Yeah, totally unfair. 360 owners only get the game one year ahead, PS3 owners get the whopping HUGE extra content about a year later...you know, after 360 owners have already beaten the game multiple times before shelving it.

I know, the new content from Tales of Vesperia isn't coming to 360 (which I'm very pissed at as I'm looking to buy that game soon, but don't have a PS3), now this. Its something I'd love to snip in the bud before it starts getting too rampant through the gaming companies, as its very bad for business and is pretty much desined to piss people off.

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That's were your wrong, out of all the RPGs that have been released on 360 and later released on PS3 none of the extras have become DLC.

Well I've been severely misinformed then

Oh god, I love the notion that this is supposedly bad for business. Really, so adding some content to encourage people to buy a game is bad for business these days? Wow, I guess I've been looking at things all wrong.

So a year's head start is less worthwhile than a few poxxy character additions, most likely just unimportant NPC's popping on, and some useless other things which only really result in making a generally level game a small amount less perplexing?

What kind of backwards ass logic are you using?

Not sure who you're talking to there, really.

FFF, as he's the one bitching about it.

This kind of BS isn't really a way to screw people over or a major business venture, generally Microsoft offers a year long exclusivity for a game in exchange for a "generous" amount of starting cash. Apparently compared to Sony, Microsoft is more clean-cut and quick to answer when it comes to support money during the game making process, while Sony is messy and a bit unreliable, not to mention they offer less "development cash". So the generalization is to just buy into the exclusivity from Microsoft for a year then port onto the PS3 after the exclusivity is over and done with, (because it would be cheapest that way instead of the other way around). The only problem with this plan is that Sony will not actually let you release a ported game that's completely identical to it's "predecessor" ex: "ToV from XboX360 -> PS3", "Eternal Sonata XBox 360 -> PS3", "SO4 XBox 360 -> PS3", etc, etc, (I'm sure I've missed a whole lot more) so they have to add in extra content to be legible to have it distributed onto the PS3.
If people wanna blame somebody, start with Microsoft for being so grab-ass >.> or Sony for being a bit ass-hurt =/

They're not being ass-hurt, they just know fans would bitch if there were absolutely no additions to it so they're covering their asses.

All in all though it comes down to people needing to realize the games industry is an industry. Money is their goal. Circle-jerking with one console or another isn't.

The only reason people care is so they can have a reason to bitch. Having that DLC isn't going to get them to play the game again.

Haven't finished it up yet but I do believe the game has a new game+ feature and it wouldn't kill Square to put the stuff on live.

Honestly if you haven't grown tired of the game after the year then a little DLC isn't going to do shit, because you're going to enjoy the game anyways.

Furthermore, it really would be an issue for Square to do the DLC because they need to then code it for the game it would become a big production if they have any bearing on dialogue and the like and any sidequests.

I was speaking in general on the entire issue, not for this specific game.

Tales of Vesperia for example has a new character that changed the plot and dialogue as well as brings in Flynn into the party more, extending his role.

Although this game does that, and even upgrades the menus and battle setup according to the very article you're saying they aren't changing much on.

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Tales of Vesperia for example has a new character that changed the plot and dialogue as well as brings in Flynn into the party more, extending his role.

The same PS3 ToV that's never been released anywhere outside Japan? The main point here that the game was released late to the other console...in this case the game was NEVER released to the other console ANYWHERE ELSE.

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Although this game does that, and even upgrades the menus and battle setup according to the very article you're saying they aren't changing much on.

I'm not actually going to pretend that I know much about the game, because I don't but "extra characters" and "upgraded" interface (which nobody has seen in action, I take it?) doesn't sound as big as you make it out to be. There has been no hint of any story-altering factors anywhere either, as far as I can see. Interested? Buy it, if not? Don't, I mean if it's as big as you believe it is then you'll buy it either way, period.

So in ToV the plot is slightly changed. Big freaking whoop; watch the damn cutscenes on youtube; boom, you've experienced it.

Jesus Christ, RE5 was meant to be a massive upgrade on RE4 yet all it was was the same game with co-op and Wesker thrown in. Of course they're going to say they've upgraded it all super massive style but if you look at every other game that has had the year-later-port treatment, such as ToV and the other JRPG's, such as Bioshock, and if you actually experience them instead of taking everything the marketing team says and running wild with their bullshit, you'll realize the additions aren't actually all that much.

PS3 isn't region locked, people who really want it will probably import anyway. You said it yourself

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Interested? Buy it, if not? Don't, I mean if it's as big as you believe it is then you'll buy it either way, period.

Too many people complaining about there not being Japanese in certain other games for this to be stopping them for it after all.

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So in ToV the plot is slightly changed. Big freaking whoop; watch the damn cutscenes on youtube; boom, you've experienced it.

Doesn't that defeat the purpose of it being a game?

That's the point; slight changes in plot don't affect the actual gameplay in any considerable way, damn sure not in a way worth waiting for a year.

Except they, you know, plan on changing the battle setup and menus.

No, they don't. They plan on changing a few minor things and playing it up to get more sales. It's called, uh I don't know, marketing. They're the people who constantly over-hype everything, as is their job, exactly like they're doing now.