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You bought the game, now buy the content

The PS3 is now over 1 year old, and we're all familiar with downloadable content by this time. New songs for Rock Band, additional vehicles and tracks in Motorstorm, new costumes and game modes in several games; it's all pretty standard. Whether you like the idea or not, it's obviously one that's here to stay.

However, on logging into the store today to download the Burnout demo, I noticed a fair amount of content for the newest Need For Speed title. Three vehicle bundles, one performance parts bundle, and three separate cars for a total of $33.50.

I'll let that price sink in. Over thirty dollars on a title that was released weeks ago for $60. Then I noticed the real shocker; you're paying to unlock content that isn't just already on the disc, it's content you can obtain by playing the game. 

That's right. You're paying to bypass playing the game to get some of the vehicles, and all the performance parts that are available. I'm not going to say I've never entered a cheat code to unlock something in a game, or otherwise found a way to get it without playing through the entire title. But the old-school gamer in me always hates to do so unless I simply get tired of whatever fetch-quest has you collecting the items, or in the (rare) event that I simply can't make it past a section. 

But paying half the price of the game for what amounts to a cheat code? I think that's absolutely absurd, how about the rest of you?

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gamesR4fun6710d ago

but hey if they an milk the guys who lack the skill or patience to get themselves more power to them...
Just wish they had waited a bit longer but hey makes sense form a marketing point I guess...
Really the way Bungie put out the halo map packs is what I want to see more of pay now or wait a few months to get it for free.. Pure genius imo first you know a lot of peeps are going to buy it wich will give the game a decent boost too but then in few months when the trill worn off they get an influx of newbs and the game gets another boost... Smart stuff now if Incognito would take some notes.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio2d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing1d 22h ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster921d 22h ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit1d 22h ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing1d 22h ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster921d 20h ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

Tanktopmaster921d 20h ago

Let me be clear. This is sarcasm

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