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LudicrousSpeed on 06 September 2014
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eva01beserk said:
LudicrousSpeed said:
eva01beserk said:

Joke all you want, but history is repeting itself. DLC and timed exclusive content where the first step. Something tells me its people like you who laugh about it now, the ones who will be first to cry when the shit hits the fan.


DLC and timed exclusive content has been around for years, almost two decades it seems. If you're telling me in 20-40 years some of your wild predictions might maybe eventually perhaps maybe come possibly true, well, I'll gladly take "crying" over it then than crying now over the mere maybe possibility it might eventually down the line potentially happen. Thanks.

DLC started on the dreamcast and it took MS around a year to copy it, most likely a lot sooner. It was free then for the dreamcast and MS wasted no time in charging for dlc. the PS2 or gamecube where not online capable untill later the ps2 had an add on so that feture satyed off those consoles. But then next gen it was  a standard in all 3 consoles. Now to see a game without it its like finding a unicorn. That was incredibly fast if you aske me, A year not 20 like you like to exagerate. You can refrsh your history here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downloadable_content 

I'm cant say anything about exclusive deals cuz thats done by the console owners to get people to buy their console. But its a stretegy that EAA is trying to imitate. That little service is like a platform on its own in wich you pay to be able to get something otherwise unabailable. Its ovbious to see where this is going, its not a matter of "if", its "when".


It only "started with Dreamcast" if you're completely ignoring PC. Read your own link. Also, PS2 had paid DLC as well. Maybe even GCN too, Idk.

 

EA isn't going to lock entire games to the service because they realize their service is niche while most of their games are mass appeal. This wworks for Sony and MS because there is no competition. If EA locks a game like Battlefield behind EA Access people will just buy CoD.