Gamer Limit writes "That essentially means that they will be paying twice for some of the same content. With the already steep price of games, this will be a big turnoff for many. "
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Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.
How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.
But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.
They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.
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I hate the way DLC has turned into a way for the developer to make extra money instead of supporting an already great title. Take a look at Valve, people. They do it right.
To be honest I kinda see what EA is trying to do. There have been a few game demos (usually multiplayer) that I played the hell out of, only to never buy the game because I had all the fun I was going to have in the demo. Hopefully these new demos will feature some sort of mode that allows for multiple play throughs.
I'm a bit weary of these types of things. Charging people for "extended demos" and then being charged for the full retail price of the game. On the other hand, it's an aggressive move and something worth applauding if it works out. Just seems like the kinks and details needed to be ironed out better.
1/4 the price of a new game for probably less than 1/4 of the content of a new game sounds kind of like a bad deal. Likewise if I do buy a PDLC then that same content is in the game when it comes out and if I buy the game then I pay for that content twice? Again, bad deal.
I think I will respond to this bad deal by not buying these glorified demos. They are a bad product that is not worth the money EA wants to charge.
dlc and drm are starting to become four letter words. :(