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Well just dance has downloadable content on Wii U so the console does get it when needed i guess lol.

Personally I don't buy DLC as its a waste of money. If the game can't please me from the retail release then I don't get sequels simple as that. AC without DLC is still worth playing so no biggie and it shouldn't be an excuse to use not to buy.



 

 

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kitler53 said:
KylieDog said:
Just the excuse Nintendo fans need when the game fails to sell. The same fans that called CoD sales on Wii proof third parties games can sell, despite missing the DLC.


reads through rest of thread.. 

Of course people will point out that a disadvantaged version will have impaired sales, it's common sense.



Talal said:
How many of game buyers purchase DLC anyway? I've never bought DLC my friends never bought DLC why is it such a big deal?


Exactly, this is the reason why no having DLC shouldn't be an excuse for Wii U owners if the game flop.  It's is not like the game is missing features or things like that.



Then Ubi will bitch and moan at Nintendo cause their games don't sell on WiiU...

I was'nt planning to buy AC anyway, could'nt care less about this yearly franchise. Altho I am planning on buying Watch Dogs. If I have to bet money on it, I would bet on it not having DLC on WiiU also, but I don't care much since it's a open world game that seems to have enough content and odds are that when I'm done with it I'll be ready to move on so I was'nt planning on getting DLCs either way.



 

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Angelv577 said:
Talal said:
How many of game buyers purchase DLC anyway? I've never bought DLC my friends never bought DLC why is it such a big deal?

Exactly, this is the reason why no having DLC shouldn't be an excuse for Wii U owners if the game flop.  It's is not like the game is missing features or things like that.

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The doctor have something to say about them AC4 DLC, yo!

 



Angelv577 said:
Talal said:
How many of game buyers purchase DLC anyway? I've never bought DLC my friends never bought DLC why is it such a big deal?


Exactly, this is the reason why no having DLC shouldn't be an excuse for Wii U owners if the game flop.  It's is not like the game is missing features or things like that.


Their is around 4mil WiiUs out there, how many of these 4mil WiiU owners also have a PS3and/orXbox360? Probably alot. I'd go as far as to say that it's probably half of them if not more. With the WiiU version offering less but costing the same price, why would any of these 2mil multiplat owners buy it on WiiU? They will all buy it on their other consoles. So out of these 4mil, take away half of them that will obviously buy it on other consoles thx to Ubisoft, and also take away those who are legimately not interested in the game, how many sales are left?

It's not that WiiU owners don't buy 3rd party games, it's that WiiU owners who most of them are multiplat owners buy 3rd party games on their other consoles for obvious reasons provided by those 3rd party publishers. Me for example, I'm a WiiU owner. Will Warner Bros get a WiiU version of Batman Origins from me? No, because I preordered the limited edition on PS3 cause WiiU not only did'nt have the limited edition as far as a know but also lacks the entire multiplayer mode. They will still get a sale from a WiiU owner but not the WiiU version since they are offering a subpar version. But offcaurse me buying it does'nt matter cause WB will obviously bitch and moan about WiiU owners not buying their games neverless. 



 

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Metrium said:
Angelv577 said:
Talal said:
How many of game buyers purchase DLC anyway? I've never bought DLC my friends never bought DLC why is it such a big deal?


Exactly, this is the reason why no having DLC shouldn't be an excuse for Wii U owners if the game flop.  It's is not like the game is missing features or things like that.


Their is around 4mil WiiUs out there, how many of these 4mil WiiU owners also have a PS3and/orXbox360? Probably alot. I'd go as far as to say that it's probably half of them if not more. With the WiiU version offering less but costing the same price, why would any of these 2mil multiplat owners buy it on WiiU? They will all buy it on their other consoles. So out of these 4mil, take away half of them that will obviously buy it on other consoles thx to Ubisoft, and also take away those who are legimately not interested in the game, how many sales are left?

It's not that WiiU owners don't buy 3rd party games, it's that WiiU owners who most of them are multiplat owners buy 3rd party games on their other consoles for obvious reasons provided by those 3rd party publishers. Me for example, I'm a WiiU owner. Will Warner Bros get a WiiU version of Batman Origins from me? No, because I preordered the limited edition on PS3 cause WiiU not only did'nt have the limited edition as far as a know but also lacks the entire multiplayer mode. They will still get a sale from a WiiU owner but not the WiiU version since they are offering a subpar version. But offcaurse me buying it does'nt matter cause WB will obviously bitch and moan about WiiU owners not buying their games neverless.

Missing DLC it's not the same thing as missing a multiplayer mode, missing features or bad frame rate.  It's the same full game in every console with the same gameplay and probably almost the same performance.  The reality is there's is a minority who really buy DLC for games.  If peope really choose the ps3/ps4/360/one version over Wii U version, it would be for whatever reason except DLC, so if the game is destined to flop on Wii U, with or without DLC, it won't make a difference.  And if wii U owner would keep making excuses in every chance they have then don't complain when developers cease once and for all to develop for Wii U.  First years of ps3 owners were similar, always having the worst version of games with badly frame rate and ps3 owners still buy the games and look at now, 360/ps3 version looking almost the same.  The choice is simple, buy the version or don't have any version at all.



Luck said:
Nem said:

I can only conclude that theres some issue with Nintendo and the Eshop regarding DLC.

Probably something Nintendo should look into, as its not really working out. Its not the first time this happens.

Either that or Nintendo really doesnt want to support the practice of not shipping whole games and breaking pieces of DLC out of the game to sell separatly further on.

You could conclude that it's Ubisoft who doesn't deem profitable enough to develop DLC for their Wii U customers and would rather give them the middle finger. Or yes, you could also conclude that it's Nintendo's fault (i.e. Eshop cost too high compared to other platforms).

I'll let you guess which conclusion I favor.


I did think of that possibility aswell, but i would prefer to think that its a logistic issue. It is dubious indeed, and you are probably right.



Angelv577 said:
Talal said:
How many of game buyers purchase DLC anyway? I've never bought DLC my friends never bought DLC why is it such a big deal?


Exactly, this is the reason why no having DLC shouldn't be an excuse for Wii U owners if the game flop.  It's is not like the game is missing features or things like that.

High multiplatform ownership means that this is indeed important. Those thinking otherwise are just trying to push the tired "Nintendo consoles simply do not sell 3rd party games" meme.



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