Poll: EA, Bioware, ME3 and DLC abuse

[Elamdri]

What is a good solution here? One that will actually work? Boycott and ***** seems pretty reasonable. it's worked on a few occasions.

However, times are changing and boycott and ***** is becoming less of an option. Especially when we have corporation shrews spreading this "entitlement" propaganda.

Well, market dictates how capitalism works. If people don't buy games with consumer unfriendly DLC policies, presumably it will stop happening. But the market hasn't done that. So presumably if you're reliant on market forces, you're going to have to wait until the market finds something it's unwilling to pay for.

You may not like the idea of lobbying, but if you aren't going to rely on a market solution, only Congress has the power to regulate what corporations can and cannot do when it comes to consumer rights.

The only other thing I that I can think of is perhaps if someone could come up with the grounds to sue a company over it's DLC policies and was successful, it might pave the way for change.

 

[Elamdri]

I don't care about that. let the corporations quibble about their budget and how much money to waste on crappy assassin related games. Not my problem, honestly.

I'm just surprised that you are not upset at being charged the same amount of money for a product, despite how little or how much it costs to produce.

 

[Elamdri]

Sorry this "FREE MARKET" thing is getting on my nerves. Didn't america just go through that huge bankers debacle? you realize letting the market control itself is a very stupid fucking idea? The market needs laws and regulations or else you get shitty crap that will eventually collapse the industry.

I agree, but the free market is America's baby. I mean, you do realize that half the country is currently throwing up from the pain you caused by simply typing that right?

 

[Krantos]

Gamers.

Companies like EA/BioWare do this because people buy it. If people stopped buying, they'd stop doing this.

 

[boag]

I am confused as to what the problem is here...

Likewise. I think this is more an issue of your own personal preferences than a general problem with the industry.

Also, some of the options in your poll are baffling, to say the least.

Customers getting gouged for money isn't a "personal preference" it's an industry problem that needs to be routed out.

If you have the option to not pay for it, it is a personal preference.

You have the option to be Gouged, a Videogame, despite your vociferous demands, is neither a necessity nor a right.

 

[Rawne1980]

Gamers, it really is all our fault.

We piss and moan but still part with our money for it.

If we had took a stand from day one then DLC would already be a thing of the past.

 

[Clive Howlitzer]

I would say it is a mix of everyone's fault. The publishers tested the waters with DLC and we bought it and then they pushed it further to see just how much money they could get away with and we keep buying it. So long as gamers keep giving up their money, it isn't going to change. While a lot of the blame for the DLC situation sits on our shoulders, a good portion belongs on the shoulders of companies like EA for handling it so poorly.
Really I don't have a lot of issues buying DLC that honestly improves upon and adds new content to a full game. Once you start cutting stuff out though, that blows.
Eventually it'll hit a point where they can't push it any further without hurting sales, but we aren't there yet. It is only going to get worse.