It can be.

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N't belDlc is ok, its the prices that suck. Paying almost the cost of the game for a few more maps or missions is getting out of hand. Then you have these costumes and skins and such that add up. Imo no game should have anything more then a season pass of maybe $20 that includes EVERYTHING that will be available as dlc for that game. Cod is probably the worst example of dlc in paying $50 for the season pass that just comes with the mp map packs which are $15 each buying them seperate and what do you get for it but 16 mp maps, 2 guns and 4 episodes of extinction. Not to mention when you get the map packs you paid for you can't use them in the game mode you want because they don't go into the standard rotation till the next one comes out. This is a rip off. The game at launch was $60 with a full campain, the same amount of mp maps the first extinction and a complete set of weapons in all classes. So you're paying almost full price for less then half a games original content tjat you can't even use the way you want when you get it. Dlc like freedom cry or first light makes sense because at $15 its at least a new campain even if its not quite as long as the original. As gamers we should be more vocal with our wallets or else they will keep bending us over and doing us as they please. I say buy the game if you like it but not the dlc when there is no value in it. If nobody buys the dlc then they will have no choice but to make it cheaper or add more value to it. Unfortunatly i don't believe this will ever happen because there are too many stupid people who buy all the dlc that comes out just because they can. Can't believe how many wolfs and astronauts i see in cod, do they really think that $2 made a difference for them? It doesn't change your character or dogs performance, it just makes you stick out more and easier to spot and kill you morons.

Yes, if done right. Like General Knoxx's DLC for Borderlands 1 or most of the DLC from Borderlands 2. That's about the only DLC I've ever bothered with!

No, the modding community has been destroyed as a result.
Mods are handled in-house and SOLD instead!

You want to sell missions and customizations for single player campaigns? Go right ahead!

In terms of multiplayer, it fragments the community into the haves and have nots, creates a need for different multiplayer servers, catering to vanilla plus DLC owners.

Don't forget Modern Warfare 2, where DLC's broke matchmaking entirely!

Well if the DLC like Outlast Whistleblower, yes. If the DLC consists of add-ons designed to nickel and dime gamers to death, NO.

expansions are alright. crap that should of been in the core game from the beginning is a rip off.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau

Wuchang is great. Nine Sols didn’t have a physical copy so I never played it but I’ve heard good things so I will check it out. I stopped playing sports games many years ago when before the card dlc’s or whatever they’re called.

Last comment… ):

Great month for others, but not me. Hate soccer and soulslikes. Maybe Nine Sols is good.

🫡 it was fun while it lasted, N4G.

FC26!