BioShock 2 MP DLC Already on Disc; 2K Explains









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  • Just for note to the people that think we're complaining about the 'new content' already being on the disc, that's not the point. The content being on the disc is the smoking gun that there was content made for this game during development that was intentionally withheld in order to get more money out of consumers.

    The point of DLC is supposed to be to add new content after the game has been completed, rather than withholding content from the game and making the final product suffer in order to wrangle more money out of consumers. If you'll forgive a little hyperbole, it's a bit like if the game was originally designed to have 8 weapons, but then they decided to lock out 4 of them so they could sell them back to you later as DLC. The game comes out, and the game is noticably lacking in weapons (Enemies in far off alcoves that look like they're supposed to be sniped, but you have no sniper rifle). But wait, you can buy these weapons online! To use a real-world example; The Sims 3 was released and it was incredibly noticeable that a lot of stuff was missing, yet the missing items were actually available as DLC from the second the game launched.

    You can say 'But you pay for more fun' all you like, it doesn't make the process any more despicable. Games are incredibly expensive to buy, and it's not fair on consumers to cripple games just so the publisher/developer can make more money AFTER you've discovered that stuff is absent. Some people might argue that games are expensive to develop as well, but the thing is if you're developing this stuff DURING the development cycle, then it's costing that development budget to make them. DLC is supposed to pay for the development time that went into creating that new content, not for double-dipping with us paying full price for a game and then paying AGAIN for content that was created in the same period.

  • I understand what they're doing and why they're doing it but I don't agree with it. It was annoying when Halo quarantined all the players without the new maps and prevented them from joining certain game modes. If the content is completely ready before the game even goes gold to the point of putting it on the disc, it should be included with the game. I am all for purchasing extra levels/maps for games as they're created and released after the main game is released but if it's finished beforehand and even included along with your purchase, it is pure BS that they charge you more for it to actually use it. What's to stop them from doing that with larger portions later? You get towards the end of the game and then it goes to a black screen... "To fight the final boss and save the world please insert $5 (400 points). 9... 8... 7 "