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6:17 PM on 10.30.2008, Jonathan Holmes

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Sony just announced over at the PlayStation.Blog that the first of their "premium" LittleBigPlanet Sackboys, based on Old Snake (from Metal Gear Solid 4) and Sephiroth (from Final Fantasy VII), will cost a whopping $1.99 each. These are just the first of the "premium" Sackboys to become available, with other designs "from our PlayStation family and even some outside the family" to come.

Now it would be one thing if these acks did something that other sacks couldn't do, like stab, or shoot, or realistically shrivel up in cold water, but instead all they have going for them is their resemblance to other videogame characters. As a fan of the Wii's Check Mii Out channel, I'm accustomed to downloading my videogame icon look-a-likes for free. Two bucks is hardly highway robbery, but it just feels bad to be charged for something my instincts tell me should cost nothing.

These "premium" sacks seem even more overpriced when you take into consideration that some other finely crafted sackboys (such as the seasonally available Halloween and spacesuit boys) will be free to download, and the most detailed and hard-to-make looking sacks (such as the frog and the gorilla) will only cost $0.99.

Despite all this bellyaching, I'll likely be buying all of these suckers, because I'm rich and cool. That doesn't mean that I'm not puzzled by these prices. Any of you care to explain why Sony is doing their LBP DLC this way? Is it simply because... they can?

[Via PlayStation.Blog -- Thanks, Adam!]

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Funky Goodness

I'd have no problem with this if Sony actually released their PSN cards IN FUCKING EUROPE!
Not everyone in the entire world possesses a credit card, Sony.
Pricks.

eternalplayer2345

I don't own outrage but that's pretty low, even though those two sacks are amazing, I would never pay for a sack, it's not that important to have a good looking sack it's how you play with it. (LOL sack)

thebza

hey whatever happened to the launch week space suit? launch week is almost over and i haven't seen anything about it yet :(

my preorder code for kratos *finally* worked yesterday, so at least i got that.

superezekiel

Why you're not willing to throw money at Media Molecule like I am, I'll never understand.

Kalmah

I wish I was rich and cool enough, like you, to buy all these games... it is a bit overpriced.

Sharpless

So, all of a sudden, $1.99 for a single character is too much for you, Jonathan?

Necros

$2 each for those costumes is highway robbery. Yet...I'll probably still buy them.

@ thebza

If you actually read the Playstation Blog, it says that both the Space Suit and the Halloween costume are going to be available for free from 11/6 to 11/19. A bit late for Halloween, but at least it'll be available.

Walrus

At least the people with a lust for white-haired sacks will now how much their desires cost. I might get the Snake one, though. And thebza, if you looked at the link, the space suit, along with a pumpkin head mask, will be avaliable from 11/6 to 11/9.

Solivagant

Thank GOD for Horse Armor. That's where it all started, and you schmucks know it. Whoever bought that crap at 2 or 3 bucks for a god damn texture replacement should be shot down, and then held for trial.

Solivagant

king3vbo

2 bucks? Layme

Dexter345

They're pricing it at two bucks a pop because people like YOU will buy it.

Personally, I think they're cool, but not worth any more than free. Also, it's Sephiroth.

Walrus

I meant 11/19. Oops. Though I'd like it better if it was 11/9, make it more collectible.

solidgoomba

Sony? Milking what looks to be their most promising new franchise? Noooooooo

Jellybean Quisling Man-cheese XII

Already paid 10$ for the Nariko and Kratos packs so sure why not. At least Actiblizzion or Scamco Bandai won't see any of it. "No plans to make Yoda/Vader available in the future." Right. CUZ IT'S ALREADY ON THE DISC YOU SCUM OF THE EARTH! In the immortal words of mr/ms Garrison, GO TO HELL! YOU GO TO HELL AND YOU DIE!!

/endrant

vexed alex

And like the insanely priced Megaman DlC, people will buy these too.

I seriously, seriously weep for the future of DLC. This is why we're being taken advantage of.

Those focus groups sure have been effective. They are squeezing every penny out of gamers. Props to them.

Palidi

You fail to mention that eventually they will have themed bundles of four premium costumes for $6.

THATS LIEK GETTING ONE COSTUME FREE!!!

Also, Does want the Old Snake(or can I say "Old Sack") costume even at 2 bucks.

Drach

@funkygoodness:
You can buy prepaid credit cards at your corner store. If you want the damn thing bad enough give Visa or Mastercard some money and buy. Stop complaining about having or not having credit cards. That argument died years ago with the advent of ATM cards and Debit cards.
I'm not really sure where you are located at, but I do recall these things being available to me when I was in Holland. And I hate to break this to you but just about everyone has a checking account. And if you don't is it honestly that hard to go, get money from the bank (or loanshark, or your parents) go to the store/bank/quicky mark set the $20 on the counter and say "I want a prepaid Visa or mastercard" It's Simple problem solving that you should have picked up from your first time playing a video game.

As for the price of the scrote boy? it's cheaper than the Yoda for SCIV. Which I kinda find offensive. I mean.. Yoda should have come packaged with the game as an unlockable... (you can play as Darth Vader but not as Yoda? O_o) I honestly don't bite for shit like this. I bought Mega Man 9, but refuse to pony up more cash for an extreme mode, or to play as Protoman.

klubjunkee

Unlike the Frog and Gorilla, Snake and Sephiroth aren't Sony IPs so I'm sure Konami and Squenix wants a cut, thus the premium price.

ultimateshoops

You know its for the money, Sony need the money.

Shirley Temple

Have you already forgotten Yoda for SCIV at $4.99?

TrailerParkJesus

Does it come with an extra difficulty setting? Awesome!

coffeesash

I might have bought the frog and gorilla costumes for a dollar each but those pricings probably equate to �2 ($4) in the wonderful rip-off world of the European PSNs.

vexed alex

@ Jellybean Quisling Man-cheese XII

That's incredible logic.

"Oh well. I was already raped before. No harm in being raped again."

I'm sorry for being a jerk, but gamers are fucking stupid.

And before you tell me not to buy it, don't worry. I won't, but you will, and that's why I'm mad about.

As time goes on I'll be the least bit surprised when we begin paying for halves of games and have to purchase the rest later. Look at Megaman 9, Siren, Lumines on XBLA, and Pain.

Meanwhile TF2 and Burnout get free content and you're going to try and tell me that paying for this shit is justified in any way. It's absolutely disgusting.

pedrovay2003

I agree with Vexed. That's horrible logic.

CALkulon

Fuck sake. They shouldn't cost anything. Where's the free stuff for delaying the bloody game?

And no, I won't be buying any DLC bullshit like this.

Anti-Everything

I know a friend of mine will get Sephiroth. I will put stickers and tags and dangly things all over him so he can't enjoy it.

Jellybean Quisling Man-cheese XII

@ vexed alex

But it hurts so good.

ran24

Dammit people, stop buying DLC. You know it's ridiculous to pay for, yet all you do is complain and keep coming back like abused women. Keep your money!

TrailerParkJesus

@Squawk

The people who are "whining" are not going to buy it. But they are also "whining" because others will still buy it. And there are enough out there that will plunk down the money on this, and in turn, every gamer will look exploitable in the eyes of publishers/devs.

That's the main complaint here. The actions of every other moron that will carelessly waste their money on bullshit like this will end up affecting everyone else who do not want to be nickel-and-dimed.

VWGTI

Cool beans.

parrothead

Seems like too much

vexed alex

Exactly, TrailerParkJesus.

That is exactly what I'm worried about.

SLiFE

Overpriced? Square and Konami need to get their cut as well.
And if you don't agree, vote with your wallet (though with all the FF/MGS/Japanophile fanboys out there, won't make much difference).

Now what they REALLY need is a Blasto sackboy.

casualweaponry

Screw that! Support people like Criterion and Valve, who know that when they add free stuff to their game sales go UP.

Sorry, I respect the work that went into making these sacks. But they're nothing more than different textures, and I'm not paying for that.

thebza

"Oh well. I was already raped before. No harm in being raped again."

well, you can really only lose your virginity once, so after that is it really so bad you're raped again?

CALkulon

@coffeesash:

I bet you two downloadable costumes that it won't cost that much. Seriously. EU PSN has always been reasonable for price conversion and Sony has got their act together regarding content, stop being so damn bitter.

gitrooman

I got rid of my PS3. Sony's milking its customers for every penny they can but they treat us (me anyways) like garbage. Never again. I'm supporting PC gaming till the end.

Dark-Eco-Freak

Konami and Squeenix gotta get paid. It makes sense to me.

CelicaCrazed

Wow. A little pricey. Don't tell MS that people may be willing to pay $2 for clothing for characters.

groebo

..|., Sony... I already paid enough for your damn box... GIVE ME FREE SHIT

Arttemis

God, that's retarded.

Jonathan Holmes

Before buying any DLC, I ask myself one question- "Will I get more enjoyment from this than I would price-equivalent items from the McDonald's dollar menu?" If "yes", then I buy it, if "no", then I don't.

Proto Man in Mega Man 9 was worth $2, because the character played completely differently from Mega Man, and ended up providing me with about 6 additional hours of fun I would not have otherwise had. That's more fun for my buck than I get out of two McDonald's double-cheeseburgers, which keep me full for about 5 hours.

Old Snake Sackboy, on the other hand, would only amuse me for about 15 minutes, unless of course he has snappy codec dialog, QTEs, or other solid gameplay properties all his own.

So for those keeping track-

Proto Man > Two cheeseburgers > Old Snake sackboy.

Sharpless

I'm sorry, but $2 for a single character is still $2 for a single character, I don't care if one has a couple of tweaks made to what he's capable of. These may be slightly more gratuitous than Protoman's DLC, but the divide isn't anywhere nearly as large as you seem to imply it is.

(It's also worth noting that LBP is a $60 current-gen game and this DLC is frivolous and cosmetic, but MM9 was a $10 arcade game that had some fundamental features stripped so that people would pay more. There are plenty of differences here; bad ones. I don't think you're being reasonable.)

Niero

I'm sure that what we're looking it at is 50% opportunity cost and 50% licensing fees to square/konami.

Jonathan Holmes

@ Sharpless- Huh?

catsithx

They look so cute you just want to beat them with a stick and then set them on fire right after that.

Magesx

BREAKING NEWS

GAME DEVELOPERS LIKE TO TURN A NICE PROFIT

Magesx

Also, Sharpless, how can DLC for a game that heavily encourages customization of your character have, at the same time, frivolous and cosmetic DLC? Yes, it's obviously cosmetic, but isn't that the point? If this was a change of clothes for something like MM9, then yes, it would be frivolous, but not in something like LBP.

For the record, I'm not going to buy them. Probably.

Sharpless

@Jonathan
Wut?

Oh fuck it. I don't really care that much. :)

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