Then I’m really not sure what the fuss is about.

“Obviously it’s both sides fault. EA evidently shouldn’t take advantage…or would it also be ok if an adult wanted sex with a minor? “Oh it’s ok, she was gagging for it!”

How are they “taking advantage” of anyone? “Taking advantage” of a customer would be something like demanding payments for software upgrades.

It’s clearly labelled content. Nobody is being forced into getting it, and it’s always the place of the consumer to make an informed decision before they hand over money.

I really don’t see the comparision between some clearly labelled content and having sex with a minor…

“The size of these current downloads, you’re yet to see, right?”

Right, but there’s some Dead Space DLC already up there, and it’s of equivelant. One of them in even free. Its not an approach Electronic Arts has taken in the past either, except for the short lived “paid cheats” they had a few years back.

If EA want to offer shit downloads then that’s their right. No one has to buy them. If someone wants to, then that’s their right too. Has no one considered that maybe those who buy these things actually want them? That they consider them good value? Or do people actually believe that everyone is duped?

I fail to see why EA should be condemned for offering a product and why the purchasers should be condemned for buying it.

P.S. Sonic was never cool.

Sonic isn’t cool?

I didn’t get the memo.

“Surely that’s the fault of a gullible consumer?”

Obviously it’s both sides fault. EA evidently shouldn’t take advantage…or would it also be ok if an adult wanted sex with a minor? “Oh it’s ok, she was gagging for it!”

“The size of the download tend to be a very good indication.”

The size of these current downloads, you’re yet to see, right?

The size of the download tend to be a very good indication.

200KB file = definately on the disc.
20MB file = definately not on the disc.

Based on the size of the downloadable content for the game so far, it’s obvious this data isn’t on the disc. If it was, the hacking community would have definately made it known by now.

“I’ve no problem with DLC in general, obviously you don’t have to buy it, but it’s still taking advantage of those gullible enough to buy it. There’s the problem.”

Taking advantage of those gullible enough?

Surely that’s the fault of a gullible consumer? It quite clearly states what the content is. If you like what it offers, you’ll buy it. If you don’t, you won’t. It’s completely optional, and the game is already extremely polished and certainly complete without it.

Considering that Electronic Arts have done nothing but bring out ground-breaking game after ground-breaking game for the last year straight, I’m not going to complain.

“E.A. is evil” is about as outdated an attitude as “Sonic is cool”.

Truk, only mutinational corporatons we like are allowed to make money. Duh!

You have nothing yet to prove that this sort of stuff isn’t already on the disc though?

I’ve no problem with DLC in general, obviously you don’t have to buy it, but it’s still taking advantage of those gullible enough to buy it. There’s the problem.

By offering OPTIONAL downloads you don’t have to purchase?

That’s a hell of a lot better than what Namco does, whereby their deliberately lock out entire parts of their game from the end users. These are just a bunch of fun reskins you don’t *have* to buy.

How the hell does a bunch of reskins for a game “show their real face again”? They’ve had a game out for the last year which has had four *completely free* and very large updates to it. You might have heard of it. It’s called Burnout Paradise.

Fact is: They had a real bad public image and needed to rectify their reputation.
They managed to do that quite successfully (albeit stocks suffered). Now they show their real face again.

I’ve bigged EA up pretty solidly this year. This and Mirror’s Edge are quality, and it really seemed like they were turning a corner…and then they go and throw this out there and you realise it’s just the same old EA!

Hopefully that kind of stuff will appear later.

Great game though. New weapons would be nice, but a new skin and a tweak of stats doesn’t do much for me.

QFT

I wonder if anyone was stupid enough to pay for it… Or the game…(I got it as a christmas pressie, that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it)

Seriously, this is amazingly lame. Real money to reskin your existing weapons in different colours? Are people insane?!