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Great blog and one I agree with strongly!!
Both online passes and overpriced DLC piss me off. As gamers, we're getting spat in our face because devs and publishers know we're willing to spend that much on crap and they're perfectly fine taking advantage of us. It's sort of our fault but it's still pathetic that they do it.
It's pretty sad since devs first started including multiplayer modes in games that had no reason to include it in the first place just so that they could maybe sell a few more copies and now they're trying to make us pay for it. Bullshit.
Both online passes and overpriced DLC piss me off. As gamers, we're getting spat in our face because devs and publishers know we're willing to spend that much on crap and they're perfectly fine taking advantage of us. It's sort of our fault but it's still pathetic that they do it.
It's pretty sad since devs first started including multiplayer modes in games that had no reason to include it in the first place just so that they could maybe sell a few more copies and now they're trying to make us pay for it. Bullshit.
Great blog with some interesting thoughts.
I do agree that the whole online pass thing seems to forget that there are some people without an internet connection... but generally, it's people with an internet connection most interested in purchasing the online pass. The addition of single player content with the pass seems to mostly be including some minor extras - though that's now and who's to say how it will be handled in the future.
Of more concern is that some games are virtually not playable when you bring them home and unwrap them without a lengthy download and install of the "Day 1 patch". I really think that a patch should not be necessary on Day 1 except in really rare circumstances, but increasingly they seem to be becoming a standard thing as more and more games go "gold" and ready for retail with every intention of working a few more weeks to fix bugs and release the dreaded day 1 patch.
The "season pass" stuff is also fine for those that want it... but I have to wonder how many people will pay upfront for DLC that they really know next to nothing about. It's rather like buying a wrapped box of chocolates... fine if you like chocolate so much you'll eat plastic tasting stuff... but I think more discerning tastes would rather wait and pay a little more for higher quality (or at least known) stuff.
I get that devs are trying to create some form of after-market game revenue. What with used games and rentals, they really only have a very small chance to make their profit... but like yourself, I also think they're doing it wrong.
I do agree that the whole online pass thing seems to forget that there are some people without an internet connection... but generally, it's people with an internet connection most interested in purchasing the online pass. The addition of single player content with the pass seems to mostly be including some minor extras - though that's now and who's to say how it will be handled in the future.
Of more concern is that some games are virtually not playable when you bring them home and unwrap them without a lengthy download and install of the "Day 1 patch". I really think that a patch should not be necessary on Day 1 except in really rare circumstances, but increasingly they seem to be becoming a standard thing as more and more games go "gold" and ready for retail with every intention of working a few more weeks to fix bugs and release the dreaded day 1 patch.
The "season pass" stuff is also fine for those that want it... but I have to wonder how many people will pay upfront for DLC that they really know next to nothing about. It's rather like buying a wrapped box of chocolates... fine if you like chocolate so much you'll eat plastic tasting stuff... but I think more discerning tastes would rather wait and pay a little more for higher quality (or at least known) stuff.
I get that devs are trying to create some form of after-market game revenue. What with used games and rentals, they really only have a very small chance to make their profit... but like yourself, I also think they're doing it wrong.
Simple solution: don't buy these games. That's the only solution I can see. Of course that's easy for me to say - I rarely am interested in the latest AAA games anymore.
Good blog. I wish more gamers realized how bullshit the online pass is...
Good blog. I wish more gamers realized how bullshit the online pass is...
My biggest problem with the whole online pass ordeal is that people without an internet connection are basically given the middle finger. Even if they DO buy new, they STILL won't get to play as Catwoman (or whatever).
Innocent bystanders, I suppose.
Innocent bystanders, I suppose.
