I saw a news story today that said Resident Evil 5 will be selling a versus mode as downloadable content for 400 microsoft fun bucks. And it's going to be released tomorrow.
Whilst this isn't quite horse armor it still seems like a major rip off. Not least the fact that Resi 5 was released under a month ago. Is there all ready DLC available for it? Seriously? The whole fucking point of DLC is that it's stuff you added later, not stuff you clearly could have added into the original release.
This more amuses me than anything else, if I'm honest, because I think Resident Evil 5 is a terrible game and anyone who actually buys this shit deserves to be separated from their money but once I stop guffawing into my pasta/tuna/olives lunch, it began to sting a bit.
Firstly, I'm worried that this trend will spread.
Capcom's defenders on the intertubes want to know what the nay sayers are complaining about. Someone calling themselves Tonixz said: "I don't see how Capcom isn't short changing anyone here. I'm pretty certain most RE games to date were single player and they were retail priced."
The problem is, by that logic, developers should just put out a game that is identical in every way to the last game and release everything new as DLC.
As part of the PC gaming master race, I'm used to my DLC being free, with the exception of shit I don't mind paying for such as the Far Cry 2 stuff. What does worry me slightly is that developers may put an incomplete game out (as they have clearly done here) and then charge extra for the bits they should have included in the first place.
This may well drive console game prices up from the £40 they're currently at to closer to £50.
Considering £40 is all ready far too much to pay for most of these games, that's something to be legitimately worried by.
In other news the Sith Lords Restoration Bug Count is still at 84.
At least it hasn't gone up.
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