: / at least it's free... they could have slapped a price on that stuff east.

TF2 was free. I'd love to see how TF2 would have been received if it launched for $60. PC fans would have been just as pissed.

Tf2 didn't start out free. Infact it wasn't free until 4 years later. 

When does the demo launches?

There was a lot of good stuff on this Direct. The only controversial thing is that some maps and modes won´t come until 2 months later, but the way they are going to support the game after launch, and for FREE, seems amazing. The events is also a very nice thing, it will keep the interest on Splatoon with time. Also all the gear, weapons and the Hud looked better than ever, the game is gonna have tons of customization.

They also showed one new online mode, they talked about one more coming and they are telling that there´s more modes coming, this was one of the greatest concerns of everybody, and now the gam has the chance to have more modes than we though, just not on launch day, but they are going to be free.

Like I said elsewhere, if you don't want to, you don't have to buy the game at launch. For those that do, there will be content to play at launch and throughout the year, but feel free to wait until everything has already been released. However, with this strategy, Nintendo may be able to increase the longevity of the online modes and bolster/center the online community, creating an overall better gameplay experience. The worst thing for a game like this is to have it release, followed by the community dispersing and trickling into nothing. As long as the content stays free, I don't really understand all of the complaints.

The level of vitriol is overkill to say the least.

It seems like they took some inspiration from Team Fortress 2... If the updates are free (and it seems they are) I'm fine with it. Special events (like that "quiz" show) are cool too. And you're paying 40 bucks for the whole game (the updates are free). It's obvious that they cut content from the initial release, but it's not like they are trying to sell us that content. It's only a way to release the game, I don't know if that will work but it works for me at least. It keeps the game fresh.

The free updates system can work, has worked for other games. But I'm really disappointed that there's not a HUGE effort to bundle the game cause I think that would go perfectly with this launch model. As it stands, I hope they piney up the cash to keep marketing this game throughout the summer as updates come. Otherwise, the biggest advantage of the model (renewed hype thanks to new modes, maps, and weapons) won't work at all.

And I'm thinking that the experience you described is an F2P game with a $20 single player campaign. Not a $60 premium retail game.

I'll consider buying the game once it's actually complete. Launching an online game with only one online mode and five maps is comedy on the cusp of parody. It's insane how Nintendo gets away with this kind of shit. First amiibo, which is the most offensive form of DLC I've ever witnessed, and now they are literally selling an incomplete game and bragging about it.

"But oh! They are just giving the game legs!" If the game launched with legs, it wouldn't need to stitch them on later.

Haha so true. But to be fair this model isn't used often in the console space, let alone by Nintendo. It's an interesting strategy to say the least and its not going to go down with some people, but I'm willing to give it a go... as long as I am not paying for extra stuff.