If you look at my previous entries, you could get the impression that I am totally against DLC's. Actually I am more against them than favoring them but not totally against them. Anyway, comparing the situation to a year ago I think many more are against the DLCs than before. Why ? Here are my reasons.
1- Consciousness. Right now there is a solid consciousness over DLCs, in the past, when they were emerging and not that popular most people did not know what to think or how to react to DLCs. Tons of articles and discussion influenced people and now they totally know how to feel on DLCs.
2- Too many DLCs. DLCs kept coming and coming, even when there were only a few DLCs back in the day, people did not really care about them since they were featuring only extra content. Nowadays some DLCs are vital for the full experience.
3- Games with regular DLCs vs Games with no DLCs. Call of Duty genre vs BF Bad Company. While you pay 15 $ for 4 maps, you get all free for BF BC2. This is just one example. There are more like that. When that happens usually the light bulb in people's head is turned on.
4- No change of plans. They still introduce same amount of DLCs for their new titles and seems like they never listen to what gamers say about DLCs. Game companies are totally ignorant in that matter.
5- Weak content. Imagine you pay some amount of money for that extra content and it doesn't justify the price tag... Frustrating really.
6-Lack of trust. When you see already introduced add-ons before a game is released - dragon age II exiled prince , couldn't they include it in the full game ? - trust issues begin. People think that specific content is extracted from the game to make extra money when It could have been included in the full game where you pay almost 60 $.
Well, those are my reasons basically. Game studios should be very careful with those DLCs, it's quite dangerous as it could hurt that company's image easily and turn their fans into enemies.
If I were them, I would only introduce DLCs after some time that the game is released. And ideally the content would justify the price tag and not upset the gamers who tend not to buy those add-ons.
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