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BioShock Challenge Rooms priced News

PlayStation 3 News by Robert Purchese

3 November, 2008

2K Games has said that the downloadable Challenge Rooms for BioShock PS3 will cost GBP 6.29.

There are three of these rooms, remember, but they will arrive as a single pack on 20th November on the PlayStation Store.

The Challenge Rooms, exclusive to PS3, offer plenty of unseen content and tasks to accomplish. They add up to well over an hour of gameplay on the first run-through, and are built to be replayable.

Tasks are tough and based on using limited resources to achieve a goal, such as rescuing a Little Sister on a Ferris Wheel, taking down a Big Daddy, or besting a staggered arena-style onslaught of Rapture baddies.

Check back tomorrow for our hands-on impressions of the Challenge Rooms.

Alternatively, catch up with our BioShock PS3 review to find out how it shapes up.

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jonsaan
03/11/08 @ 16:35
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Bioshock is on my xmas list so no doubt I'll be up for this after Xmas:)
el_pollo_diablo
03/11/08 @ 16:35
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Sounds like a bit of a skank to me.
kangarootoo
03/11/08 @ 16:36
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Hard to make a call based on a loose description. 1 hour of gameplay for £6 doesn't sound that great on the face of it, so it all comes down to the replay value I guess.

Any chance of a tiny miniature baby review EG staff?
Monkey_Puncher
03/11/08 @ 16:42
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Great game, but that extra content sounds like a load of shit to me. What made Bioshock was the atmosphere, setting and story, this content sounds like it has none of those things. Oh and £6? What a ripoff! The content should have been in the game in the first place for PS3 owners to make up for them having to wait a year to play it.
03/11/08 @ 16:43
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they can beat the DLC up their mother`s assholes for that price.
HolyJebus
03/11/08 @ 16:55
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I too think this seems like far too much to pay for whats on offer.

And I agree that PS3 owners seem to be getting the shaft here. They should have been thrown in with the PS3 version of the full game and then charged for on the 360.
phatb0y
03/11/08 @ 17:01
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Micropaymentslol and all that, but that sounds like a textbook nickel and dime shafting.

The PS3 waited a year for an inferior version. I think that warrants these scraps from the table being given away for free.
DFawkes
03/11/08 @ 17:02
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FUCK. OFF.

I was always under the impression we were paying new price for a year old game because these were on the disc. Then it was made clear they're DLC, but of course after the wait they could make us pay for them.
Of course they're also a business, so a token fee wouldn't be out of the question. But £6.29? More than Super Stardust HD? More than any PSone game? More than the majority of full PSN games?

I'll repeat my first sentiments - FUCK OFF.
Les
03/11/08 @ 17:20
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I wouldn't bother with the game at any price but this seems like the new horse armour. What a bunch of greedy bastards. First taking money to postpone the release of the game on PS3 for a full year, then releasing the old game at full price and then, to add insult to injury, charging a ridiculous amount for some 'exclusive' DLC.
Feanor
03/11/08 @ 17:53
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Fucking ridiculous.
ry2008
03/11/08 @ 17:54
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heddbogg you have been ripped off paying 40 for the game. i paid 28
Andee
03/11/08 @ 18:17
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I thought the original idea was that the challenge mode was supposed to be included for free.

I was always planning to get the PS3 version of Bioshock, but this philosophy of deliberatly holding back content for the purposes of paid dlc means they've lost a sale. I'll just pick up the PC or 360 version instead for about half the price.
killyourtv
03/11/08 @ 18:24
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no chance, rip off
03/11/08 @ 18:55
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Its probably on the disc maybe unlocked by a measly 100kb download aka Hot shot DLC.
balsaboy72
03/11/08 @ 18:58
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Robbing cunts i thought all this was free dlc i paid £39.99 for mine plus another £6 for this its a disgrace ps3 didt even get a steelbook or big daddy figurine im writing to watchdog.
SpaceMidget75
03/11/08 @ 19:47
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This should have been included gratis, given that the dev costs on this version are less and they are still charging full whack. If they want the extra cash charge the 360 owners for the extras and give it to PS3 owners for free as part of the full price tag.

Oh and Les, do you have to put a fanboy slant on even PS3 posts? You know for sure that MS paid to keep this off PS3 for a year?
cthulhu_steev
03/11/08 @ 20:02
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The cheeky bastards, like others have said this should've been on the disc.

Also, I'm really glad I spent the money I was going to use for Bioshock on Dead Space because the game is bloody brilliant.

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smelly
03/11/08 @ 20:04
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I dont get why gamers moan about 6 quid for 1 hours of content.. But dont moan about paying 50 quid for 8 hours of content (fable 2/bioshock/etc)?

I know i'm over exagerating prices/time scales a tad.. but my point stands..


SpaceMidget75
03/11/08 @ 20:30
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"I know i'm over exagerating prices/time scales a tad.. but my point stands.. "

LOL. Obviously not.
mkreku
03/11/08 @ 21:21
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A bit pricey, isn't it?
michaelius
03/11/08 @ 21:22
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Sounds like first class ripoff.

Grand total of 1 hour of gameplay for "only" 6,50 pounds is close to price of good arcade titles like SSHD
HolyJebus
03/11/08 @ 21:24
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"I dont get why gamers moan about 6 quid for 1 hours of content.. But dont moan about paying 50 quid for 8 hours of content (fable 2/bioshock/etc)?"

Because the extra content costs far less then, lets say 1/7 of the full game, to develop because it uses almost everything that was developed for the original game.
shotgun44
03/11/08 @ 21:28
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I was under the impression this was gonna be free. How naive of me :/
makeamazing
03/11/08 @ 21:48
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I think its bad to have a situation where everyone thought it was going to be free and now they are charging for it... bad show. Oh i didnt think PS3 bioshock was full price, wasnt it £29.99 thats not a full price PS3 game price... usually its £34 ish.... or am i wrong (havent checked the prices, just what i understood the price to be and thats what its on play).

Still releasing this DLC so close to release and when it was talked about as being part of the release is just very poor of them.
SPKRFCKR
03/11/08 @ 23:48
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So far, not a single commenter has indicated that they will be paying for this DLC. Too right - does anyone think if we don't show the demand for this that 2k will lower the price?
HolyJebus
04/11/08 @ 00:38
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"does anyone think if we don't show the demand for this that 2k will lower the price?"

I think if it doesn't sell well they will assume there just wasn't a demand for it and may not create anymore, which may be an incorrect assumption. If they lower the price at a later date I still wouldn't expect it to sell too well as they'll have missed their marketing opportunity. I think this may be a case were they'll make less money in the long run by being greedy initially.

Of course this is all guess work on my behalf but that's my 2 cents.
smelly
04/11/08 @ 00:43
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"Because the extra content costs far less then, lets say 1/7 of the full game, to develop because it uses almost everything that was developed for the original game."


Since when have gamers cared about how much something cost to develop?
SPKRFCKR
04/11/08 @ 00:47
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@ HolyJebus

thanks for your 2 cents. The thing that is really pissing me off about this DLC issue, is the "Downloaded Content" section in Bioshock's main menu. This shows me that 2K were out to squeeze us ps3 customers for every penny we have. I guess I'll have to wait until tomorrows review.
Steroyd
04/11/08 @ 05:50
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@DaemonB

NO!

Hot shots DLC is done differently, you download the courses/characters via the latest patch and unlock them with a 100kb key in the PSN store, that's why patches take so long to download and that's how people who havent bought the DLC can see and hear the new characters in matchplay/stroke matches.
3william56
04/11/08 @ 06:31
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Pfft - it's still a lot cheaper per hour than a movie or pint.
Question is, is it any good?
Les
04/11/08 @ 07:18
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"Oh and Les, do you have to put a fanboy slant on even PS3 posts? You know for sure that MS paid to keep this off PS3 for a year?"

Sorry, don't see what is fanboyish about that, says more about you than me TBH.
bad09
04/11/08 @ 07:38
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Les isn't a fanboy, he just can't stand Bioshock!

Gotta give it another go Les it really is a good game that draws you in.

As for the challenge rooms, I thought that was a free extra. A bit naughty that. If it were me I wouldn't bother out of spite, still buy the game itself PS3 owners it's worth it just ask Les!
MrED209
04/11/08 @ 08:40
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You PS3 owners get this, we get GTAIV stuff. Seems fair to me.
Xerx3s
04/11/08 @ 09:02
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"Les isn't a fanboy, he just can't stand Bioshock!"

He can't stand any game that isn't on his wii it seems. Kinda voids the first part of your argument.
Les
04/11/08 @ 09:11
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"Gotta give it another go Les it really is a good game that draws you in."

I have given the PS3 demo a go (had played the PC demo already) and it does absolutely nothing for me, except for the audio. It's a clumsy FPS with a setting that I don't care about. I'd rather re-play HL2 or Resistance if I have to play a shooter. But that's just my opinion.
Frandroid
04/11/08 @ 09:54
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Maybe it's just me, but I'm fed up with people crying "The DLC was finished at the same time as the game, it should have been included for free!"
I'm not arguing for or against the price of the game or DLC, but the developers/publishers are entitled to charge what they feel is justified for their products, regardless of when they were created. Equally, you have the right not to buy what they produce if you feel it is too expensive.
FrankCannon
04/11/08 @ 12:45
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All the PS3 downloadable content is expensive to make up for the fact that PSN is "free".
FrankCannon
04/11/08 @ 12:48
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Bioshock XBOX 360 £9.99 Gamestation
FrankCannon
04/11/08 @ 12:50
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Fable 2 is £35
makeamazing
04/11/08 @ 17:52
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I dont think its that Frandroid, everything i read suggested that the extra stuff was going to be included with the PS3 version CD for Free.
daz_john_smith
05/11/08 @ 17:13
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I was under the impression that this stuff would be free since Bioshock was released on 360 and PC 12 months ago and this was added content to make the game more appealing

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