Furycrab
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I don't know where everyone got the $30.00 CIV expansions, but it certainly wasn't at that price here and you had to look around stores or pre-order. If memory serves it was retailing at 49.99 here, but either way as a model it flopped because most people I know did something else to get the game.
I find it interesting that people chose to compare content to BTS instead of Warlords because Warlords wasn't quite as interesting and it's likely that they intentionally tried to put more in BTS since the expansion model doesn't work very well after the first expansion (sale wise), but anyways I'm sorta diverging from the point I want to make.
To me DLC is a Donut.
Expansions are buying an entire box. (Assume stuff doesn't spoil)
To take out the first argument against DLC I'll throw it out there right now. YES the box will no doubt always be cheaper/better value for your dollar. So Point 1 for expansions, however let's look at this from a consumer/dev point of view.
Consumer:
-There might be stuff in the box you don't want.
-There might be too much stuff that you are willing to buy or pay for at the time. eg: If you only looking for something to play 2-3 weekends, what's the real point to buying a dozen Civs?
-If there's just one or two things in the box I want, I can buy that with DLC.
Dev:
- Boxes are harder to sell, people need more convincing or want to try it out first which leads more people to do "something" Hint: Yarr!
-More recurring customer base means they can just keep working on what they feel sales best.
-Easier for them to justify keeping employees on staff, which means they can keep patching the game for free.
-They cut costs of publishing the boxes internationally. Which lowers the bar for "success" to the investors so it's for them to justify having people work on the next DLC. It's also not doom and gloom if most people just decide to wait until it's a bargain sale.
So yes I know some people still want full expansions. I'd probably buy one... but I'm perfectly happy just buying a donu... I mean DLC every now and again. The DLC + the patches have kept this game fairly fresh to me and on a list of games I go back to when I have free time, and I know it works out better for the devs. I'm just sad so many people have taken up arms against change seeing how on the PC the model has worked fairly well for a number of games which would likely have never gotten any expansion.
I find it interesting that people chose to compare content to BTS instead of Warlords because Warlords wasn't quite as interesting and it's likely that they intentionally tried to put more in BTS since the expansion model doesn't work very well after the first expansion (sale wise), but anyways I'm sorta diverging from the point I want to make.
To me DLC is a Donut.
Expansions are buying an entire box. (Assume stuff doesn't spoil)
To take out the first argument against DLC I'll throw it out there right now. YES the box will no doubt always be cheaper/better value for your dollar. So Point 1 for expansions, however let's look at this from a consumer/dev point of view.
Consumer:
-There might be stuff in the box you don't want.
-There might be too much stuff that you are willing to buy or pay for at the time. eg: If you only looking for something to play 2-3 weekends, what's the real point to buying a dozen Civs?
-If there's just one or two things in the box I want, I can buy that with DLC.
Dev:
- Boxes are harder to sell, people need more convincing or want to try it out first which leads more people to do "something" Hint: Yarr!
-More recurring customer base means they can just keep working on what they feel sales best.
-Easier for them to justify keeping employees on staff, which means they can keep patching the game for free.
-They cut costs of publishing the boxes internationally. Which lowers the bar for "success" to the investors so it's for them to justify having people work on the next DLC. It's also not doom and gloom if most people just decide to wait until it's a bargain sale.
So yes I know some people still want full expansions. I'd probably buy one... but I'm perfectly happy just buying a donu... I mean DLC every now and again. The DLC + the patches have kept this game fairly fresh to me and on a list of games I go back to when I have free time, and I know it works out better for the devs. I'm just sad so many people have taken up arms against change seeing how on the PC the model has worked fairly well for a number of games which would likely have never gotten any expansion.