sc94597 said:
The first day DLC content is mostly cosmetic (literally costumes for Pokémon), like most first day DLC. It's not like story content is being held behind a paywall. The story content is not complete and doesn't come out until as late as February, depending on when it is finished. Although I guess they could have easily just charged $5 for the cosmetic content and then $25 for the story DLC when it comes out and it wouldn't look as bad. That's what most companies do. Again, we are talking about a franchise where Nintendo used to sell two copies of what were essentially the same game and a third copy that also was very similar for two decades (Red, Green/Blue, Yellow; Gold, Silver, Crystal; Ruby, Sapphire, Emarald; Diamond, Pearl, Platinum; etc.) This is relatively cheaper compared to that, for the completionists. |
If the only third version that GF ever made was Crystal, I would agree: mostly the same game with very few changes an additions. But no Pokémon DLC comes close to what Emerald, Platinum and specially BW2 offered. Nobody is coming back to Sword and Shield or Scarlet and Violet's DLCs after they are done with them. A lot of people keep coming back to Emerald, Platinum, and even Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon many years after their release. Why? Because despite being very similar to the base games, the additions, the changes and the overall experience is completely transformative, expanded and improved. It's like playing a bigger, better and more fun version of the base games. It was worth paying for them.
DLC? It's a one time trip that is mostly self contained and doesn't adress any of the defects or shortcomings of the base game. All of that for the very cheap price of 30-35 dollars.
Don't fool yourself. We haven't won. We just lost another cool thing in exchange for a vastly inferior experience, and a waste of money in comparison.
