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First Person Shooters & Third Person Shooters
Call of Duty
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Do you think its fair for Activision to charge $15 for map packs?
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<blockquote data-quote="omarfw" data-source="post: 227148" data-attributes="member: 10492"><p>Being an ex-mapper, I know exactly how much work goes into map making and I assure you it does not cost millions of dollars to pay a couple guys to throw together some maps (especially for a game engine as old as the one used in CoD games). A legitimate DLC with lots of new content would take some time and effort, but a DLC of just maps is neither difficult nor expensive to make. These map packs are designed to strip content that could easily be included with the game and use that content to make an insane amount of profit.</p><p> </p><p>And what do you mean by underpricing? $15 for four maps is probably the most expensive DLC out there for the amount of content you receive. You're already paying $60 for the game (which is more than enough to cover the development costs considering how many people are buying the game) and any money they make beyond that initial price is pure profit. You are NOT funding the development of the game at that point, you are just lining someones pockets.</p><p> </p><p>You used to receive ALL of the maps in a game for the price of the original game back in the day, and I didn't see any developers going out of business because of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="omarfw, post: 227148, member: 10492"] Being an ex-mapper, I know exactly how much work goes into map making and I assure you it does not cost millions of dollars to pay a couple guys to throw together some maps (especially for a game engine as old as the one used in CoD games). A legitimate DLC with lots of new content would take some time and effort, but a DLC of just maps is neither difficult nor expensive to make. These map packs are designed to strip content that could easily be included with the game and use that content to make an insane amount of profit. And what do you mean by underpricing? $15 for four maps is probably the most expensive DLC out there for the amount of content you receive. You're already paying $60 for the game (which is more than enough to cover the development costs considering how many people are buying the game) and any money they make beyond that initial price is pure profit. You are NOT funding the development of the game at that point, you are just lining someones pockets. You used to receive ALL of the maps in a game for the price of the original game back in the day, and I didn't see any developers going out of business because of it. [/QUOTE]
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First Person Shooters & Third Person Shooters
Call of Duty
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Do you think its fair for Activision to charge $15 for map packs?
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