Ok, So I may sound like a broken record as I am sure i'm not the only one who noticed this. It seems that the OS world and the billions of dollars that Microsoft already has is just not quite enough. They appear to be Monopolizing the video game industry now as well. Dont get me wrong I understand that money makes the world go round. Now a major reason that people will buy a system is for the exclusive game titles. Xbox for example with Halo, Gears of War, and Mass Effect. PS3 with games like Metal Gear Solid4, Little Big Planet and Killzone 2. The fact that there are many games that come out which are multi-platform for both XBOX and PS3 owners. Each new copy of the game costs the same 60.00$+tax for both Xbox and PS3. A few examples of games that are out now would be GTA4, Fallout 3, and Tomb Raider. If we each pay 60$ for the original price of a game DLC should available. I would gladly pay 10-15$ for DLC for the games that I own (GTA4 and Fallout 3) and love. GTA4: "Last Friday, Microsoft triumphantly announced that Grant Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned had "eclipsed first-day revenue for all previous downloadable content on Xbox Live." The software giant also played up the fact that the Xbox 360-exclusive expansion--the first of two due this year--was the "highest-reviewed downloadable content ever from Rockstar Games." FALLOUT 3: "Unfortunately, there is no DLC in sight for those who bought the less well reviewed PlayStation 3 version of Fallout 3. Speaking with MTV last week, producer Todd Howard said there are "no plans" to extend the Sony console edition beyond its current form. And like pre-Broken Steel 360 and PC siblings, the PS3 Fallout 3 will not be playable after the main quest is finished. Howard did not say if Bethesda's deal with Microsoft--the financial details of which remain undisclosed--will prevent the DLC from being released on the PS3 via a non-downloadable route, such as a Game of the Year edition a la Oblivion." Tomb Raider: Theft Auto IV and Fallout 3 won't be the only cross-platform games to see exclusive downloadable content on the Xbox 360. Microsoft and Eidos announced today that Xbox 360 owners will be able to download two additional single-player chapters for Tomb Raider: Underworld that will add approximately six hours of content. The first chapter, titled Beneath the Ashes, will arrive on XBL Marketplace around the Christmas holiday, with Lara's Shadow slated to follow in the first part of 2009. Resident evil 5: Not really DLC, but another example. Microsoft exclusive Red XBOX http://residentevilnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/resident-evil-xbox-360.jpg This is a disturbing trend to only get worse before it gets better. Who knows where the video game industry will be soon, but It seems we could be forced into owning a sytem just to get DLC...
This is a disturbing trend to only get worse before it gets better. Who knows where the video game industry will be soon, but It seems we could be forced into owning a sytem just to get DLC
^^^^^^^ lol are you serious this topic was a joke right?
big woop for the xbox :S its all about the new games and new stories, not little twists on old ones imo. get the expansions on our disk is better, no fuss. :D yeah!
I haven't felt left out with the DLC, but probably becauseI don't have the majority of the games youlisted. Yes I have GTA4, but could've cared less about The Lost and The Damned. GTA4 is plenty long enough for me already. I bought a XBox360 when it was released and sold it when it started hardlocking on me but before it Red Ringed. I always planned on getting another one, but haven't. My 360didn't have HDMI's...something I absolutely wanted when I got the LCD HDTV.To be perfectly honest my 360 sat dormant after I got the PS3. I just liked the PS3 hardware better. With the 360's "big exclusives" hitting the PC as well (Gears of War, Mass Effect, Halo, etc.) I saw no reason to buy another console because ofmy gamingPC. Plus I like the fact that PS3's online is free as opposed to paying for Live. All my old high school buddies have 360's and play Live multiplayer together, would I like to be able to jump on Left for Dead and play with all my old buds?, sure I would, but that's not enough to justify me buying another one when there's no software making me want to do so. I'll just persuade them to by PS3's when the price drops. Will I end up with another 360 at some point?, probably. I have nothing against it, I'm not a fan boy. I just haven't felt a need to own another one yet.
But don't blame the publishers. BLAME cheap a** SONY.
Microsoft is paying for the exclusive DLC. Also, they have a much bigger install base.
So why wouldn't a publisher bow down to the company that sells more games for them and pays a big chunk of change for the rights to exclusive DLC.
I would do the same thing. It is just good business for them.
And no I am not an XBOT (I can hear the fanboys at my front door already). Playstation has been my only console since the PS1. I just own other portable systems.
While i dontthink its the end of the world, i would like to see things even out with 3rd party devs as faras DLC goes. most games i could care less but like fallout3 is one game i would like to get DLC for
I see what you are saying.You would think since money is the issue the game devs would have no problem releasing DLC on both consoles.There is some backwards stuff going on this gen.
As our good friend on the Gamespot forums, Emitsu, said earlier, Sony is spending their money on developing top notch exclusives in-house rather than locking down exclusive DLC. That said, I agree that it is a disturbing trend. I loved Fallout 3 enough to trade in my PS3 version for the superior Xbox 360 version. What a letdown the Fallout 3 DLC was though...here's to hoping that Broken Steel is an expansion the size of Shivering Isles.
DLC is a great thing for games when used correctly. I think the Call of Duty 4 maps are a great example. I also think DLC can be used the wrong way, Resident Evil 5 I'm looking at you....Clearly these companies crunched some numbers before making exclusive DLC deals with MS...they figured the money MS gave them would be greater than the potential sales from PS3 owners. Also remember that used game sales play a big factor into this. The developers don't make a penny off of used game sales, DLC is pure profit for them....
thats the way the gaming world works, its not about gaming anymore its about who can buy up the exclusive rights so that system can't get them, its really lame, but unless we as the consumers do anything about it, its going to keep happening
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