Don't see why this is attached to the PS3 forum.

Probably just to rub it in us PS3 owner's faces.

looks cool man, but im not paying for it. I already bought the game

Have no idea about the tags, as it was tagged with Xbox etc . .

We had better get used to DLC and that it'll cost . . almost all games in the future will have DLC in some form or another.

We soon have a game that will ONLY be available via DLC (no disc-based option) and it will have a follow up within months of the first ones release . . . Watchmen.

It will NOT be available in stores, and only via XboxLIVE, PSN and Steam . . . . If successful, many other developers will look at the option. The first one will ship to tie in with the movies release, the second will ship when the movie goes into DVD release via stores and movie hire etc.

Anchorage is a decent sized add-on, and most DLC ads variety ti games. Some say the developers should put it all in the game when released.

Well if they did that these days, then the games would required an even longer gestation period, with some taking a good 10 months or more longer. Gamers anticipation for the game would wain and the initial sales would suffer.

The reason many now have DLC available a month after release is simple to understand, if you know anything about the development process. The games development as far as "content" is concerned is halted several months prior to release, from that point on it polishing, making sure it all works, fine tuning, testing, de-bugging andmore polishing.

It's at that point another team begins using any extra content to either begin on the next iteration, or the extra DLC and packs. As it's a known fact that games now have a very short window of use , so more DLC needs to come out reasonbaly close to its initial release, so as to capture the interest of those keen on the initial game.

These days we can not have it all our own way. The whole gaming market has changed significantly, more so since the explosion on the various online services of XboxLIVE and PSN in 2005/6.

There's simply no way a developer can keep up with the huge demand on one game and st=ill stay within a certain, veryhuge budget. It's why so many are having to close their doors, even with games almost out the door.

Look at Midway. All it's games are now having to go to new publishing house, several of which were almost ready to ship. Same went for Red Ant, who have Street Fighter IV, Resident Evil 5 and several other major titles.

Many gamers are unwillimgg to accept we ARE in different times now, and we need to look at other forms of delivery. If you think the studios and publishers are making all the money you think they are, then you need to think again. Even the majors are LOSING each quarter, even though sales are increasing.

SOmething has to give, it simply can not go on. So DLC is one way they can slow that down.

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We soon have a game that will ONLY be available via DLC (no disc-based option) and it will have a follow up within months of the first ones release . . . Watchmen.

It will NOT be available in stores, and only via XboxLIVE, PSN and Steam . . . . If successful, many other developers will look at the option. The first one will ship to tie in with the movies release, the second will ship when the movie goes into DVD release via stores and movie hire etc.

Omg I did not know that!
No disc-based option is a shame. But now I am interested to see how it goes!

Yep, it's the first developer willing to take the risk, so they have made it a blanket thing on ALL platforms . . . If the take up of the game works for BOTH the first and the second itterations, as they are two separate games or iterations, then they will continue the trend.

Other developers will look at the alternative and most likely try it themselves. As it sure as hell saves them a bucket load of $$ across the board in investment. It would also mean a lot less payment for the end users as well, irrespective of the platform.

I'm not saying disc-based games will end, they never will. Just like print never ended when the internet came in and ppl said that would be the end to printed media. In fact, printed media in many areas has picked up. They simply changed tactics.

We now have many singing groups and musicians delivering their songs/titles ONLY via iTunes or DLC styl. No in store options at all. The same will happen with games in due course. but like music, there will always be those who require the feel of a disc in their hands, a book open on the table or the need to "physically" own something that is not digital.

However, we have entered a new generation of end users that do NOT like physical product, that do everything via DLC or online services, and have everything on their hard drive that they carry around with them. They are the same with games, and developers are watching this, and that generation is a HUGE segment in the buying public.

So developer and publishers will look closely at that market and cater for it. They would be foolish not to.

You own a website don't you.
I can tell.

Omg wow! Yeh I kinda assumed you owned a website XBOXOZ because you always come across as such an intellectual and well-spoken. You had some awesome predictions and facts.

Thats a cool website! I shall bookmark it and have a good look around it now!

i didnt think it was worht the microsoft points bt it was enjoyable