Namco has announced their DLC plans for the Playstation Vita, and they involve launch titles Ridge Racer, Shinobido 2, and Touch My Katamari.
Ridge Racer will be getting a ton of content, including a gold pass program (secret Namco code for online pass...yuck) that comes with new copies of the game. The items detailed in the pass are five new cars, three new courses, two music tracks, and an extended music mix. Keep in mind that you need to buy the digital version before March 31st to get the pass for free, or it will cost you the equivalent of €6.99. Online passes for digital games - what will they think up next?!
Shinobido 2 will be getting a demo and premium content that will allow you to "battle against otherworldly creatures and bring down their 8 fearsome bosses" -- for all two of you people out there who were interested.
Katamari will also be getting a demo, but thankfully, its DLC will be a combination of both free and paid. The free missions that are detailed include "Snowman!, Shopping, Maid, Downhill, PAC-MAN and Soccer and Downhill with Toro". Additionally, it will be getting some paid mission and music oriented DLC down the line. Paid DLC for Katamari? It better not be on the cart!
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9:40 AM on 02.09.2012 | 
i'd touch that katamari
The Golden Dickit.
dat slippery slope
It has been years since I purchased an activision/blizzard product. And I wont purchase any EA products that use online passes or require Origin. (sorry Mass Effect 3. For me there will never be a complete trilogy.) BECAUSE I GIVE A FUCK ABOUT HOW YOU AND I ARE TREATED AS CONSUMERS.
They already do that with pre-order DLC. They want to do everything possible to make sure you buy the game before any REVIEWS come out.
Is there some deal with review copies that you can't release your review until the day of release? That seems damn shady to me.
I figure this is "new buyers get a bunch of dlc for ftee" which should have probably been in there in the first place.
Although the term did start out with online codes that strictly lock players out of online play, it has since evolved and leaked into single player games. In the press, the term still stuck -- my guess is because you have to *redeem* it online, or miss out on the content.
Maybe one day it'll be referred to as a "content pass".
two problems. Saying new buyers get a bunch of day 1 dlc for free is pretty much equivalent to saying "everyone else get content ripped off of the disc as punishment."
Also like it's been pointed out, even new buyers get punished if they don't buy and redeem quickly enough, even though those new buyers paid just as much and therefore supported the game just as much as day 1 buyers.