Oh Namco Bandai, is there any type of DLC that you won't be ashamed to sell us? Tales of Vesperia is rocking the PS3 in Japan, and that means it's time for Namco to do what Namco does best -- try to sell lazy digital crap that only a moron could justify spending money on. Want to spend thirty bucks on fake clothes for RPG characters? Scamco has made it possible!
That's right, folks! Namco Bandai has unleashed nine (APPARENTLY IT IS TWELVE, THANKS PARAPARAKING THE JOURNALIST!) downloadable character costumes on the Japanese PSN, costing ¥300 apiece. Add them all together, and you're expected to pay ¥2,700, or $29.75, for a handful of pretend clothes that probably cost all of two bucks to make.
You almost have to admire Namco's commitment to devaluing and whoring out every single game it publishes. Also, anybody who has bought this stuff is a dickhead.
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8:40 AM on 11.03.2009
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I suspect this all to sell, and sell well. Hell, the first place I read this gave it an overwhelmingly positive response. Idiots they are.
There are actually more than nine costumes available. (Hint: 12)
Wake me up when they're selling keys in order to boot up the game. Or a update to a game breaking glitch cost $1.
It's cheap marketing yeah, but welcome to life. We've been overcharged for everything since we were born. If you like it, buy. I bought a Tycho Brahe shirt for my XBL Avatar. I think it looks cool.
In theory DLC isn't a bad thing but paying for DLC is bad, because if this catches on (or already catched on) more and more content, that would normally be free, will be locked away for people to buy later. In the end everybody might end up with less than complete packages only because some people are buying DLC.
If you have the money to spend on this, buy Critter Crunch, Shatter and all of the Warhawk DLC instead. I want more ranked jetpack matches goddammit!! :D
No doubt the 360 version won't get any of this stuff. I love ToV but at this point I don't even care.
You now owe them $3.50.
Congratulations!
Eh? Burnout Paradise had so much free DLC - how can that be an example of how not to do it?
Also, did we all already forget Capcom selling us alternate costumes for SF4 that were already on the disc? Still, no one does it like Namco.
Yeah they did play it right to begin with. I never got the game until after the bikes were already added but it doesn't change the fact that their pricing is still way too high. I mean if you wanted to buy all the DLC to get the full experience of what the game has to offer, you'll be spending at least an extra $70 on top of the original game. That is way too much for additional content. Of course, I am a hypocrite and did buy Big Surf Island even though it was overpriced :P
Now that I think about it, where are my planes Criterion????
at least they sold me levels and money instead of costumes