Official DLC Discussion Thread

[bVork]

Anyone who pays for the TF2 items is bugfuck retarded. Thankfully you can get pretty much everything through normal play, and the few things that are only available in the store are solely cosmetic.

[Opaque]

I was just blown away by the price.

Two bucks to just get the item you want, whatever. TWENTY FUCKING DOLLARS for pixels just because it's cool looking? That's such fucking robbery.

[YellerDog]

Robbery how?

[Yoshi]

This brings up an interesting point:

For all the good Valve does with it's DLC being free, they absolutely are selling a hat your character in TF2 can wear for $18. A hat. That shit is so fucked.

Isn't that a user store? Like some guy made the hat and can sell it with Valve getting a cut? I haven't visited that store, but I thought I read that.

[Yoshi]

And what about all those games that have shipped with DLC available the day it comes out. Mind you DLC that tends to be a 256kb key that unlocks shit already on the disc. To me that's not DLC ontop of the full retail package. That's a prime example of paying more and getting less.

That's a fair point. I forgot about that stuff, because there's no way I would ever buy it. That goes back to what I said about turning the other cheek.

[Yoshi]

Star Wars is garbage. Some people just can't let go.

You need to make a thread of all the media you enjoy so that I can have a definitive "what never to waste time or money watching/playing/listening to list."

[Yoshi]

This is odd:

Epic Games' Jim Brown has revealed that not many people bothered to access the free downloadable content given away with Gears of War 2 at release.

The Flashback Map Pack came with the game and all you had to do to get the contents was input one of those redeemable codes. Brown was perplexed by the lack of take-up.

"We gave away five or six maps completely free when you bought the game and I think it was less than 30 per cent of people downloaded it," Brown told Official Xbox Magazine.

"It was free, in the box, they just never bothered to do it. So again, why? Is it a matter of accessibility? Is it people don't like typing in a 16-digit code? What's the reason? It's a weird numbers game."

Brown did acknowledge though that DLC "does well", which is probably comforting for him given he's the lead multiplayer level designer on Gears of War 3.

Gears of War 2 was released in November 2008 and won 9/10's worth of our hearts with its gripping, spectacular campaign and improved multiplayer.

Gears 3, of course, is due out in autumn 2011 and will be preceded by a multiplayer beta early next year.

[FirstBlood]

I'd be interested in seeing the percentage of people that bought the game with the intention of playing multiplayer for an extended period of time. I feel like 30% wouldn't be too far off.

[Yoshi]

I got the Undead Nightmare Pack for RDR, since it was on sale for 600 points today. I have doomed the future of gaming as we know it.

[Opaque]

I feel like if we went through enough haul threads we could find other DLC you've bought.

I find it hard to believe that it's just a coincidence you bought your "second" DLC ever four days after all the other shit you said in this thread.