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Oct 29, 2010 6:15 PM
Real reason for them using Steam!
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Oct 31, 2010 3:07 PM by
zeppelincross 
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B1nary wrote:
I realize that many PC games in the past received free map packs, but who cares? That's the past. You guys should stop living in it. If you don't like paying for the map packs, don't pay for them. I just think it's funny that you guys expect them to take the time to create maps for us and expect that it be given to us for free. That's like walking up to a server in a restaurant and demanding a free burger and fries without paying for the meal.
DEAL WITH IT. Maps may have been free in the past, but they likely will not be free now. Oh well! I don't care if they're $5, $10, or $15, I'll still buy them. I don't have any other games waiting on pre-order or that I'm looking forward to, so I've got a few bucks to spare, assuming that the maps look like they are fun to play.
Or, buying a 5 star table at a posh restaurant and demanding the caviar and truffle for free
. Idk if that makes sense but you if you buy the game, be prepared for buying add-ons. -
FAFFER wrote:
the profit margins are disgraceful! it wouldn't be so bad if the actual talent got some of the money...but I'd put money on Activision making DLC part of Treyarchs original budget!
A very likely assumption, my hat goes off to you on that one. They very likely do. But ultimately, what could a few thousand people really do about it? The fact is, a majority of Black Ops players will sink their money into the map packs. Granted, there are a large number of people out there in the world (mostly PC gamers because they think that DLC should be handed to them for free on a silver platter) that will preach all day about the fact that they aren't going to pay money for these map packs and stick to their word. Now keep in mind that I hang around the PC forums because I myself am a PC gamer, but I'm not like a lot of you guys: I'm willing to accept the fact that they expect us to pay them money, even $15, for a map pack with only four or five maps in it, because nothing in life is free and I am okay with that.
Here's why I bring that point up though: they already have more pre-orders for this game than MW2 did. Not to mention that there are a ton of people out there that will buy this game after release as well. By that point, they've already made all the money they expect to get for this game and more. So at that point, any money they make off of the map packs will be nothing but profit. So you can preach all day about how it's a rip off and that you won't buy into it, but ultimately, do you really think that Activision will care? Hell no, they've already got the money that you spent on the game in their pockets. And since so many thousands of people are going to buy the map packs regardless of what a few thousand hard asses that refuse to buy them do or say, you guys aren't proving anything to Activision. Period. They're still going to make everything they expect to make on the DLC. So if you don't buy them, that's your decision. I for one plan on buying them no matter the price. I always love Treyarch's map designs and I, along with a very large amount of other gamers, look forward to everything that they've created for us.
FAFFER wrote:
2x mappacks are not worth the price of a FULL game, its really that simple! they don't take anywhere near the cost of a game to make...and are getting near 50% of the price!
I assume you meant to say "2x mappacks are not worth the price of HALF of a game...", right? Based off of the price points of the two map packs for MW2 (which is what I assume will be charged for the BO map packs), that only totals $30, which is not the price of a full game. Hopefully that's what you meant by following that statement up with "...and are getting near 50% of the price!" --> Just wanted to make sure I understood what you meant.
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B1nary wrote:
A very likely assumption, my hat goes off to you on that one. They very likely do. But ultimately, what could a few thousand people really do about it? *snip*
so just suck it up, and take it dry because all the other idiots do?! no thanks.
B1nary wrote:
I assume you meant to say "2x mappacks are not worth the price of HALF of a game...", right? Based off of the price points of the two map packs for MW2 (which is what I assume will be charged for the BO map packs), that only totals $30, which is not the price of a full game. Hopefully that's what you meant by following that statement up with "...and are getting near 50% of the price!" --> Just wanted to make sure I understood what you meant.
£10 a mappack, PC games are usually £30....and I did say "getting near" half the price.
thats without comparing them to other cheaper AAA games...
crysis 2 £27
fear 3 £25
NFS HP £25
TDU 2 £25
GTA/eps £18
you get the idea...
Its about time a group of devs went it alone and just released digital only...
that way the right people get rewarded! instead of Activision making a billion and the devs getting 10s of millions to SHARE!
