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[smengler]

I do not find your point about the DLC valid, since when you buy the game, you're paying for what you buy. Not for future releases. DLC should complement the story, which it does. If they brought you to the end of the game, then told you that you had to pay $9.99 for the ending, that would be wrong. You pay for the story that they're selling you, not more.

Your other point about the multiplayer is a valid one. Pirating PS3 games is virtually non-existent, so that cannot be the issue for them. They want to extra money, along with every other developer who is also doing this. We are lucky at the moment that they are not locking down the SP as well, but it looks like everyone will be doing this in the future. This will become an even bigger problem when all games are bought online, such as Apple's app store. We will not be able to share games with family members, etc. To us consumers, it is not "right" for them to do this, but for the company, they can do whatever they want. I agree that I will not buy many games once this happens. What can we do though, other than vote with our wallets?

Edit: For people arguing that buying used games is hurting the industry, it is not. They want you to think that, so don't let them.

[UrDeviant1]

DLC Is a separate product. You have the assumption you're entitled to every last bit of small content that developers churn out, but guess what? you're not.

And as for online passes, do you blame a company for wanting to make more money? Isn't that what companies DO? The pre-owned buyer Is an untapped source of revenue for game developers and the more money they make, the higher the quality of games will be.

Edit: I don't totally disagree. I'm sure there are more shady studios out there who are making day 1 DLC, marketing It as a separate product when It's clearly not, and could have been part of the main game on disc.

[LightRey]

DLC Is a separate product. You have the assumption you're entitled to every last bit of small content that developers churn out, but guess what? you're not.

And as for online passes, do you blame a company for wanting to make more money? Isn't that what companies DO? The pre-owned buyer Is an untapped source of revenue for game developers and the more money they make, the higher the quality of games will be.

Edit: I don't totally disagree. I'm sure there are more shady studios out there who are making day 1 DLC, marketing It as a separate product when It's clearly not, and could have been part of the main game on disc.

Indeed. Let's not forget what happened during the North American Video Game Crash of 1983. One of the primary causes was a serious drop in the quality of Atari video games, severely damaging the reputation of the industry.

[smengler]

And as for online passes, do you blame a company for wanting to make more money? Isn't that what companies DO? The pre-owned buyer Is an untapped source of revenue for game developers and the more money they make, the higher the quality of games will be.

I agree that companies will always try to make more money, but I don't agree that the quality of games will be improved. This money will go straight into the owners pocket, not into future games. Companies will not create better products just because they're nice. They'll build their products in the cheapest way possible, then pocket any extra money.

[freddie_1897]

It is cheating because the DLC was conceived before the game was released. It was even conceived while the game was in development. If it was a true after thought then they'd deserve credit for extending an otherwise enjoyable game. But It wasn't. And they deserve to be flamed for it.

And AFAIK, if there are deleted scenes and they are going to be made available they are generally put on the DVD that one would buy :P I know what you mean though and it's ^^ that part of the DLC that I'm against.

What DLC had they come up with during the making of the game?
If so do you have any proof?
And even if you do, I don't see it as a very good reason to leave the AC franchise forever

[UrDeviant1]

Indeed. Let's not forget what happened during the North American Video Game Crash of 1983. One of the primary causes was a serious drop in the quality of Atari video games, severely damaging the reputation of the industry.

Exactly. We don't want to see game companies go under, and some are really relying on DLC/cutting the sale of pre-owned, just to keep their head above water, take THQ for example(even though I'm not their biggest fan).

[LightRey]

I agree that companies will always try to make more money, but I don't agree that the quality of games will be improved. This money will go straight into the owners pocket, not into future games. Companies will not create better products just because they're nice. They'll build their products in the cheapest way possible, then pocket any extra money.

This is not entirely true. Most of the profits companies make go into improving and expanding the company. In the case of game developers that generally means it goes into the budget of new games. The more successful a game series, the more money will be invested in its next installment.

It did happen once that game companies thought they could get away with publishing low quality games (often based on movies and the like) thanks to their reputation and apparent monopoly, but that resulted in the above mentioned crash. Trust me, most of the money Ubi makes on AC goes right back into the development of the next AC game.

[Captain Tomatoz]

What DLC had they come up with during the making of the game?
If so do you have any proof?
And even if you do, I don't see it as a very good reason to leave the AC franchise forever

They definitely came up with it while making AC:R because they recorded all the sound clips. But as I said earlier, they made the animations and the game areas after development of the game.

[LightRey]

They definitely came up with it while making AC:R because they recorded all the sound clips. But as I said earlier, they made the animations and the game areas after development of the game.

True. A huge part of the audio of TLA was already on the disc.

[freddie_1897]

They definitely came up with it while making AC:R because they recorded all the sound clips. But as I said earlier, they made the animations and the game areas after development of the game.

Okay, that's not great of them, but would you stop playing AC because of that?


Oh, and OP, I am certain that you will buy AC3, absolutely certain