Saturday, 16 January 2016

A Problem I have with Games Industry today 1/16/2016

Games Industry Today
The games industry is becoming greedier and greedier. No longer is about the content of a game but about how much money they can squeeze out of us by dissecting the game.
 Today games will offer downloadable content (DLC) separate to the game at a slightly smaller price. This I do not have a problem with as it gives me things to do once the game is finished. These days you can pre order the game and get the DLC with it for a slightly higher price. Why would they not just put the DLC on the game? They haven't even finished the game and they want me to buy add-ons already?
 Here is an example of the community being outraged by DLC being ready for pre order purchasers when the game itself is not out until April. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLFztSaD908
For people who are fans of the Warhammer Universe they are outraged that a core faction of the game has been taken out and sold separate.

 A similar problem is developers selling "Early Access" when you pay for the game early and you can play the game before it has come out. There will be bugs and the game is unfinished of course and I expect the experience to not be of a quality to release just yet. The problem I have is when developers change there mind and don't give up. This leaves people like myself with a half finished game which we paid extra for. I don't understand why this isn't then treated as stealing.  It is daylight robbery with a fancy name and is not being addressed. Fortunately we have all learnt our lesson and early access has become very unpopular but that doesn't mean it has stopped.

To conclude game prices have gotten more expensive with every generation. I would think £20 was a lot for a Playstation 1 game. Then £30 for Playstation 2, £40 for Playstation 3 and now you can pay up to £60 for a Playstation 4 game. With these prices rising we nearly don't need micro transactions and early access taking over the market. I don't want to leave University into a environment like this, if people don't stand against it, it will never change. These issues need to be recognized or developers will become greedier and greedier and gaming could become a luxury for the rich instead of entertainment for families, A sport for professionals and memories for all.

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