Limited Run Games Thread

[Twisted]

i would rather publishers or game developers change the day one price from $59.99 to $79.99 and give us a COMPLETE GAME FROM DAY ONE..and put an end to DLC content..i am sick of it!!!..i mean..i am a physical collector..and i just hate things like Zelda Breath of the Wild..coming out on switch carts..and then two awesome expansion packs come out purely digital..imagine the gaming experience in the future if you popped in the switch cart, and everything was on it from the game plus the 2 DLC content packs..it would take the game on to another level!.so i would of preferred paying $79.99 upfront to have it all on one cart...i wish Nintendo would do "game of the year re-releases" i would of supported that route..for complete experiences like Mario Kart 8 deluxe...and pay more and then just have 2 versions..a vanilla version for $59.99 and a complete version for $79.99.

[defiler]

Originally Posted by Twisted

i would rather publishers or game developers change the day one price from $59.99 to $79.99 and give us a COMPLETE GAME FROM DAY ONE..and put an end to DLC content..i am sick of it!!!..i mean..i am a physical collector..and i just hate things like Zelda Breath of the Wild..coming out on switch carts..and then two awesome expansion packs come out purely digital..imagine the gaming experience in the future if you popped in the switch cart, and everything was on it from the game plus the 2 DLC content packs..it would take the game on to another level!.so i would of preferred paying $79.99 upfront to have it all on one cart...i wish Nintendo would do "game of the year re-releases" i would of supported that route..for complete experiences like Mario Kart 8 deluxe...and pay more and then just have 2 versions..a vanilla version for $59.99 and a complete version for $79.99.

Many of the games do this.... a year or so after the fact. Hitman, Mafia 2, Dishonored, Bioshock... a few to name that got releases year or more afterwards that contained all the DLC.

[game_player_s]

Originally Posted by defiler

Many of the games do this.... a year or so after the fact. Hitman, Mafia 2, Dishonored, Bioshock... a few to name that got releases year or more afterwards that contained all the DLC.

I believe the point Twisted is getting at though is in the case of game like the one he specified, where the DLC was actually already ready for release before the game had itself even been released... which seems to be something Nintendo is really bad about.

Many games get DLC several months or even a year or more after the initial release of the base game itself because either the developers hadn't begun working on the new content yet at all or it was merely still in concept at the appointed release time for the games. But this utter BS where the game developer not only has planned for DLC expansion, but already has the DLC ready before the game has even hit the market is just foolish non-sense and a means to attempt skimming even more profits from already paying customers.

But yes, I like to wait and see if GOTY editions of such titles get released and then buy those. I will say though that EA is really terrible with their GOTY's per their reputation. I have had one personal experience with them thus far, and it was this year. I was debating between Star Wars: Battlefront (now with MSRP $19.99) and Star Wars: Battlefront: Ultimate Edition (MSRP $39.99). After carefully studying the descriptions on the back of each case I ended up just buying the regular edition, and boy was I glad I did that! All of the expansion content from the "Ultimate Edition" gets installed by default in the current 30+GB update patch for the game. And even if you bought the "Ultimate Edition", the back of the package indicates the three expansions are not included on the disc! This is EA just scamming shoppers for a extra $20.

But I rather agree with Twisted on the sentiment of prefering to have the whole game on purchase day, and not have to deal with the massive inconveniences that are DLC. And further, just waiting for a GOTY release that comes with the former DLC-only content already included and any bug patches already implemented.

[defiler]

Originally Posted by game_player_s

I believe the point Twisted is getting at though is in the case of game like the one he specified, where the DLC was actually already ready for release before the game had itself even been released... which seems to be something Nintendo is really bad about.

Many games get DLC several months or even a year or more after the initial release of the base game itself because either the developers hadn't begun working on the new content yet at all or it was merely still in concept at the appointed release time for the games. But this utter BS where the game developer not only has planned for DLC expansion, but already has the DLC ready before the game has even hit the market is just foolish non-sense and a means to attempt skimming even more profits from already paying customers.

But yes, I like to wait and see if GOTY editions of such titles get released and then buy those. I will say though that EA is really terrible with their GOTY's per their reputation. I have had one personal experience with them thus far, and it was this year. I was debating between Star Wars: Battlefront (now with MSRP $19.99) and Star Wars: Battlefront: Ultimate Edition (MSRP $39.99). After carefully studying the descriptions on the back of each case I ended up just buying the regular edition, and boy was I glad I did that! All of the expansion content from the "Ultimate Edition" gets installed by default in the current 30+GB update patch for the game. And even if you bought the "Ultimate Edition", the back of the package indicates the three expansions are not included on the disc! This is EA just scamming shoppers for a extra $20.

But I rather agree with Twisted on the sentiment of prefering to have the whole game on purchase day, and not have to deal with the massive inconveniences that are DLC. And further, just waiting for a GOTY release that comes with the former DLC-only content already included and any bug patches already implemented.

I have never seen those cases. That's crazy that the devs/publishers would even do that. I know I have seen some games where they had to make a release date so some of the unfinished stuff got moved to DLC and released a month into it, which is bad enough.

At least it's not like Hitman: You get a shell of a game (3 levels) and then have to wait a year for a new level to get released every month No way a GOTY edition gets released then