Downloadable content

Polarism · Post by **Polarism** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 6:20 pm

Noticed this mentioned in the FAQ as being an Xbox live feature....

Got me thinking, would you pay a monthly fee to download an "episode" so to speak, of a larger storyline each month? Say 20 hours long or so (just a rough figure thrown in for the sake of argument).

Instead of a billion MMORPGs coming out, why not explore the realm of downloadable SP campaigns, guaranteed each month, similar to how some MMOs patch their game each month but only doing it for a SP game (thus extending its life and also collecting a fee to continue to do so).

I know it would work wonders for this and many other games.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 10:39 pm

For a monthly thing, it'd have to be far less then $20. I'd rather see a couple quality exapnsions be released, rather then have to download and pay for an extra x hours of gameplay each month. Better to release it all as one expansion.

Darth Anubis · Post by **Darth Anubis** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 8:50 pm

Nice double post and Stalin quote.....

anyways, it would be more than $20, and at the rate Bioware is going, I doubt they are even capable of making any downloadable content. It's Christmas already, quite a while after the PC version with the added content came out, and still no sign of the promised downloadble content. Something is probably wrong, maybe they can't even do it.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 11:50 pm

Sigh... Even I am still subject to the occasional double post, it seems

Polarism · Post by **Polarism** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 12:38 am

It's interesting to think about anyway.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 9:01 am

I think Darth's right: Bioware is really stretched thin at this point. Don't forget, they also made claims to providing in-house RPG singleplayer downloadable modules for NWN. They issued one, and the player community has been told that they're currently "too busy" to produce others.

Also, Bioware is busily hiring. Growth pangs, I guess: too many irons in the fire. I only hope they don't lose their creativity as they struggle to meet demand.

Darth Anubis · Post by **Darth Anubis** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 3:05 pm

You can check this out. Although Bioware people did say it would be out at Christmas, apparently the official statement is "Winter 2003". So I guess that until March comes around, we can't complain. But if it is taking them so long simply to change the PC stuff to Xbox without problems, then they better have some more stuff than what the PC version currently has.

Polarism · Post by **Polarism** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 3:27 pm

I always go with PC versions of games I really want if available because PC games are usually friendly to mods and updates and what not, console games are not... but in this case the Xbox is getting love that the PC should also get.

Sucks.

Darth Anubis · Post by **Darth Anubis** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 3:44 pm

Then it looks like you are right as usual, Polarism. The downloadble content from Xbox Live is merely to update and catch up on what the PC version already has. The Xbox version has no love, although companies like Ubisoft make sure their games get attention everywhere.