| add-on extortion
This is a really horrible precedent. We gladly pay the $80 for Oblivion, and I'm sure we all appreciate the tremendous amount of work and effort that went into a title of its caliber; but to start charging for tiny little additions smacks of "cash grab" to me. It smells like corporate mentality -- and it stinks.
If they release no expansion packs, and just offer the upgrades and extra quests piecemeal, that's OK, but still dubious (I'd bet you'll end up paying more for less that way); but, if they also tack on expansion packs such as Bloodmoon and Tribunal for TESIII and charge us again... well, you see my point.
I'm boycotting the additions from Bethesda, as I hope you will too. I'm eager to see what the modding community comes out with for free -- or are we to pay for these now? Will modders need to purchase a license from Bethesda?
Hey, Bethesda, I've got some great ideas! How about, like after a month or so of playing, you get a message from the company saying "send us $20 or your character gets it". If you don't cough up and re-activate, your game fatally crashes. You could put that in the next patch (for which you could charge us $5 each, of course)! That would be awesome! E-ransom!  |