@Khasym It's already proven scientific fact that video games, violent movies, etc. desensitize the watcher/user from the actions they are witnessing. I said nothing to the fact that playing violent video games making one more prone to carry out violent acts. Soldiers have been far more easily trained for combat through the use of violent FPS shooters, as reported by psychological reports from military doctors since WWII. Learn to read.

@Suikogaiden Was the criminal armed? Did you use your weapon?

@Suikogaiden How many times has someone broken into your home?

Most of you will refuse to look into the mirror and own up to the contributions video games play in tragedies like Sandy Hook. The fact of the matter is, realistic first person shooters like Call of Duty and Battlefield, desensitize people with realistic depictions of murder/death. The fact is that realistic First Person Shooters are so popular they are destroying other types of video games genres. Studies have already conclusively shown that people who play video games can handle the horrors of war (shellshock, now called PTSD) far better if they play FPS than if they have not. FPS need to cut back on the reality, at least when it comes to killing humans!!!

Good, that gives us more time to train mass murderers on first person shooters!!!

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Blizzard does not issue refunds to players who purchased bot-hacked auctioned items, but confiscates them anyways. For nominal fees Blizzard allows bot-hackers to get their bans rescinded, shh!!!

I smell $20 DLC from EA/Bioware just around the corner. They can't let Bethesda corner that market!!! Wonder if it'll even be 6 hours long. You know EA/Bioware it would really be nice if you reduced the cost of you excessively overpriced DLC after a few years. I was going to suggest that on the EA/Bioware forums but I don't want to download the Origin client and jump through whatever other spyware hoops they required. I'm surprised I don't need that client to play your games on XBOX.

@Hrel I enjoyed ME1, and I'd like to continue the saga. I don't buy games day 1, and I tend to wait for prices to fall. DLC never seems to fall, and if you are lucky you may have caught a sale for the 1 or 2 days they had them several years back. Further, Bioware/EA seem to refuse to release game of the year additions with all the DLC packs included. (What sense does it make to by the entire triology for $60 when you can buy the individual games for less, at least with the XBox)?

As for the future I do not plan to invest in ME4 or other Bioware/EA projects because of their DLC schemes. However, I don't understand why they don't reduce the DLC prices over time like the main game. At some point sales decline and it's time to cut prices. I can't imagine ME2 DLC is still raking in that much money. It is Christmas and a DLC sale on ME2 would probably drive sales of the ME triology, and get people to pay a premium for the newer ME3 DLC.

Another natural economic of the market is the "more you buy the less you pay." So if I want to buy say all of the story DLC packs at once, why can't I get a multi-purchase discount? And for MS, it would make sense if "GOLD" members got additional discounts on DLC, like say 20% off what a SILVER member gets. (Though I'm not a gold member, as I prefer single player games). Once again, healthy discounts on DLC will drive DLC sales as well as GOLD subscriptions. But the most important thing these greedy companies tend to forget, is that if you don't generate/maintain interest in you products, eventually you lose your customer base.

So back to your statement, EA/Bioware are losing me as a customer in future sales, because of their stupid business practices. ME4 may be the greatest game since sliced bread, but I made the mistake investing in 1st three games that were short-changed with DLC hacks.

Okay, so Mass Effect 3 is now selling for $18-$20. Omega is selling for $15. Leviation was on sale recently for $5, and is slightly smaller 1.65 GB as compared to 1.99 GB for Omega. Who comes up with these pricing structures?

How about putting Mass Effect 2's DLC on sale for Xbox? I paid $12 for that game and I'm not ready to pay $20 to $30 for the DLC. I'm kinda not interested in playing ME2 or ME3 until the DLC is attainable for a more reasonable price. Oh, and you can forget about me going to ME4, as I have no desire to continue a series that just nickel and dimes the hell out of you, Bioware.

Until MS and Sony reveal there plans for next gen, anything can be speculated. If the focus is solely on improved graphics, then yes games will be more expensive to produce. If the next generation focuses on optimized performance, then they may be cheaper to produce. I'd rather have no loading screens and less choppy frames than prettier graphics. Graphics are pretty darn good nowadays. I don't think we need photo quality games yet.