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DarthVolod on 24 February 2012
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crissindahouse said:
DarthVolod said:

Does anyone remember when you could pay 50-60 dollars for a game and actually get a full game without paying anything extra for a multiplayer mode, dlc maps, dlc single player lvls, extra skins, weapons, ect?

I kind of see what Sony is doing here, but it sounds more like another attempt to break up otherwise complete games and sell them back to the consumer at a much higher price. Call of Duty Black ops is my fav example of this ... 60 dollar game and then another 60 dollars for a bunch of maps that mostly should have been included in the first place.

Paying 15 dollars for just the multiplayer of Killzone 3 ... not quite sure if that is a bargain. Between sales and other deals you could probably get the full game for 20 dollars or less at some retailers. Even if you buy the multiplayer portion you will have to get the map packs as well (I think not sure).

Only Nintendo seems to sell complete games now, and that won't last with the transition to HD/online with the Wii U.

yes i remember that. that was the time everyone of us didn't earn as much as nowadays because of loan increases. the time the developer didn't have to pay as much as nowadays for their employees as well. instead of that they could sell the games for 80€ which wouldn't be more for me than paying 120DM 15 years ago but this doesn't seem to work because most people believe a game should never increase in price even when they earn 500% more n 50 years lol.

Just raise the price of games then. I'll gladly pay 70 dollars or even 80 if it means I will get a full game without having to worry about dlc, online passes, weapon packs and ect. My concern is not so much price, but the hassle of jumping through so many hoops just to play a game.

Fortunately, it seems like more and more developers are releasing the full version of their games with all the included dlc that should have been there in the first place ... Borderlands GOTY edition, Fallout GOTY, Oblivion GOTY, Fallout New Vegas Ultimate ... ect. ect. As far as I am concerned, these are the official releases of these games, and what came before was an extended demo. Oblivion might be an exception though as I felt the game was complete even without the expansion.

Imagine if movies were sold 20 minutes at a time and you had to buy add ons in order to see the endings. This does happen with a few examples (lord of the rings extended edition and ect.) but, for the most part, when I buy a movie I am getting a full movie and not just 2/3 of a movie which is often the case with the mostly incomplete video games that are released now.

My ultimate point here is that I am not so much concerned about price as I am about being sold parts of an overall experiences when what I want is a complete game.