Damn. I already planned to get away with "good day, sir" :3manythings said:
Did you notice that average price on quadruple AAAAA...+n titles increased by 10$?
The Dragon Age 2 Preorder Bonus Cavalcade Continues
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Did you notice that average price on quadruple AAAAA...+n titles increased by 10$?
This is smart, this is how you fight against used games. Instead of punishing people for buying used, you reward them for buying new, while also offering the content available to the new buyers for free with purchase, to the used buyers for a price. Just the signature edition alone was enough to get me to preorder Dragon Age 2, but now with all this free extra stuff, I'm going to suggest to every one of my friends to preorder this one. Can't wait to slaughter me some Darkspawn in March!
Not so much over here. The demand for games is enough for stores to open to sell but not enough that they can just charge what they want. There are times you can get games that are less than a month old for half the regular price (?60-ish).ZeppMan217 said:
This is a step closer to what I want from DLC. I want devs to give most or all of the DLC for free to people who buy the game new (since DLC is a way to get money froom used buyers, and I rarely buy used. If I do, the game usually doesn't have DLC as it is older).
Can't wait until this comes out. I preordered it at BestBuy.
Can't wait until this comes out. I preordered it at BestBuy.
You see, they already charge more money for the same...stuff. With DLCs they can get even more money.manythings said:
In the past they used to work it out by releasing fat (like, positively fat), price-y expansion packs. Now, Pubs/Devs can simply throw only a piece of a pie to you, like 3 weapons for what, prolly, seems to be a reasonable price - about 2 bucks (160 BW points). BUT, you can only buy a five bucks voucher (i.e. 400 BW points). See what they did?
Are you only ever going to buy DLC once? Do the BW points expire? If neither of those is true then it's only a problem right now but the second the next DLC you would buy appears then your issue disappears. On the same note wasn't it Microsoft who were pushing to make sure you could buy no less than $10 worth of points for XBL? You never NEED any of the DLC but I wanted it and they provided a means to recieve at a better overall price.ZeppMan217 said:
i would agree to this, but i watched those gameplay videos and honestly it looked pretty polished from both angles (the action view and the tactical style)sir.rutthed said:
so I'm sure the game will be at least decent, because biowares strengths certainly aren't gameplay..and I was decently impressed with it.
DO you realize that it won't make a single difference to bioware?Omnific One said:
their pre-orders are obviously pretty buffed up by now, and your used sale doesn't make a difference to them in the long run, therefore what your doing is proving that what THEY are doing are doing it for the exact reason that you are boycotting. And obviously your going to have to wait around like a hawk to find the person who trades it in used.
I seriously don't see what is so wrong for a company trying to get paid for their work, and this is just one more incentive for them to try and knock people out of buying used, and if you don't buy used then hey, full game for you then just like was intended from the start, if you buy used, well, you don't get that certain % of the game.
I'm getting the Signature edition so it's all good, but I wouldn't mind so much if I didn't.
That said, when Mass Effect 3 comes out, I will get the most ridiculous version they sell. I'll take the one with the flipping night-vision Volus outfit if there is one. There is no limit to how stupidly I will act to get hold of that game.
That said, when Mass Effect 3 comes out, I will get the most ridiculous version they sell. I'll take the one with the flipping night-vision Volus outfit if there is one. There is no limit to how stupidly I will act to get hold of that game.
They don't expire but will this next DLC be of any interest to me is another question.manythings said:
And "better overall price"? PSN offers it by selling DLCs for bucks. They offer even more, a choice: to buy all DLCs or only some of them, without additional fees or hopes, that somewhen, in a not too distant future, something that might or might not interest me will come out and I'll be able to buy it...Oh, wait, I need more 50 points but there's only a 400 points option
Or they want to use the carrot approach to pirating instead of the stick approach after learning their lesson with Spore.Shoggoth2588 said:
Ummm, it is on Steam. Hell a few days ago one of the start-up adds was about DA2.TsunamiWombat said:
No, I would have bought the game new normally. I have no issue with them restricting content for new games, but preorders just forces people to blindly buy something without seeing reviews. It's incredibly underhanded to make the bonus content so much when I would have bought the game for $60 anyway, just after it came out.gmaverick019 said:
Copied from my reply to another misinformed post:manythings said:
No, I would have bought the game new normally. I have no issue with them restricting content for new games, but preorders just forces people to blindly buy something without seeing reviews. It's incredibly underhanded to make the bonus content so much when I would have bought the game for $60 anyway, just after it came out.
I'm willing to spend the same $60 dollars, I just want to make an informed decision based on reviews. In essence, I am getting punished for not blindly buying the game.
That kind of a collectible is a different thing. It is its own point. You can display it to your friends, decorate your bathroom with it or whatever. But its kind of ridiculous to buy the collectible just so you can watch a movie when it gets released. For everyone. Can a sword and a store that sells swords really compare to the (possible) grandness of the game and a thousand swords you will find in it?manythings said:
Seeing as I haven't got any dlc for origins, bought awakening or even finished the story of origins once, it would seem unlikely for me to pre-order this game.
By the time I get round to wanting to play it, it'll be ultimate edition and way cheaper then release date price.
(unless there's some sort of combat overhaul, I think that's the main thing stopping me enjoying origins so much. No idea why as I enjoyed KotOR)
By the time I get round to wanting to play it, it'll be ultimate edition and way cheaper then release date price.
(unless there's some sort of combat overhaul, I think that's the main thing stopping me enjoying origins so much. No idea why as I enjoyed KotOR)
EA controls the promotions, but Bioware is making the game. Consider your fears laid to rest.sir.rutthed said:
While you're busily preaching to the unwashed masses, have you ever considered that if they couldn't offer this content as pre-order bonuses, they wouldn't have spent time developing it at all?obscurumlux01 said: