BioWare old DLC $$$ - anyone have good news?
Why is Mass Effect 2 DLC still full price, 48 months after release? Is this only BioWare's fault? I have purchased more than half the DLC for Mass Effect 2 four solid years ago. The _remaining_ DLC...
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I have great news: If you think the game is worth playing, and the DLC is worth the price EA is askling, pay it!
No one is required to buy any of the DLC to finish the game. EA's track record on this is to very, very infrequently include DLC in an "Ultimate Edition". Otherwise... Pay the retail price.
The base game may go on sale, but the DLC doesn't. You don't like that? Don't buy the DLC.
The fact that a three-year-old Honda goes on extreme sale at some dealership does not automatically make those custom alloy wheels any cheaper.
Simple economics done wrong. If people care enough, they'll buy the product full price on release. After a while, software prices go down to attract players who would normally not buy the product. Example: Recently an indie game developer's sales went through the roof because the Steam community had selected their game for a flash sale. Many players who had no intention of buying that game, did so anyway.
I'm not sure I understand EA's approach of DLC sales. I'm a hardcore Mass Effect fan. I've played the first two games about thirty times each, yet I can't bring myself to paying €15 for the Omega DLC (which is more than I pay for most AAA games, thanks to Steam sales). The base game itself was only €5 last week on Origin. I'm sure that if EA lowered these prices, they would sell many more DLC packs. The only reason I ever got the Dragon Age DLCs, is because I could get all of them for €5 total. EA had a winter sale to coincide with Steam's holiday sales, and the only reason I can think of why they wouldn't lower the prices for DLC, is because you have to pay with virtual currency (BioWare points), and people would just buy more points than they need to spend it on DLC of future games. That would explain why on Xbox 360, for instance, they do offer DLC sales from time to time.
Whole lots of people will pay €5 for the Trilogy (on sale) who will then spend the same, or more, for DLC, but who would never have dropped a tenner for the base game(s) in the first place. No one will pay "new game" prices for a five year-old title, but if they find they like it they'll continue to pay "full price" for the add-ons. In fact, they figure they got such a deal on the game itself, "Why not?"
EA is many things, and one of them is a company that knows how to maximize revenue from older products.thandal, you sound like an ea operative or fan. If not, dont put the cart before the horse.
ea is surely one thing i can think of...
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