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BioWare's Greg Zeschuk reckons Dragon Age may still be treated to fresh downloadable content two years after launch.
Furthermore, he wants each piece of DLC to represent significant value to consumers, because you lot are too canny to hoodwink.
"We have a very strong philosophy: it's got to be valuable. This is one of the most important things that we believe; anything we give to our consumers, like to sell to them, whether it's smaller or bigger, if you're selling something to someone it's got to be good and it's got to be a certain value for the money they're paying for it," Doctor Greg told MTV Multiplayer.
"You have to remember that videogame consumers are some of the smartest, most connected people on the planet. You can't trick them with anything, so don't even try. I don't think it's so much as to trick them, as it is the strategy behind it has to be fully thought out.
"This is the reason that with Dragon Age, our DLC strategy is doing it in maybe a year and-a-half or two years - planning exactly when you're going to do it and how you're going to do it. Some of our fans would really like us to extend the world, so it's going to be something that will make the world even bigger and more interesting. It's not going to wreck it or break it," he added.
Doctor Greg said a great way to approach DLC is to have a separate team working on it a year before launch in parallel to the main development horde. Then, shortly after release, the content will be ready to "expand the experience".
"Invest in it, and treat it like a separate project, because it is. It's not the game being launched, but it's linked into it," he said, without confirming whether that model will be the one used by Dragon Age.
Dragon Age: Origins will launch for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 this autumn. The PC version had been planned for earlier in the year, but was pushed back so the three games could use the same beefy marketing campaign. There was, more than likely, plenty of extra work to be done on the traditional role-playing game, too.
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"You have to remember that videogame consumers are some of the smartest, most connected people on the planet. You can't trick them with anything, so don't even try. I don't think it's so much as to trick them, as it is the strategy behind it has to blatently flatter them to later catch them off guard"
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NewbieZilla
07/04/09 @ 11:37
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I'm sure DA:O will get fantastic treatment of DLC. Just like Mass Effect.
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hiddenranbir
07/04/09 @ 11:46
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Doctor Greg said a great way to approach DLC is to have a separate team working on it a year before launch in parallel to the main development horde. Then, shortly after release, the content will be ready to "expand the experience".
So as soon as we pay full for the game, only a matter of weeks until we're gonna have to unload a bit more.... why not just dump that extra into a special collector's edition?!?! I'll wait for the pirates and modding community to "expand" my experience. |
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makeamazing
07/04/09 @ 12:13
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@hiddenranbir
To be honest if you feel that way you should just not buy the game at all. Pirates are losers and help no one but themselves :) If you dont like the content provided in the DLC then dont buy it. |
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@makeamazing I think the point he is trying to make is that the DLC could easily be included in the game but is being held back to sell at a price later. No one can actually say thats a good thing for video games. And its happening more and more recently.
Personally I have never bought DLC and never intend to. Its a cheap way to rip off customers 90% of the time. If developers really want to offer good value for money they should release a full blown expansion. Or at least something sizeable like the GTA DLC.
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NewbieZilla
07/04/09 @ 12:44
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"To be honest if you feel that way you should just not buy the game at all. Pirates are losers and help no one but themselves :)"
So, don't even pay for the game if not paying for the DLC? Throwing out the baby with the bath water there, no? |
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Whats to say that the DLC isn't the same as expansion packs. Both Tales of the Sword Coast and Throne of Bhaal were about £20 quid at launch a couple of years ago and TOTSC only really added one area, one dungeon and a higher level cap. The Throne of Bhaal one though was quite expansive but only did exactly what Greg Zeschuk is saying they are doing for Dragon Age? Even if it isn't in that scale as long as the total DLC is under the £20 of an expansion pack and provides the same total content then its not an issue.
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AphoticCosmos
07/04/09 @ 12:49
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I have no problems with DLC as long as it's actually done well. With the exception of Horse Armour, most of Oblivion's DLC is an example of "how to do it", specifically Knights of the Nine which was very, very entertaining. Mass Effect's lone piece of DLC was a good addition to the game if you're interested in the backstory [as you should be], but . . . where is the rest of it? A year and a bit later and we've been hinted at getting some fracking ARENA DLC? I mean come on - put some effort into it, BioWare. ME2 isn't going to be out until 2010 for sure, so go to town on producing some cracking DLC for the first game to get people interested in it again!
I would love Dragon Age's DLC to be done well, because Mass Effect was let down by a lack of it. |
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Silvervein
07/04/09 @ 14:51
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Why do I get the feeling that people who talk about games using language of shoe manufacturers are rather out of touch with the topic? ...Our valued consummers...we provide top quality product...stocks of our company rose sharpy in third quarter...Can someone tell me what all that has to do with just...you know...fun? The thing that games are supposed to be about?
Kind of sad when it happens to be person who started a company to make roleplaying *games*. And after some time (and getting swallowed by EA) sounds like travelling amway salesman.
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metalangel
08/04/09 @ 08:51
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I hate DLC for games like this that have a story with a very clear middle and end.
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clockworkzombie
09/04/09 @ 02:26
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More likely to be, hang on to your copies and do not sell them or trade them in and we may drip feed you some horse armour. If you are lucky.
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