DLC Pricing Policies - your thoughts?

[Terronium-12]

I went into abit of hyperbole there i will admit. I lumped you with Mr negativity aka Tornado

Made an ass of yourself is a far more accurate denotation.

Next time, be sure you know what you're talking about before throwing out wild accusations and jargon.

 

[Tenacious D]

Could you give an example of a car that would fall into that category.

I can't think of one.

Maybe... something that starts with the letter "P"...

But I don't know either. All I know is that if you can't find something to love out of a thousand cars - or 230 Premiums if you're weird and refuse to race a Standard - then I'm not sure anything will please you but that other game. And I really don't want much of the content for GT6 released as DLC for GT5. That other company can play that game.

 

[bass264]

Because apparently Kaz personally spent all of the income made from GT5 on hookers and blow.

This. 👍

 

[E28]

Dear PD,

I am a loyal fan. Please stop charging your loyal player base money for content.

They've given us plenty of extra FREE content, why should we get everything free. You paid for the game that was on the disc at the time of purchase. You did not pay for anything else. You did not pay for future content.

Please retaliate. This is pure nonsense.

I love PD.

I love GT.

I love GTP.

I'm glad you love PD, GT, and GTP. But this is not 'pure nonsense'. In essence they are giving you more GT. Why should you get this for free? You don't pay for a meal in a restaurant, eat it and then demand seconds for free do you? You don't buy a house and demand a free extension 1 year later do you?

I don't like being charged for content that should be free.

Stick it in GT6 if you must, but stop robbing your players.

As I said before, why should it be free?

This isn't about complaining.

Strange, because to me it sounds like you are whining because you think you should get some brand new cars totally free...

This is about common sense. Be nice PD.

Common sense says that there isn't really any reason for you to get a bunch of new stuff free.

"Oh but everyone charges for DLC...besides, if you don't want to pay for it than don't buy it!"

I, disagree.

If you don't want it, don't buy it, simple. Why, in fact, how can you disagree with this?

 

[Ben Rogue]

The DLC pricing in the US is perfectly fine, for what you get. Here in NZ, even after the conversion rate, they jack the price up like 50%. I had to pay nearly $20 for the first lot of DLC, of which I only use Spa and the TC RX-7 and my Kart space tracks have disappeared.. Very poor implementation and very restrained DLC content.

PD said they had a lots of content made that could be used as DLC but they seem hesitant to release it. I think they just want to trickle it out to keep people interested while they release new updates. Those wishing for some REAL DLC, to compete with what you see in Forza and Shift, are left in the cold.

 

[G.T.Ace]

To be honest, I agree it's kinda pricey, but when I look at Simraceway (where a single, not even remotely that good modeled car, can cost up to 5$), or iRacing, I think it's alright. I don't have to pay for playing online, the cars are extremely well modeled, PD released tons of amazing features and some cars already (Schulze GT-R/2011 NASCAR cars, another one will come with 2.02) for free and, to me at least, it doesn't feel like they release that stuff just to earn some more bucks.

 

[masterrawad]

okay, a crapton of suits, 100 or so paint chips, 15 cars, three cars (two layouts) in a bundle for 15 bucks. so much better than overpriced CoD maps. 15 bucks for 5 flimsy maps! sheesh!

 

[Imari]

...it doesn't feel like they release that stuff just to earn some more bucks.

What, they released it through the love and compassion of their hearts?

PD is a business. The purpose of a business is to make money. I think you can see where this is going.

 

[Griffith500]

Yes, but thankfully we have the conceptually nebulous idea of "value for money". I think Kaz wants to give us good value for money, but DLC is usually anything but. Sort of rock and hard place, here, isn't it?

 

[G.T.Ace]

What, they released it through the love and compassion of their hearts?

PD is a business. The purpose of a business is to make money. I think you can see where this is going.

Have you seen the word "just" in my post?
Of course they want to make money with it (otherwise it would be free), but it doesn't feel like forced "BAM buy the DLC it's so COOL woah, unbelievable, we have to make a 4 min. trailer showing everything in slow motion WAH" and I like that we don't "have to" buy new DLC every month. It feels a lot more like a choice, hell, you can even use the DLC tracks online without purchasing the content (and the Karts in Arcade mode). Plus, again, even people who don't buy any new content get something for free!

 

[Imari]

Of course they want to make money with it (otherwise it would be free), but it doesn't feel like forced "BAM buy the DLC it's so COOL woah, unbelievable, we have to make a 4 min. trailer showing everything in slow motion WAH" and I like that we don't "have to" buy new DLC every month.

Oh, I'm sorry. Did I not have a choice buying the new content in iRacing and Forza? I'll be right back, I have to give them my money before Crocodile Dundee turns up in a helicopter and stabs me in the knee. Thanks for the warning.

Thank goodness we have PD that doesn't have these draconian policies!

Do you people even think about what you're saying before you say it?

 

[Paul2448]

Obviously, PD doesn't have the final say in the DLC prices, so does anyone else think PSN is jacking up the price of the DLC just to lower the price for Playstation Plus members in order to get more people to order PS+?

 

[Downhill Dino]

Obviously, PD doesn't have the final say in the DLC prices, so does anyone else think PSN is jacking up the price of the DLC just to lower the price for Playstation Plus members in order to get more people to order PS+?

Or it's for the employee's paycheck.

 

[G.T.Ace]

Do you people even think about what you're saying before you say it?

And do you actually read?

 

[Imari]

And do you actually read?

I read "it doesn't feel like forced BAM buy the DLC" and "I like that we don't have to buy new DLC every month" and my hope for a rational discussion crawled into the bathtub and drowned itself.

Can't argue with people with double standards. Best of luck with that.

 

[AnPrionsaBeag]

Do you guys realize you're fighting over a videogame? I don't like this DLC, I'm not buying it. You like it, you buy it. I'm dumbfounded here...

 

[Downhill Dino]

This is a site based on a video game. Why not argue about it?

 

[E28]

Meh. I often find smaller cars a lot more fun to drive than supercars. I mean, what isn't great about seeing a Toyota Vitz in Lumious Pink, doing 170 MPH?

Being overtaken by it.

 

[JDMKING13]

Do you guys realize you're fighting over a videogame? I don't like this DLC, I'm not buying it. You like it, you buy it. I'm dumbfounded here...

I don't get it either, this is a GT forum so lets debate and all, but guy's its 4 bucks. It's not like when you buy a cup of coffee and a doughnut. You use those products that day and there gone, we get to use these cars forever. If you don't like the package that's respectable and you have the choice not to buy it.

 

[grrlpurple]

I am just concerned that they will charge £4 for the pack here in the UK which would make it more expensive than for the US folks... that is what usually happens, stick the same numbers in but change the currency sign.

Having said that, $1 per car isn't bad considering the work that goes into them!

 

[JDMKING13]

I am just concerned that they will charge £4 for the pack here in the UK which would make it more expensive than for the US folks... that is what usually happens, stick the same numbers in but change the currency sign.

Having said that, $1 per car isn't bad considering the work that goes into them!

I can agree with this however I have no clue how that works, so I cannot make full judgement. Does PD actually come out with these DLC prices?

 

[godlameroso]

All DLC including the one that's coming up is a measly $15 USD, $15, you guys are seriously complaining about $15 dollars? Be thankful you're not paying recurring membership fees to race online. Iracing is about $250 a year in subscription fees plus you have to pay for each track and car. We have it good, stop your whining, save it for something that matters, like bad sex.

 

[Terronium-12]

All DLC including the one that's coming up is a measly $15 USD, $15, you guys are seriously complaining about $15 dollars? Be thankful you're not paying recurring membership fees to race online. Iracing is about $250 a year in subscription fees plus you have to pay for each track and car. We have it good, stop your whining, save it for something that matters, like bad sex.

Right. Comparing the price of GT5's upcoming DLC to the price of something else when it's been said again and again that the price is not the issue really makes for a fantastic defensive statement, doesn't it?

 

[LarryL]

What do you mean price isn't the issue? So if it cost $1 you'd still complain? Or if it were free you would still complain? What IS your issue then? Because you just seem unreasonale to me and like many people who frequent the internet are just complaining for the sake of complaining just because you aren't a fan of something.

Otherwise I'm just not seeing any good point you're making. These are 4 brand new models, it's not like they're already in the game. And you JUST said price isn't your issue. So what exactly IS your issue? Or can you not express a thought without continually getting defensive and going on the attack while making no real point?

 

[PTK]

The price is good but I would like other cars than VW's and GT-R's...

 

[Terronium-12]

What do you mean price isn't the issue? So if it cost $1 you'd still complain? Or if it were free you would still complain? What IS your issue then? Because you just seem unreasonale to me and like many people who frequent the internet are just complaining for the sake of complaining just because you aren't a fan of something.

Otherwise I'm just not seeing any good point you're making. These are 4 brand new models, it's not like they're already in the game. And you JUST said price isn't your issue. So what exactly IS your issue? Or can you not express a thought without continually getting defensive and going on the attack while making no real point?

It's the content tied to the price. You'd know that if you bothered to read through the last page or so, instead of writing up a redundant post that essentially puts you in the same idiotic position that vandaliser was in.

 

[CaptainHarlock]

I am just concerned that they will charge £4 for the pack here in the UK which would make it more expensive than for the US folks... that is what usually happens, stick the same numbers in but change the currency sign.

Having said that, $1 per car isn't bad considering the work that goes into them!

Pricing is regional. If we were paying the same price as you, then I would be paying $6.21 cents (the current US to GBP exchange rate). You can't really expect them to adjust the prices on the PSN Store daily in accordance to the current market.

 

[Tenacious D]

It's the content tied to the price.

So price is the issue.

If you want to make the point that Kaz needs to hire more modelers, or not hold back so much content for GT6, or whatever your beef is, you really should say it directly instead of playing these vapid PMS games. And not say, "I SAID that six pages back. Can't you read?" You're really being grinchy for no good reason.

Anyway, I can hardly wait for it. As others have said, if it's not such a big deal - which really it isn't, why so serious?

And to reiterate, you guys paying more in other regions, that's mostly because you live in tax and fee happy countries, and I'm sorry about that. Vote for more frugal governments next time, and costs of everything should ease up a bit.

 

[Blitz24]

I can agree with this however I have no clue how that works, so I cannot make full judgement. Does PD actually come out with these DLC prices?

PD doesn't set them. That would be SCEA/SCEE/SCEI that would dictate what the prices would be.

 

[Imari]

So price is the issue.

The fact that we're paying for it is the issue. The difference between $4 and $0.02 is nothing to anyone over the age of 12 unless you live in a third world country, so clearly the price isn't a problem as such. It's merely whether people want to pay anything for that content.

Some don't.

I think even if the content were free, there would be an interesting discussion to be had as to why they chose those 4 cars in particular. Out of all the cars that they had available to them.