The Godfather Will Nickle & Dime You To Death
I don't like where this is going.
EA has announced a series of "premium upgrade packs" for The Godfather II that will be available two weeks after the game launches on the Xbox 360 and PS3 on April 23. The list of packs includes:
* The Pentangeli Map Pack: Download for the all-new Cuba multiplayer map and the Junkyard multiplayer map. $6.75 / 540 points
* Level 4 Weapons Bundle: Download this collection to receive the Modern Dillinger, the .700 Magnum Impact, the Herzstopper, the MG-S1 Sniper Wolfe, and the Street Sweeper. $4.00 / 320 points
* Jack of All Trades: Download Jimmy Lira - the Jack of All Trades to have this character in your family. Jimmy Lira starts out with the arsonist, engineer, medic, and safecracker specialties and comes equipped with a level 2 machine gun - the MP38. $4.00 / 320 points
* The Corleone Bundle (All of the above): Download the multiplayer map pack, the level 4 Weapons Bundle, and the Jack of All Trades (Jimmy Lira) crew member. $10.00 / 800 points
I suppose if you were going to splurge on this, the bundle is your best bargain, but I still don't appreciate games charging you for weapons and characters like this. I don't know if you can earn them in the game through normal means, and this is just a way for lazy gamers/cheaters to get them easier/sooner or if this is the only way to get them, but either way, I'm not sure I like it. I don't want to play against people who have an advantage online because they spent extra money to arm their gang better than mine. Still, I guess it's better than charging for horse armor...
Wootini
Posted to Video Games on 2 April 2009
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I flatly refuse to pay extra for stuff like this. A $20 expansion that adds hours of gameplay ala "Lost and the Damned" is one thing, this is just gouging.
Ah yes, yet another showing of the tactics that EA uses to squeeze even more money out of (we) the consumers.
Not that I was even the least bit interested in The Godfather II to begin with, but this makes me just say "fuck that shit" all together...
Fuck you, EA.
Fleecing consumers after a release, who do they think they are, Capcom and Resident Evil 5.
EA has a bizarre approach to everything, one minute they're all about new IP's then they're loaded up with DRM costing them hundreds of thousands of sales, then they renege slightly on that then they charge for content that should be in the game.
Oh EA, you justify piracy more than any other company. And I'm a supporter of you.
What happened to just releasing finished games?
One common explanation for DLC is that the content didn't make it into the game before release, and really we should just be grateful they are offering it now, what with the game itself being a complete product and all. However, it seems to as though this would stop game manufacturers from trying to excel, to outdo their competitors by doing something more and going the extra mile. If they can fix it in post, and we *pay* them for it, too, then they win. Oh yeah, Fuck You EA all right.