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Off The Wall / Re: Looks like I ain't a Capricorn anymore.
« on: January 13, 2011, 09:36:06 PM »
With the BS addition, I'm a Pisces now, and oddly enough, it fits...
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The blue color for Zero reminds me of the X3 game genie code to have X turn into zero, and the palette was still X's until you charged your buster.I loved that. Though his hair was silver there. which fits better with an X color scheme for Zero tbh

So, if I'm understanding you correctly, this Castlevania pack that was not in the game is just a bonus feature, like say Playable Forte. Now, because Playable Forte "made it into the game" and this LoS DLC pack didn't, that's the only thing that makes it okay when it comes to giving gamers a choice?pretty much. If it is something that is already in the game when you buy it, then it should either be sold as part of the game, or not included at all, and sold separately like actual DLC.
So DLC can only be used to sell you bonus features not included in the game, not bonus features included in the game?See above. Yes. [parasitic bomb] is called "DLC" for a reason. Its "downloading bonus content that was not in the original game, but which developers decided to add later." Not "buying an unlock code to play a part of the game that was already there to begin with"
Honestly I don't really see a difference. Bonus content is bonus content, whether included with the game or not. I actually respect being given a choice whether or not to spend my money on it.Let me put it this way. Like the picture I posted earlier. the way say, LoS does it is sell you extra pie once you have finished the whole pie. The way MM9 and 10 do it, is sell you the whole pie, but once you have eaten half, if you want to touch the other half sitting in front of you, you have to pay up for pie that was given to you WITH the initial payment. If they are going to charge me for half my pie, then best they not give me the whole pie to begin with, and just give me the half and later offer me the option of actually buying and having anpther half broght to me.
No, I don't think it makes much sense, especially in this day and age when the internet pretty much gives everybody everything upfront when it comes to information about a game usually a month or two before it comes out, like with the MM10 extra features. To once again use your Lexus analogy in regards to MM9 & MM10, it's like making people pay more for a GPS system when they might not want it. Sure, it can be part of the complete package, but to pay more for a complete package in which you won't use the add-ons is honestly just a waste of money, money you could spend on other things. Playable Blues & Playable Forte are GPS additions and do not make the car run. Neither do the extra stages or extra difficulty. Like I just told Flame, I actually respect sellers that give me, the consumer, a choice whether or not to purchase bonus features, whether included in the game or not.that is actually not quite the same comparison. Lexus does not include the GPS into the standard package but have you "pay to use it at all". it is an actual addition to the car- which is added IF you want it. Much like the way DLC should be. An addition that is only added IF you want. Notincluded with every verison of the package but "unlocked" by paying extra.
If we go back to say MM9 vs. MMPU, for example, what if Capcom offered a $5-$10 cheaper MMPU game that did not include the Level Creator aspect of the game, and you never had any plans to use it at all? If someone never had any plans to use the feature, why make them pay $10 more for it? Just because it's "included in the game" and the game is "complete" with the feature said person is never going to use in the first place?See now THAT is an idea. make a version of the game that does not have that feature at all. but that kind of version separation would be just silly for a downloadable game, and it would not quite be the same as selling you PU with the Level editor locked until you purchase an unlock for it.
Because it's a bonus feature. You don't have to buy it if you don't want to, because you still get the complete game without it. It's optional. What would you prefer? Paying $20 for the game with features you don't want or really care for, or paying $10 for the game and having optional features you can choose whether to buy or not to buy?Paying $20 for the complete game and not having to pay to unlock them later