Comments on: EA Wants to Gouge Your Wallets With “Episodic Content” http://nukezilla.com/2010/01/06/ea-wants-to-gouge-your-wallets-with-episodic-content/ because the games we love could be better Thu, 10 May 2012 09:59:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Hawkeyed Onehttp://nukezilla.com/2010/01/06/ea-wants-to-gouge-your-wallets-with-episodic-content/#comment-25782 Hawkeyed One Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:35:14 +0000 http://negativegamer.com/?p=5927#comment-25782 Here's the thing- They can't nickel and dime us if we're not willing to buy it. Here’s the thing- They can’t nickel and dime us if we’re not willing to buy it.

]]> By: Sam "verygoodyear"http://nukezilla.com/2010/01/06/ea-wants-to-gouge-your-wallets-with-episodic-content/#comment-25759 Sam "verygoodyear" Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:22:58 +0000 http://negativegamer.com/?p=5927#comment-25759 It's the razorblade model. Sell a cheap £2 "MACH TURBO EXTREME" but then sell 2 blades for £10. It’s the razorblade model. Sell a cheap £2 “MACH TURBO EXTREME” but then sell 2 blades for £10.

]]> By: ouchedhttp://nukezilla.com/2010/01/06/ea-wants-to-gouge-your-wallets-with-episodic-content/#comment-25758 ouched Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:14:42 +0000 http://negativegamer.com/?p=5927#comment-25758 I'm very concerned about this.Publishers are salivating at the idea of moving from a product based business model to a service based business model, because it's a chance for them to slowly back away from the expensive business of making things. They certainly wouldn't move away from this unless they believed there was more money to be had.We can probably expect to be nickel and dimed to death with micro transactions on top of subscriptions as well. I’m very concerned about this.

Publishers are salivating at the idea of moving from a product based business model to a service based business model, because it’s a chance for them to slowly back away from the expensive business of making things. They certainly wouldn’t move away from this unless they believed there was more money to be had.

We can probably expect to be nickel and dimed to death with micro transactions on top of subscriptions as well.

]]> By: Hawkeyed Onehttp://nukezilla.com/2010/01/06/ea-wants-to-gouge-your-wallets-with-episodic-content/#comment-25734 Hawkeyed One Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:04:18 +0000 http://negativegamer.com/?p=5927#comment-25734 I actually really like the idea. If you could buy the core game for say, thirty dollars, and then every so often the developer released 4-5 hours of content for another ten dollars, and every so often released a 15 dollar patch that made the gameplay better, i'd be all for it. Sounds good. I actually really like the idea. If you could buy the core game for say, thirty dollars, and then every so often the developer released 4-5 hours of content for another ten dollars, and every so often released a 15 dollar patch that made the gameplay better, i’d be all for it. Sounds good.

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