obtain it, and then you'll have less kiddies turning to piracy.

A reasonable assumption, but it certainly doesn't work. DLC is available on the pirated versions aswell.

And you would know this how?

[DisturbedPervert]

I think it's part of a larger anti piracy scheme. Leave some substantial piece of the game not on the installation DVD, require user registration online and validation to obtain it, and then you'll have less kiddies turning to piracy.

It is part of the anti piracy scheme, but for Dragon Age it was far from substantial.  The included DLC was one character and a 25 minute dungeon.  While a new character is nice I never used it, the new area was totally worthless and I can't imagine someone paying $15 for the whole package.

In general my main complaint with DLC is that it tends to be lame as hell and aimed at console users.  All the items in the Dragon Age DLC, as well as anything you can think of, can be made for free in the editor on the PC, but of course console players don't have that so they will happily shell out $10 for a couple new swords and a new hat.  Some companies also remove features from games that PC games have always have in order to sell crap DLC like they do to console gamers, like with Modern Warfare 2.  Not all are like this, I've heard the Fallout 3 DLC was pretty substantial.