Mon, Mar 15, 2010 | 13:26 GMT
“Too early” to start thinking DLC for Splinter Cell: Conviction, says Ubisoft
Splinter Cell: Conviction creative director Max Beland has told Eurogamer its way “too early” to start thinking about DLC for the game.
Speaking at a recent hands-on event for the game, he said:
[It's] too early to even think about DLC.”
He further added: “Once the game has shipped, we will shift our focus towards DLC content.”
And on the subject Ubi president Yves Guilemot wants more from the series more often?
“I think it’s a great thing, for you and for us,” said Beland, “as long as we keep focusing on making great experiences with high quality production values.”
Ubi confirmed on Friday a demo is on the way for the game, although a date is unknown.
Conviction releases on PC and 360 on April 16 in the UK.
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6 comments
#1
Michael O’Connor
15/03/10, 1:55 pm
Considering the game is about 3 years late, you’d wanna hope they have a bigger priority than creating downloadable content.
Though we all know exactly what Ubisoft DLC entails… cutting out a piece of the game during production and pawning it off as “previously unfinished content” later.
#2
NGCes26294BIV
15/03/10, 3:03 pm
“Though we all know exactly what Ubisoft DLC entails”
And Capcom, and Take Two, and the rest…
#3
DJ Deathstar
15/03/10, 3:24 pm
To Ubi
Give me Spy vs Merc Multiplayer
Cheers
#4
abbe
15/03/10, 3:50 pm
Michael: Isn’t that what they’re doing?:
““[It's] too early to even think about DLC.”
He further added: “Once the game has shipped, we will shift our focus towards DLC content.””
#5
The Hindle
15/03/10, 3:57 pm
Does anyone actually care about Splinter Cell still? Personally i think they peaked with CT
#6
Michael O’Connor
15/03/10, 3:57 pm
“Does anyone actually care about Splinter Cell still? Personally i think they peaked with CT”
Probably nowhere near as much as Microsoft is hoping. Microsoft’s exclusives line-up for 2010 is downright horrible.
“And Capcom, and Take Two, and the rest…”
Capcom, hardly. The stuff coming out for Resident Evil 5 now clearly wasn’t complete in time for the game’s release. It’s been out for a *long* time.
Same goes for Street Fighter IV. There were a bunch of costumes you could buy, and that was it. You did not have to buy them, and they add nothing to the gameplay. In fact, the extra Champions mode, which *did* add something to the gameplay, was entirely *free*.
Take Two, I don’t see how. Nothing I think of off the top of my head, but feel free to correct me if I’m wrong on that one.
If you want to name a company guilty of this, try Namco Bandai.
“Michael: Isn’t that what they’re doing?:”
There’s a difference between “shifting their focus to DLC” and cutting out parts of the game during production to pawn off as DLC.