When you purchase a video game, after what could be months of waiting eagerly for it to come out, you want to play the whole game right? Well apparently the new thing out there corrupting the video game world is the greedy overuse of DLC (Downloadable Content). These downloads are meant to enhance the experience of the full game, to add more maps, characters, weapons, etc. NOT to unlock a whole part of the campaign! Lately, video game companies have been scavenging for more money by only opening certain content of the game when a certain DLC is downloaded. The sad part is, that you already see what your not going to be playing sometimes... For example, in Rocksteady Studio's newest release, Batman: Arkham City, it is advertised that you can play as Batman, as well as Catwoman... Well turns out you can only play as Catwoman if you purchase her DLC campaign somewhere at 6-10$. Nice, so I'm paying an extra 10$ for a game I've already purchased. It doesn't even add anything new! Its part of the original story of the game! This same principle goes for "Saints Row: The Third", there are 3 chapters of the game missing that you have to pay for and download... Why?! I already bought the game!
Thankfully, there's a company out there refraining from all this corruption... Nintendo. Although Nintendo does release DLC, none of which is used for greedy purposes. Sure you have to pay for them, but it only adds to the game so your actually paying for more of a full game instead of more pieces to to an incomplete game. Nintendo's Chief of America, Reggi Fils-Aime, states "We're interested in [DLC] to the extent that it makes sense to the consumer,". Thank you.
For further proof, he also states " if we want to make other things available, great, and we'll look at that. But we're unwilling to sell a piece of a game upfront and, if you will, force a consumer to buy more later. ".
I've always been a huge fan of Nintendo, and after this, I'm even more thankful and have more respect for them over so many other game companies. This really shows one the gamer-friendly companies out there. Once again, thank you Nintendo for taking a stand against this and not ripping us off.
"My name is Reggie. I'm about kickin' ass, I'm about takin' names, and we're about makin' games."
Stay Wett.
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