this is a new alltime low for the gaming industry

this kinda crap makes cod and asscreed's marketing strategys look noble and worthy

will i still buy it?

hell yeah

saints row 3 was/is a blast

@projectpat72988 -- yeah they didnt even change the car customization engine for SR3

--the only thing i really missed in gta4 was the car customization

--but SR3 proved that "more crazy openworld options and crazyness" dosent equal more fun

@julg

AAA gaming developers r goin under because of angrybirds & apple

--multiplayer & season passes are not R*'s "scheme" to "trick" gamers into holding this particular game longer

--if "that " is a "marketing ploy" as your saying

--its a crappy one

--because

--obviously pre-order dlc and dlc season passes are for diehard fans

--R* has earned the right to offer their main fans stuff like this

--noone is gonna buy preoder dlc or a dlc season pass

--unless they are hardcore fans of the series

--or unless they are stupid and/or have the money anyway

@brendan sinclair --youre wrong about R* adding multiplayer to max payne multiplayer just to make people keep the game longer --in the years since MP2 every gotdamn game on the planet has multiplayer --even kid icarus on 3ds has multiplayer --and every time i check, the lobbys are full and ready to go --max payne is R*'s only REAL shooter --what good would a game like MP be with no multiplayer these days?(vanquish anyone?) --the season pass DLC is to cash in --but if id spent decades building one of the biggest gaming developing companies on the planet --id feel i deserved to cash in a little bit(using standard accepted marketing practices) --and all theyre selling is map packs ,so only so many people are gonna buy something like that anyway --we all buy games knowing dlc is coming --and even though a season pass makes it A LOT less likely one would resale the game early --it dosent mean its ALWAYS a sales technique --if R* wanted to milk something,they sure as hell wouldnt milk max payne ,especially now that red dead redemption sold over 8 million units

remember when music/audio became software? you cant stop software piracy you can hold it up here and there eventually all software (including games) will be free gaming companies need to embrace this fact and build their marketing strategys around it else nelson will keep telling us "everyones listening to country music" when,nobodys listening to country music...?

i think who loses is everybody as we can now see all video game scores are bought off wheres tom mcshea with a chip on his shoulder when you need him?

backwards compatibility 3ds shoulda removed the stylus(not touchscreen though) added the second circle pad made the wcreen bigger added EVEN more HP and removed the DS brand from the 3ds hopefully nintendo will learn from the 3ds mistakes when it comes to wiiU

i guess EA is looking to tap into elderscrolls succe$s is EA planning on becoming a full 100% video game industry monopoly?