If you think the standard cars are all GT4 level quality, go visit an optometrist. And if you think getting the same cars in the PSP game means you already paid for them being in GT5, you need to ... I don't want to be rude to you, but that's just unreasonable, mate.
Is it really? What other game on the planet has such a divide in content? Imagine if you were to buy, say, Grand Theft Auto 4, and only 20% of the cars had a damage model, I think the gaming community would be livid over that; yet some how, GT5 is in this "bubble of perfection" that is devoid of any criticism toward its lack of consistency.
Also, I see just fine, plus I play on a 60" ISF calibrated 1080p HDTV. I've seen some terrible quality standard models, that, in my opinion, are unacceptable for a current generation racing game, especially one that has always used graphics as a main selling point.
You were not deceived about that GT5 would be like. You forked over your cash for a couple hundred premiums and many hundred more pretty nice standard cars. Some of the standard cars are actually very good looking, too. Go look at Veyron pics in the photomode forum.
You mean the Veyron that you're not allowed to zoom in on in photomode? Or not even allowed to use in Photo travel?
But you also just proved my point, you just said "Some of the standard cars are actually very good looking." Why aren't all of them good looking? Why does PD get a free pass on only making some models good, and others awful? It's a car game, all the cars should be held up to the same quality standards.
PD doesn't owe you any more content for free. I think PD does owe tweaks to the menus and other performance issues like that, but if they make standard cars into premiums, you should pay them for that.
I think I'm entitled to consistent content. I shouldn't have to pay for something extra that was pretty much touted as a main feature, and don't try to claim it wasn't, because that argument is awful.
Every advertisement for GT5 only featured premium cars, all the tech demos only featured premium cars, and standard cars barely got any mention until just before release when all we got was a little fine print note and a short video.
Otherwise, what's the incentive for this valuable product we want? Without the incentive, they won't be making it. We should want PD to make lots of money if they are smart enough to offer excellent DLC.
They can make short cash now, or have a lifetime customer. Which do you think is more important to a game
franchise?
The very best DLC I can imagine is just as you wish... making all the standard cars into Premiums. That's not feasible, probably. They probably would have to re-license much of that and spend millions recording and rendering them. Would makes like RUF be able to slip through?
You need to understand how licensing works. Polyphony Digital already owns the right to use the likeness of any of the cars, be it premium or standard, there is nothing legally that can't stop them from upgrading standard models to premium.
But still, if PD has a pack that makes hundreds of the standards into premiums, I would pay $20 for it.
That's your prerogative. But, that's also the reason why games like Call of Duty have content already on the disc that you need to pay extra for to unlock. I personally would not like to see Gran Turismo go down such a road.
