Many predicted this, and it's no shocker to find that Scamco Bandai will be introducing Yoda and Darth Vader as downloadable characters for Soul Calibur IV. Yoda and Vader were exclusive to the Xbox 360 and PS3 respectively, but with Namco being one of the worst DLC nickel-and-dimers out there, it was only a matter of time before they were made available to all ... for a price.
This Thursday, you will be able to buy Vader for 400 MS Points on Xbox Live, or Yoda for $4.99 over the PlayStation Network. Yep, five bucks for a downloadable character, which is likely already on the disc. Don't you just love it when a publisher uses DLC the right way?
As far as I'm concerned, this is pretty grotesque. Namco Bandai has become almost self-satirical when it comes to downloadable content and I would like to think they won't be supported ... except they will, and that's sad.
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8:04 AM on 10.20.2008
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Otehrwise SC4 has been great, but yh, this is a scam.
Vebor'ad ures aliit
Mhi draar baat'i meg'parjii'se
Kote lo'shebs'ul narit.
Basically it was shit. And 5 bucks for one characters is all the same.
I traded mine toward LBP a month ago. No pangs of remorse on my end.
I'm going to do exactly the same thing.
i hope who ever came up with this 'DLC money scam' idea gets their tiny penis trapped in their flys every day for the rest of their poxy little life.
(continuing is sarcasm)
*cough*Yoshimitsu (he didnt start in this series)
*cough*Link
*Cough*Spawn
Lets not forget that Dante nearly made it into SC3.
Serioiusly, when did everyone come out of the woodwork to bash SC4 for having special guest characters? Goofy extra characters have been around since essentially the birth of the series.
Also, $5 is too much for a broken character.
since namco ask you to pay extra for the 'joy' of unlocking them.
lets see... burnout paradise dlc = free, yoda and vader for sc4 = $5? wow, messed up.
...Okay, so I'd actually rather buy Lugia than play Pokemon Coliseum, go dig up my old GBA and GBA/'Cube Link Cable, go put it on Ruby or Leaf Green, and then go catch it in Pal Park. But that's different. I really hate the Pokemon Coliseum games.
...What was I talking about?
only problem is i accidentally purchased the fucking schoolgirl costumes so namco already thinks i am a complete tool.
::shrug:: I can't help it. I buy a lot of overpriced DLC but I never regret it after the fact. I always make sure it's something I reeeeaaallly want. If I were to follow your example, I would never have bought Braid, one of the greatest games of all time. As good as it was, it was still 5 dollars more expensive than it should have been.
And "It's not as if you have to buy it"? Give me a break. People will buy this. Stupid people will justify these prices in the eyes of the companies. You're right, I don't have to buy it, but if I want the industry to change and stop trying to take advantage of us, then I'm gonna bitch until I turn blue.
Sorry, man, but that logic is really laughable. Who do you think these companies are? More people buying their product does not equal lower prices. It equals, "Hey, these kids are sucking this stuff up. Let's pump even more out there!" They can never have enough money. You give them more, they'll want more; not less.
You're right. I guess I was only trying to convince myself. Oh well. I'm still buying Vader on tuesday.
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/10/23/soul-calibur-star-wars-dlc/
The comment section makes a convincing argument that it could still be, though.