I only buy consoles after they impress me. However you don't truely know what a consoles game library is like until you own it. I thought my favorite games on 360 would be Gears and Oblivion but they are among my least favorite and got old fast.

That sucks but I'm too lazy to move to another country and none of the good ones would want me :cry:

[QUOTE="Idonomeus"]I'm a fan of EA, so soul and innovation is not my cup of tea. Seriously though, if a developer makes my favorite series too different I stop playing it... unless I consider it to be an actual improvement and just not different for the sake of being different. I prefer the slow evolution of tried and test gameplay ideas most of the time.PhoenixMDK

But if the changes are only incremental why not patch the old game or release an expansion rather than charging people for a whole new game. That's what particularly irritates me about sports franchises that charge full price for updating a database of names once a year (yes, I'm aware there are other changes too, but most tend to be negligable).

Giving a years worth of development time away for free doesn't sound like a good business practise to me but if a company could do that and stay profitable I would be all for it. Anyway I don't see the problem. If you really want the new game buy it and if you think the updates aren't worth the cost only buy them every 3 years or however long you think it is before the improvements become worth it.