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Teeqoz said: I'm asking about something that's relevant to how Splatoon was released. Do you really think that it's completely irrelevant what you think about this concept when applied to other games, even though this thread "is about Splatoon"? How restrictive are you gonna be about what relates to the topic of this thread? The talk will hardly be infinite. In fact I think one paragraph would more than suffice to explain if you would be okay with the next Mario Kart, the next Smash Bros and the next Splatoon releasing this way. Certainly way less than what you've typed to dodge the question. However if you think this is completely irrelevant to the topic and you won't bother to write a simple answer to my question, then I'll just leave this thread. Sorry for having a different opinion than you. |
The way another game releases has no effect whatsoever on how Splatoon released, can't make it anymore simple than that. Don't forget you've still been dodging the majority of my earlier post while I already said why your question can't be answered. Sorry for trying to keep thread discussion on target, but like I also said, you're free to make your own thread.
| Wright said:
I'll put you an easy example. I have the Resident Evil 5 Gold Version for my 360, which is supposedly the "GOTY" version of the game, with all the DLC included. But here's a funny catch, since the DVD can't hold all the data, Capcom just put a downloadable code inside it which grants you everything (the extra content) digitally. Stored in the HDD. To make it work, you have to download a very, very insignificant patch that enables the content itself (which there's no problem, Capcom gave it to everyone even if they didn't have any extra content). I had some problems with my 360 years later, so I had to erase the corrupted cache data, which in exchanges (since it cannot discriminate which data is correct and which one isn't), erases all patches present in the console. So, there's this party with friend in a nice house of one of them, but it doesn't have internet access. I bring my 360 with me to play some games. We've all beaten Resident Evil 5, but I say "Ey, I have the DLC! Let's play through that!". I put the disc on the console, I boot it up and...nothing. Blam, we can't play the extra content because the content can't be found. It's nonexistent according to the console. I check the memory and the content is there. What's going on? Oh, of course. That 1mb patch is nowhere to be seen. So I can't play the extra content. Content I paid, content that is actually taking space in my digital storage. Because the stupid patch isn't on the disc. And since we don't have internet connection there, it cannot be solved.
So screw digital updates of a game. Put everything in the disc from the get go. |
It seems your issue is more about DLC in general than Splatoon specifically, and tbh I'd say your one rare and easily avoidable instance really doesn't outweigh the benefits of DLC. Certainly a far different case from Splatoon, a heavily online centric game that'd be useless without an internet connection regardless of how much content you have.
