Shack: No one gets surprised when a publisher announces retailer-exclusive pre-order bonuses for their AAA game. However, very rarely do publishers go on record to admit that retailers are strong-arming them into the practice. But that's exactly what Metro: Last Light publisher Deep Silver did while explaining its partitioned ranger DLC.
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The gaming industry is just getting worse everyday
Wow if thats true its messed up. I didnt even know retailers had the stones to do this. I wonder if this happens with the bigger publishers aswell or just the smaller ones.
I think dlc is only gonna get worse from this point on. I want to thank all the idiots who bought 15$ map packs and other overpriced crap, you caused this if you didnt buy it in the first place developers/publishers wouldve let it go.
I havent bought dlc in 2 years it just isnt worth it. For the price of Borderlands 2 dlc you can get a indie game that lasts longer and is probably more fun. Season passes also such a big scam that many gamers/idiots supported.
This industry destroying itself.
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We need the industry to crash, if publishers gonna lock game modes away, then we might have to buy the online mode in the future. From now on, any publisher that does this, is on my boycott list. Too bad Koch media had to do this, i wanted to play Metro so bad, but now, i'll look for a second hand copy.