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xNeroZero You Trolling over here now
Look at the comment in my sig, that's why you can earn earn millions.
How exactly has DLC caused the quality of the Forza series to drop?What I'm saying is the quality in video games is dropping due to DLC. Look at Forza for example. I don't want this great game to fall into that.
TokoTurismoWho agrees that this thread should be locked up?
300SRT8FanWhat is the point of this thread? if people want to buy dlc, go ahead.
TokoTurismoWho agrees that this thread should be locked up?
I kind of realized something. Turn 10 was able to churn out how many cars now as DLC? They really could have kept some of that in FM4 (consistent stream of DLC that started from Day 1 DLC, that's how I know) with the rest going to FM5. Same applies to GT5, except we had to wait a complete year, almost. Difference between the games, PD has been fixing, adding, listening to us to add/fix some of those things because of how incomplete GT5 was.How exactly has DLC caused the quality of the Forza series to drop?
DLC is at the end of the day totally optional, you don't have to buy it and that's the exact route I have taken.
So far I've bought all the GT5 and Forza 4 DLC, nor one bit of the Forza content has been disappointing (can't quite say the same for GT5) and I know full well that I will get value from it.
BF3 however, I bought the map pack, but no way am I packing for skins in it.
You see you make the choice and buy what you do or don't want, and I don't see how that automatically lowers the quality of the game.
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Who agrees that this thread should be locked up?
I agree.
This thread does nothing but create friction. Lock away!
I come to this site to see about updates to GT5, and every time I see an announcement for DLC. People go crazy for and buy it blindly with out even thinking. The thing that gets me the most is this recent update they're coming out with, and people are talking about what should be in the game via a DLC? What is that? Wait for GT6, because all these cars that you're buying in these "DLCs" are going to be on there. I know some people are going to post in here, "If you don't like it, don't buy it," or "The developers need the money, this is a great service that they're doing for us!" That's not the point, developers are looking at games like Forza and the Call of Duty series and seeing what success they're having with ripping people off with content that should already be in the game, hell you can't blame them they're making a profit off people that just blindly put there money towards. I'm sure there's people out there that share the same frustrations as me. This is only going to get worse if YOU the consumer stop buying DLC.
Sign here if you think DLC is ruining the quality of games.
MSTER232I was about to argue with you when I first started reading the OP, but when I finished reading, I totally agree with you 👍 . The Xbox 360 came out before the PS3, and if I'm correct, the 360 is where all this DLC business began. Sony was looking at Microsoft thinking "Hmmm... Microsoft is making so much money ripping people off for things that should of been in the game since release. Let's copy them and see how much money we make ourselves!
Even having a good think through, it all adds up, doesn't it?![]()
I kind of realized something. Turn 10 was able to churn out how many cars now as DLC? They really could have kept some of that in FM4 (consistent stream of DLC that started from Day 1 DLC, that's how I know) with the rest going to FM5. Same applies to GT5, except we had to wait a complete year, almost. Difference between the games, PD has been fixing, adding, listening to us to add/fix some of those things because of how incomplete GT5 was.
Turn 10 can only release DLC. To each his own, but I don't think their method is honest.
This is NOT a jab at T10.
I'm not saying PD didn't keep something from the game. They did. A LOT of things that weren't complete, so it's on to the next GT for those. Something would be the racing leagues (FIA, DTM) and "efficient" Karting content. Karting wasn't even supposed to be in GT5, but word got out about it, so Kaz made the decision to add whatever they added to satisfy us. No Piazza del Campo kart track, which puzzled most of all of us. I searched and it's called Siena, I gues.
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NOOO. By that, I mean I don't disagree. I understand everything you explained. I just couldn't explain everything. I meant to imply that GT5 needed those updates. And I didn't mention that, like you said, some of those patches had new features/content. But, now it's WAY more user motivated in what gets added into the updates.One could argue that the reason T10 hasn't been giving us a steady stream of small updates is because they don't have a constant stream of broken aspects of their game that needs fixing. There was a fairly serious problem with the wheels for the game, but it was patched. The most recent patch rectified a few other things too, but typically, there hasn't been as many issues as GT5 has. Then there's also the problem of PD playing with the PP system back when it was first introduced - I still think tire selection being incorporated into it made more sense, but oh well...
That said, PD has also added a lot of very interesting, new features to the game, through DLC, for free. If anything, DLC has positively affected GT5 since release - it was a woefully mal-nourished game on release, compared to previous titles.
As I'm positive I've mentioned it elsewhere in this thread, DLC can definitely be used for good - the Huayra being the best example in FM4, since EA's exclusive-in-2011 license meant the only way to see it in Forza was to either wait until FM5 (when it'd hardly be a new car), or use DLC to give it to fans early. Like many other divisions of consumer products, the early adopters pay the most, and it's just as true with DLC as it is in those sectors 👍
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RE: Thread closure - like Toronado has said, a handy hint that this thread won't get closed is if a member of staff has just posted, taking part in the discussion.
another_jakholeI kind of realized something. Turn 10 was able to churn out how many cars now as DLC?
another_jakholeThey really could have kept some of that in FM4 (consistent stream of DLC that started from Day 1 DLC, that's how I know) with the rest going to FM5. Same applies to GT5, except we had to wait a complete year, almost.
another_jakholeDifference between the games, PD has been fixing, adding, listening to us to add/fix some of those things because of how incomplete GT5 was.
another_jakholeTurn 10 can only release DLC. To each his own, but I don't think their method is honest.
another_jakholeThis is NOT a jab at T10.
another_jakholePD has updates, T10 has DLC.
another_jakholeTo each his own, I'd prefer the way PD is doing it because extra content isn't my concern, and I don't like that T10 really could have added a lot of the DLC onto the game's disc. Thirty Porches?
another_jakholeFirst Day DLC? locked Soccer/Footbal game mode (not DLC, but you understand, I hope)? It's not a bad thing that they're constantly/consistently giving out DLC, especially if you can afford it and the Season Pass is, or was, available. It seems completely unfair, though, as it is unfair. Only to the people that can't get them for whatever reason.
"No game maker needs to have DLC to add new items to a game, it's done to make an extra profit. Some say in the case of EA it's to nickle and dime, other smaller groups do it to help develop the next full game."
"Your second point makes no sense? Are you say those who buy them for online and seasonal, I don't see how one could buy these in online or seasonal races. If it is the prior that's not a big deal I've beat plenty of guy with DLC just fine using non-DLC. That's a moot point. Also it's one that could be used to complain about Collector edition games, so since I dished out nearly twice what you paid and got a Gamestop Joey Lagano car (among others) I have a unfair hand against other nascars."
"^ This last part is a personal issue, and not one that the majority cares about. That's the sad reality. When people post their personal issue about GT5 and project them as an issue for everyone, that is a problem. Don't pass your personal issue off as if it's something we all worry about, AUP talks about this. In other words don't use a opinion as fact. I don't have a problem with the slightly extra content, there are many more issue with GT5 to talk about and this slight one being blown up is funny. Grasping at straws."
Who agrees that this thread should be locked up?
I come to this site to see about updates to GT5, and every time I see an announcement for DLC. People go crazy for and buy it blindly with out even thinking. The thing that gets me the most is this recent update they're coming out with, and people are talking about what should be in the game via a DLC? What is that? Wait for GT6, because all these cars that you're buying in these "DLCs" are going to be on there. I know some people are going to post in here, "If you don't like it, don't buy it," or "The developers need the money, this is a great service that they're doing for us!" That's not the point, developers are looking at games like Forza and the Call of Duty series and seeing what success they're having with ripping people off with content that should already be in the game, hell you can't blame them they're making a profit off people that just blindly put there money towards. I'm sure there's people out there that share the same frustrations as me. This is only going to get worse if YOU the consumer stop buying DLC.
Sign here if you think DLC is ruining the quality of games.
In my opinion, if you really think about it, it is a ripoff.
The content you get in a DLC is not worth the money, compared to a full game.
But again, all of us can never get enough content![]()
NOOO. By that, I mean I don't disagree. I understand everything you explained. I just couldn't explain everything. I meant to imply that GT5 needed those updates. And I didn't mention that, like you said, some of those patches had new features/content. But, now it's WAY more user motivated in what gets added into the updates.
PD has updates, T10 has DLC. To each his own, I'd prefer the way PD is doing it because extra content isn't my concern, and I don't like that T10 really could have added a lot of the DLC onto the game's disc.
Thirty Porches?
First Day DLC?
locked Soccer/Footbal game mode (not DLC, but you understand, I hope)?
It's not a bad thing that they're constantly/consistently giving out DLC, especially if you can afford it and the Season Pass is, or was, available. It seems completely unfair, though, as it is unfair. Only to the people that can't get them for whatever reason.
FM3 Ultimate compared to GT5 XL. That tells you a bit about the way things are done between the two.
The fact that GT5 was nothing compared to what it is now, doesn't show that PD intentionally screwed us over (not saying that's what you implied).
One little example being GT5 Prologue and the updates for that. Did PD hold off on all those features/content/better physics? Seems not. It was a demo, and Kaz said it himself, whatever was added to Prologue was all they had going as they were developing the full version of GT5.
I approve of this truth.
I was about to argue with you when I first started reading the OP, but when I finished reading, I totally agree with you 👍 . The Xbox 360 came out before the PS3, and if I'm correct, the 360 is where all this DLC business began. Sony was looking at Microsoft thinking "Hmmm... Microsoft is making so much money ripping people off for things that should of been in the game since release. Let's copy them and see how much money we make ourselves!
Even having a good think through, it all adds up, doesn't it?![]()
Agreed 👍
I still have yet to know where this argument comes from, as nobody knows exactly how much of the DLC would've been 100% complete at the time the game went gold.
If those would've been stuck on the disc at launch, it would've been violating EA's contract. Nevermind the fact that 7 will be new to the series, so may have been created since October.
You mean the Muscle Car Pack? It was a bonus for Season Pass purchasers. You know, like the Chromelines or Stealths...
I do, but that made sense to me, as it's only playable online anyways. I suppose they couldn't get the AI to function properly to make the mode viable offline - then again, judging by the times I've explored that feature, the computer couldn't have been worse than humans
If someone is willing and/or capable of spending more on a title, why not give them a bonus? I spent $100 for my GT5 CE, plus whatever the running total is so far on all the DLC packs. I spent $80 for a Collector's Edition of FM4, plus a season pass. Strictly looking at the paid-for extra content, I know which one has been a bigger addition compared to the box-stock normal copy of the respective title. Of course, that's for me, and other people could value things differently. GT5 got Spa, a giant oval and a disco kart track, but FM has yet to receive any new tracks, for example.
Very similarly, really.
True. It doesn't, however, prove that they didn't, either. Like many other aspects of this, and other, discussions, it all depends on one's personal feelings about the company. One could even argue the large amount of updates to completely transform the game wasn't even a service to the fans - it was to save PD's own face after the criticisms started rolling in on what was quite obviously an unfinished game at release. They are a business, after all.
(Not saying this is my particular view of PD, as it's too simple and shrewd, but it is a different perspective).
Very true. Considering how much Prologue originally listed for, though, I feel like it would've been in poor taste not to give us those Spec 2 / 3 updates, especially as GT5's release got pushed further and further back. Prologue was handled pretty well for what it was - a very long tease as to what the main course was going to be.
Although now that you mention Prologue - it's probably an even better example of how DLC isn't ruining the content of games at all 👍
Name: Launch Bonus Car Pack
Release: October 11th, 2011
Price: FREE Redeem (code inside every new copy of FM4's first production run, both standard and LCE)
Content: 1965 Ford Mustang GT Coupe, 2011 Koenigsegg Agera, 1997 Lexus SC300, 2011 RUF RGT-8, 2011 Tesla Roadster Sport
Name: Bonus Track Pack
Release: October 11th, 2011
Price: FREE Redeem (code inside every new copy of FM4's first production run, both standard and LCE)
Content: Benchmark Track, TopGear Soccer Field Track
Thing is, they did it for Prologue which was a demo to most. Whatever was added to Prologue in an update was all the progress they made at the time. Saving face wasn't a part of updating GT5. It helped, but we all know they were going to update it because it was simply unfinished. Up until Spec 2 for GT5, the updates before were mainly things they needed to add from GT5 being unfinished. Things that could be added through an update. Now, we're mainly getting things we asked for, like standard cockpit view (which Kaz scrapped before the game released because they didn't like how it turned out, probably was that we can't see the hood)True. It doesn't, however, prove that they didn't, either. Like many other aspects of this, and other, discussions, it all depends on one's personal feelings about the company. One could even argue the large amount of updates to completely transform the game wasn't even a service to the fans - it was to save PD's own face after the criticisms started rolling in on what was quite obviously an unfinished game at release. They are a business, after all.
Wrong. All Publisher looked for a Way to earn more Money. Little Indietitel, Patches were planed before the 360 was released. DLC was just a New idea from the Developer to Add small Add Ons (known from Computer) on console.
The next das Thing is Onlinepass and Sony added them too, but Never wanted fee for a Multiplayer Access like MS.
They make their own decissions
bluexterraI disagree. If you don't like the topic, just don't go to this thread - just like you're asking the people who don't want the DLC content to just ignore it.
I disagree. If you don't like the topic, just don't go to this thread - just like you're asking the people who don't want the DLC content to just ignore it.
With pleasure? Will do. I don't need to waste anymore of my sentence then I have so far in this thread anyway...![]()
MSTER232I don't understand what you mean by "Online Pass" in this case? You mean to pay for online play like Microsoft?
No. Do you have Uncharted 3? In this Game is a Code which unlocks the Multiplayer. You have to buy a New copie instead of a Old One.
MSTER232Oh, I get it now. I don't have Uncharted 3, but I did buy Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit which also has a online pass you enter to unlock multi-player.