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Subject: How long from release should DLC come out for a game?


Posted by: Graver18

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Posted by: I 5ee You
DLC is an awful thing.

Yes.

Giving people more of what they wanted is a bad thing.
When 3 maps cost us $10 (and released soon after the game's release) when they clearly aren't worth 1/6 of the game, there's a problem.

because $10 is so much money...

DLC doesn't have the number of sales that a retail release will have. So in order to make profit they have to price it accordingly. If they were to half the price to say $5, then I can guarantee that will not result in a double of sales.

You should learn simple economics before posting about the cost of something.
They sell a massive amount of map packs. The small team set up to design those maps could not cost anything compared to the huge amount of profits they'd bring in with $5 a person.

Except charging $10 results in more profit to go to future projects...plus, some of the money goes to microsoft for hosting the dlc.

  • 12.24.2012 11:31 AM PDT


Posted by: I 5ee You
It IS a lot of money, for a poor college student.

However, I'd be perfectly willing to pay $60 for a (well-done and not the same thing rehashed) sequel, because it's a LOT more bang for my buck.


yet said college student has an xbox 360, television, and xbox live subscription...

  • 12.24.2012 11:33 AM PDT

Posted by: Assaultor
Depends. For games like CoD and Halo? ASAP. For games like the Elder Scrolls? Around 4-6 months.
I like where you're going with this, but I don't know about ASAP for games like CoD and Halo. I'd give it a month or two, then start releasing some major expansion packs. I hate it when CoD released new packs every month for MW3. That game quickly lost its value and replayability.

  • 12.24.2012 11:40 AM PDT

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  • 12.24.2012 11:50 AM PDT

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Depends if they've been working on the DLC prior to the release of said game. If not, then a good 3 or more months should be long enough, it shows that they aren't rushing it and they're not trying to pinch out of your pockets.

  • 12.24.2012 11:52 AM PDT
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Infection in Halo 3 isn't zombie killing; it's ethnic cleansing. Have you ever noticed that these "zombies" are just black Spartans?

I don't care.

One day, one week, one month, one year. If I want more content and it's there, I will happily pay for it.

  • 12.24.2012 12:15 PM PDT

2-3 months seems about right.

  • 12.24.2012 12:16 PM PDT

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  • 12.24.2012 12:17 PM PDT

Posted by: SRQ baller24
Posted by: I 5ee You
It IS a lot of money, for a poor college student.

However, I'd be perfectly willing to pay $60 for a (well-done and not the same thing rehashed) sequel, because it's a LOT more bang for my buck.


yet said college student has an xbox 360, television, and xbox live subscription...
No, I don't.

I have a computer monitor, which doubles as a screen for my PS3, which has free online. Both of which I've owned for two or three years (before I started paying out the ass for school).

Suck a dick, bro.

[Edited on 12.24.2012 12:19 PM PST]

  • 12.24.2012 12:17 PM PDT
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As soon as it's done.

  • 12.24.2012 12:22 PM PDT

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