exquisite tea posted:What's most concerning about these departures is that this game was apparently not up to the quality standards for the head writer of Halo 4. Halo 4 wasn't too bad. I mean, if you remove the Composer and the Didact and that whole Forerunner/Ancient Humans War thing... but the core story about the Chief and Cortana felt like a great thing to end the series on. But then they went and made Halo 5, so...
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Today I found these Mass Effect blind bag toys and thought "Hey, I'm cashed up and stupid, I should drop $17 AUD on one of these without knowing anything about their quality!" I was hoping I would at least get Garrus or Wrex...  What the gently caress is this? is it supposed to be some kind of exclusive translucent one? Or a glitch in the painting machine at whatever lovely factory they're made in?
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Aug 27, 2016 07:36
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That is Garrus, bro
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Aug 27, 2016 08:09
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It's Saren (the bad guy from part 1)
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Aug 27, 2016 09:16
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ME3 is once again on sale on Origin, once again I won't be getting it because YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE DLC ON SALE FFS EA I'M NOT PAYING FULL PRICE FOR THAT poo poo.
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Aug 27, 2016 09:30
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ShadowHawk posted:It's Saren (the bad guy from part 1) that's Garren
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Hedrigall posted:Today I found these Mass Effect blind bag toys and thought "Hey, I'm cashed up and stupid, I should drop $17 AUD on one of these without knowing anything about their quality!" Actually looks like it might glow in the dark?
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Aug 27, 2016 14:12
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ShadowHawk posted:It's Saren (the bad guy from part 1) Kurtofan posted:that's Garren
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Aug 27, 2016 14:33
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It's me, Gurras, your friend. Don't you remember, Shapurd?
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Aug 27, 2016 14:47
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Transmogrifier posted:Actually looks like it might glow in the dark? Checked. It doesn't.
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Aug 27, 2016 15:31
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Hedrigall posted:Checked. It doesn't. Exclusive Cave Fish Garrus
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Aug 27, 2016 16:19
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Hedrigall posted:Today I found these Mass Effect blind bag toys and thought "Hey, I'm cashed up and stupid, I should drop $17 AUD on one of these without knowing anything about their quality!" 
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Aug 27, 2016 17:01
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It looks like something you'd get in a Loot Crate.
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Aug 27, 2016 17:06
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Sometimes these blind bag things are good. The Zootopia ones are top quality.
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Aug 27, 2016 17:24
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Alchenar posted:ME3 is once again on sale on Origin, once again I won't be getting it because YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE DLC ON SALE FFS EA I'M NOT PAYING FULL PRICE FOR THAT poo poo. I love it when a persons sense of entitlement prevents them from paying the same price everyone else paid.
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Aug 27, 2016 17:42
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Waltzing Along posted:I love it when a persons sense of entitlement prevents them from paying the same price everyone else paid. Is it really entitlement if there is a precedent set for waiting for a sales price?
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Aug 27, 2016 17:49
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Arcsquad12 posted:Is it really entitlement if there is a precedent set for waiting for a sales price? On DLC? What precedent?
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Aug 27, 2016 17:49
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It's not entitlement to not want to pay full price for 10 year old video games you dipshit. the precedent is literally like almost every consumer good and the whole concept of depreciation why would you think DLC is a magic exception? except to be a contrary jackass like usual I guess. sorry for being mean.
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Aug 27, 2016 17:59
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It is entitlement to expect a company to change their prices based on what you want to pay.
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Aug 27, 2016 18:08
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SubponticatePoster posted:I don't want to crush your dreams, but I fear these are not of a quality befitting their $17 price tag I hope he has a receipt
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Aug 27, 2016 18:08
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Waltzing Along posted:It is entitlement to expect a company to change their prices based on what you want to pay. DLC is a scam and yeah old poo poo should be cheaper.
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Aug 27, 2016 18:16
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Tezcatlipoca posted:DLC is a scam and yeah old poo poo should be cheaper. Yes and yes. There should have been an everything bundle released on every system by now. Can't think of why they haven't other than maybe they still sell enough DLC at full price to justify continuing to charge full price.
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Aug 27, 2016 18:18
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Then what was your original point???
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Arcsquad12 posted:Is it really entitlement if there is a precedent set for waiting for a sales price? If you happen to own the PS3 version 1&2 come with DLC so you only end up buying Arrival (lol why would you) and the stuff for 3. IMO Citadel is actually worth $15, the other two maybe $5 each.
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Aug 27, 2016 19:11
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I would've bought the ME3 and DAI DLC by now if they ever went on sale. But it hasn't, so I haven't. What I'm saying is it just makes logical sense to drop the price on DLC, because then more people will buy it.
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Aug 27, 2016 21:59
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Mymla posted:I would've bought the ME3 and DAI DLC by now if they ever went on sale. But it hasn't, so I haven't. Inquisition GOTY goes on sale every so often for $20 and it comes with all the DLC.
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Aug 27, 2016 22:09
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exquisite tea posted:Inquisition GOTY goes on sale every so often for $20 and it comes with all the DLC. And it's on sale now. Trespasser is on sale too which is the best DLC anyway.
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Aug 27, 2016 22:17
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monster on a stick posted:And it's on sale now. Trespasser is on sale too which is the best DLC anyway. Oh, cool. Thanks.
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Aug 27, 2016 23:41
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Waltzing Along posted:entitlement gently caress off
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Aug 27, 2016 23:52
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Every time this goes on sale, the dude who paid full price for all the dlc has to pile on people complaining to rationalize their own expenditure. What loving world do you live in that things don't depreciate in value? The only reason they don't go on sale is it because it would be extra work for bioware to support a game that they've acknowledged they don't support any more. Otherwise, they'd be foolish not to reduce the price and yield more profit from more purchases.
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Aug 28, 2016 01:19
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DLC, ha, I just bought this a week ago on PC at "full price". and all the MP DLC is free anyway.
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Aug 28, 2016 05:47
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denimgorilla posted:Every time this goes on sale, the dude who paid full price for all the dlc has to pile on people complaining to rationalize their own expenditure. What loving world do you live in that things don't depreciate in value? Is the DLC less entertaining as time goes on? Does it physically degrade in quality, thus reducing value? Why should they lower the price of DLC if they lower the cost of the core game? Cars and houses depreciate in value because they physically get worse. DVDs cost less over time because of syndication and alternative revenue methods. I'm not trying to justify spending full price for DLC, I got my Bioware points on sale with the Origin 30 code, but I would still have paid full price because I support content creators.
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wookieepelt posted:Is the DLC less entertaining as time goes on? Does it physically degrade in quality, thus reducing value? Why should they lower the price of DLC if they lower the cost of the core game? Cars and houses depreciate in value because they physically get worse. DVDs cost less over time because of syndication and alternative revenue methods. I'm not trying to justify spending full price for DLC, I got my Bioware points on sale with the Origin 30 code, but I would still have paid full price because I support content creators. Yes, actually. The very IP and entertainment value become objectively less valuable as time goes on, and people are excited about newer things, story details become public knowledge, and so on.
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What if they are still selling enough DLC to justify keeping it at full price? It's not like they are going to divulge that information, but if you look at their history of releases, everything has had full game + DLC releases other than ME. ME is also their biggest franchise. I think it is very possible that for every "I refuse to pay full price for the DLC because I didn't for the game itself" you find a few others who say "this game that I got on sale is awesome, I want more and the price of the DLC is worth it to me." I think you could, starting from nothing, buy the trilogy and all the DLC for $70 or so. This will give you well over 100 hours of gameplay and for the most part is a good time start to finish. Or you could buy No Mans Sky and cry yourself to sleep waiting for DLC prices to drop.
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I'm pretty sure that the only reason it doesn't go on sale is because you have to purchase it with bioware points, a currency they no longer use. As to why bioware points never go on sale through EA, I have no answer. Effort? I do feel like the argument against depreciation is disingenous and willfully ignorant of free market structure. As products become less desired, their perceived value goes down. Old dlc for an old game is not highly sought after and thus is decreased in value because of market competition. I'm not 100% sure if they would make more money from cheaper dlc, but I am pretty sure that without the bioware points hurdle, the dlc would go on sale through Origin as most, if not all, dlc releases eventually do. At this point I'll assume you are trolling anyways.
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denimgorilla posted:I'm pretty sure that the only reason it doesn't go on sale is because you have to purchase it with bioware points, a currency they no longer use. As to why bioware points never go on sale through EA, I have no answer. Effort? Not trolling, I just don't get why people demand DLC goes on sale when the base game is sold as part of a trilogy for less than what the original game cost. DLC is a way to continue make money. Bioware points are part of why it's not on sale, but I'm sure they could get rid of biopoints as currency easily enough. They probably make a fair bit of money on DLC as the guy above your post mentioned.
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So to make an interesting point, while EA seem to have a lovely practise of not putting DLC on sale in the hopes that people who buy in to the base game on a sale get caught on a sunk costs fallacy (although that does seem to be changing), Mass Effect seems to have a particularly lovely situation because all the DLC is on the Bioware store and I bet Bioware have to give permission on sales or something and they're long past caring at all.
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All I'll say is that the industry has the term "back catalog" for a reason.
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Mass Effect good, so what
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denimgorilla posted:I'm pretty sure that the only reason it doesn't go on sale is because you have to purchase it with bioware points, a currency they no longer use. As to why bioware points never go on sale through EA, I have no answer. Effort? This whole post is making the assumption that the purchase is for PC. PS3/360 are just via those services and those are also the majority of players. Roughly 2/3 of the purchases were on 360 and that doesn't use origin at all. Alchenar posted:So to make an interesting point, while EA seem to have a lovely practise of not putting DLC on sale in the hopes that people who buy in to the base game on a sale get caught on a sunk costs fallacy (although that does seem to be changing), Mass Effect seems to have a particularly lovely situation because all the DLC is on the Bioware store and I bet Bioware have to give permission on sales or something and they're long past caring at all. Same here. PC gamers are a small fraction of the ME players. 10% or so. Waltzing Along fucked around with this message at 00:17 on Aug 29, 2016 |
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