Yeah, it dawned on me a few years ago that games are being sold in an unfinished state just so they can sell us the rest later.
If you’re still naive enough to spend money on things you can be getting for free (just to make someone else richer), at least wait until what you’re buying is complete.
I definitely see much of AAA gaming as greedy, but when I’ve dipped into it this never seemed like an accurate take. The shit they’re selling for Ultimate Editions is normally teensy and inconsequential, like a golden gun or something. They’re selling to sons of Dubai warlords that just have Fuck You money to spend. I’ve never regretted getting a standard edition, except when I buy Deluxe off an indie game where I just want to support them (For reference, Expedition 33 had a Deluxe Edition)
yeah, i don’t mind DLC being sold separately, especially when it’s a full-fledged expansion like a good old add-on - not just an extra mission and stuff - proper 5-10 extra hours. But when you get this impossible to follow selection of options - it annoys the hell out of me and i switch to something that has only one package and doesn’t require market analysis skills to figure out the best version to buy. Or just yo ho ho fuck’em all instead because that’s what happens.
Yeah, it dawned on me a few years ago that games are being sold in an unfinished state just so they can sell us the rest later.
If you’re still naive enough to spend money on things you can be getting for free (just to make someone else richer), at least wait until what you’re buying is complete.
I definitely see much of AAA gaming as greedy, but when I’ve dipped into it this never seemed like an accurate take. The shit they’re selling for Ultimate Editions is normally teensy and inconsequential, like a golden gun or something. They’re selling to sons of Dubai warlords that just have Fuck You money to spend. I’ve never regretted getting a standard edition, except when I buy Deluxe off an indie game where I just want to support them (For reference, Expedition 33 had a Deluxe Edition)
yeah, i don’t mind DLC being sold separately, especially when it’s a full-fledged expansion like a good old add-on - not just an extra mission and stuff - proper 5-10 extra hours. But when you get this impossible to follow selection of options - it annoys the hell out of me and i switch to something that has only one package and doesn’t require market analysis skills to figure out the best version to buy. Or just yo ho ho fuck’em all instead because that’s what happens.