Knoell said:The lMlan said:Here is hoping the story dlc is free. "Why would it be free?"
Oh you know, because if the game is years out from release and it seems highly likely to already have story dlc for it...why is it not included with the game?
Ultimately, the money they could draw from getting more people just to be on the game and making purchases of shark cards would be more valuable than charging $20 for the expansion itself.
I get your point but the reluctance of gamers to accept any price point higher than $60.00 for going on 15-20 years is leading these companies to find alternative methods to make money.
Cost of other era games in 2020 dollars:
Nintendo: 108.18
Super Nintendo: 118.73
Playstation: 84.85
N64: 82.42
PS2: 75.09
Xbox: 73.06
X360: 79.46
X1: 66.61
Price just keeps dropping despite inflation making the dollar worth less. So to our detriment they found that they could abuse microtransactions and boy did they hit the jackpot there. Don't even get me started on multiplayer.
So maybe, just maybe if we accept higher price points for single player based content in conjunction with historical video game prices, we will get full/complete games instead of this piece meal bullcrap.
But no, we will keep complaining that GTA 6 comes with DLC that amounts to paying that price anyway and claiming we are getting ripped off.
But sales figures have kept increasing and the profit keeps increasing so it makes sense for the game prices to drop (in terms of modern £/$).
Also, I'd say that games these days are simply worth less than older games since you could buy gen 1-7 games and keep them forever. Modern games can only be used while Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo/etc allow you to use them, or until they go bust.