*sigh*
I'm gonna have to do it.
Sylveria said:
Though, more to the point. By your argument, you're not even paying for the game anymore when you buy it new. You're paying for the dubious privilege of playing it first
You're paying
extra for the dubious privilege of playing it first. And honestly, I'm not quite sure where the surprise is. This is not a new business model, especially for entertainment.
And, oh boy, if publishers catch onto people like you, there's a slippery slope if I ever saw one. Next thing you know they'll start having an "early access" fee you can pay to get the game a few weeks before everyone else and, sadly, people would pay for that.
Bad news: Some games already offer early access....
You're also willingly paying more for less content. Take the people who bought MvC3. They dropped $60 on that game then, less than a year later, UMvC3 came out with more modes and characters. With that one, the way Capcom worked out the DLC is that buying the DLC as stand-alones cost almost double what it was to just buy UMvC3; basically taking a huge dump on the face of everyone who paid to play it first.
Honestly, anyone who bought MVC3 without understanding Capcom's usual model deserved what they got. This is not some new, super-secret technique and customers should be aware.
In fact, isn't this exactly what Jim was saying? Capcom's trained consumers to expect a new edition, and another, and another. There is little reason to buy the base game unless you have to play it now.
On to your new player point, if you are indeed just paying for the bragging rights of playing it first, shouldn't someone who buys the game new, even later on, get all the added DLC for free anyway rather than have the need for multiple "editions"? That would even give the publishers an excuse to keep the game at full price. Sure its 6 months later and still $60, but you're getting access to 6months of DLC at no additional cost. But no, instead you're left to deal with what are effectively a beta version of the game, which you paid full price for, and the complete edition of the game, which you now have to pay full price for.
No, the price of these games depreciates rapidly except in very few instances. Once a GOTY or bonus content edition is announced, the price will drop. Six months later, it's unlikely you will pay 60 bucks for the "beta" version, and that's another part of what Jim was saying.
Or, do the reverse of that and most, if not all, future DLC is included in the price of the game. You bought it on day 1? You get all the DLC forever for free. But, if someone buys it 6months later, used or otherwise, then they have the option of buying that backlog of DLC, thus allowing the publisher to recoup some losses from time,etc.
We've given them no incentive to do so. Why give bonuses to the people guaranteed to buy your game?
Why do you hate America, comrade?
I LOLed. I admit it.
