BioWare Defends Mass Effect 3 Launch-Day DLC
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Amazon out of CE? Meh.
Well guess I'll just have to add an extra 10$ to the price of the game :\
Played all the previous mass effects and enjoyed them so no way I'm turning down the chance for a prothean (which I already knew was included as I read some of the script leaks before, just didn't know he would be DLC :\)
Although what puzzles me is if they already finished the game before working on him, why would he be in the early script draft? This would either mean bioware is lying now about the prothean being worked on after the game's completion or that blizz were lying when they said the leaked script was a very early draft.... Bioware wouldn't lie to me would they? D:
Well doesn't change much for me, still wanna see the series through and want my prothean.
Well guess I'll just have to add an extra 10$ to the price of the game :\
Played all the previous mass effects and enjoyed them so no way I'm turning down the chance for a prothean (which I already knew was included as I read some of the script leaks before, just didn't know he would be DLC :\)
Although what puzzles me is if they already finished the game before working on him, why would he be in the early script draft? This would either mean bioware is lying now about the prothean being worked on after the game's completion or that blizz were lying when they said the leaked script was a very early draft.... Bioware wouldn't lie to me would they? D:
Well doesn't change much for me, still wanna see the series through and want my prothean.
I don't really understand how anyone can suggest that DLC is not ripping you off. $10? Well is that gonna give me 1/6 of the game? Because I paid 60 for that.
I'm not claiming entitlement and all that but they're pricing $10 just for one squad mate. And of course it's the mystic alien race so you feel like you're playing the crippled game if you don't buy it.
That's basically what it is, play the crippled version for normal price or pay alot more for the DLC.
I'd buy the crippled version every day of the week. At the end of the day prothean=/=$10. That is shitty content and I hoped better from a great company.
I'm not claiming entitlement and all that but they're pricing $10 just for one squad mate. And of course it's the mystic alien race so you feel like you're playing the crippled game if you don't buy it.
That's basically what it is, play the crippled version for normal price or pay alot more for the DLC.
I'd buy the crippled version every day of the week. At the end of the day prothean=/=$10. That is shitty content and I hoped better from a great company.
Uh, were you and I reading the same article here?Zeel said:
Because they said that From Ashes was an optional DLC, not an essential one. They started making it AFTER they had finished the game, which means that the storyline will be able to be completed successfully without the DLC. It'll just be less awesome.
Am I the only one that remembers expansion packs as a 15-20? pack of content that gave you a whole new aspect of the game, a metric ton of new weapons/factions/units/maps, most likely a new campaign that lasted 6-10 hours (or even 40-60 hours if we talk about RPGs) and all of that jazz?
Now they expect us to shell out half of that money (because $10=10?=10£, apparently) for crumbles? I mean, cosmetic items? A character? A mission? Few weapons?
Woop-pe-ti doo!
Now they expect us to shell out half of that money (because $10=10?=10£, apparently) for crumbles? I mean, cosmetic items? A character? A mission? Few weapons?
Woop-pe-ti doo!
This all seems rather silly to me. Why does it matter when DLC comes out. If it comes out at release people complain. If it doesn't come out quick enough people complain. If it never comes out people complain.
The fact is that if this was released 2 months later most of you would buy it without a 2nd thought. So its not in the base game, which means you don't need it to play or win or anything. Its an add on. Take it or leave it.
In fact you guys should be happy you can buy it for 10 bucks at all. They could have really screwed us all and just made it exclusive to the CE owners.
And I just called Gamestop. The guy said you can't preorder the CE anymore but they always get extra ones at launch that they offer to people who want to upgrade there regular copies. If you really want the CE then hit the midnight launch and get it.
The fact is that if this was released 2 months later most of you would buy it without a 2nd thought. So its not in the base game, which means you don't need it to play or win or anything. Its an add on. Take it or leave it.
In fact you guys should be happy you can buy it for 10 bucks at all. They could have really screwed us all and just made it exclusive to the CE owners.
And I just called Gamestop. The guy said you can't preorder the CE anymore but they always get extra ones at launch that they offer to people who want to upgrade there regular copies. If you really want the CE then hit the midnight launch and get it.
Hey I learned something about Day 1 DLC!
I was always on the pro side of the day 1 DLC debate but now it just makes since and seem less like a soulless attempt to ring more pennies from us. It still does, just less so now that I know how it works.
Still, it should be free with all new copies.
Reward your fucking customers EA, not just the ones that shell out the most money.
I was always on the pro side of the day 1 DLC debate but now it just makes since and seem less like a soulless attempt to ring more pennies from us. It still does, just less so now that I know how it works.
Still, it should be free with all new copies.
Reward your fucking customers EA, not just the ones that shell out the most money.
Some kind gourmet restaurant might have $10 burgers,but if you went to In-and-Out you can get a double double for 3 bucks.animehermit said:
That's 20 double doubles for the cost of Mass Effect 3
That could get you as much enjoyment as Mass Effect 3
Yep, prettymuch this.draythefingerless said:
I'm pretty sure most if not all of us were under the impression, that the Prothean simply didn't exist in the full game and that we'd never get to see what the protheans look like if we don't buy said DLC.
If this is indeed true, that said character is in the game, just not available as a squad mate, then it's pretty reasonable tbh.
So yes, basically if this is the case, then it's another example of a lack of information causing needless panic.
Ah well. I'm waiting until they offer it on Steam anyway... not being able to import my character from the previous two games because they want me to use their different service for this one game is something I'm not willing to deal with.
Hopefully, by then there will be a package that includes some, if not all, of the DLC. And if they never offer it on Steam... well. I'm sure that other companies will be happy to take my money.
Hopefully, by then there will be a package that includes some, if not all, of the DLC. And if they never offer it on Steam... well. I'm sure that other companies will be happy to take my money.
I just don't see why you couldn't have this if you just bought the game new it does not seem CE worthy to me just actually fucking bought the game nee worthy like in ME2. I would be behind Bioware 100% then.
Allow me to be one in many to call bullshit on this. If it's 'content you didn't finish in time' then you're still selling a half a game for full price and selling off the other half, and if it is 'content you didn't finish in time', make it free, you greedy morons. Either that, or the more likely option, it's not 'content they didn't finish in time' and in fact just them being wankers. The fact that BioWare is defending their actions makes me really doubt it is EA that's responsible for all their dick moves.
1. It obviously wasn't finished if they still had content to create.
2. Even so, why are they charging for it?
It was just a joke, no need to drill me in economics over it.animehermit said:
A $10 burger is still pretty steep, but now that I think about it a $7 burger seems far more reasonable when it's not actually that far off from 10.
Usually when I go out to a restaurant I'm not getting burgers.
Why don't we just keep talking about Day 1 DLC?
Personally I like the concept, especially when it's used as an incentive to buy the game new, what Bioware is doing with this is more sketchy though.
I wonder if they didn't included it because they thought people would buy it, like people wouldn't have payed for Zaeed or Firewalker, so they gave them away for free.