Feels like a power move. I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft raises their fist and play a move where they end up being the good guy. All to save a dead game and get people to come back spending money.
this post was submitted on 30 Nov 2023
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I can't wait for Microsoft to take over.
phew they Didn't do the forbidden paradox
Alright, I'll pay up to $50 for a DLC pack that includes a new continent, at least as much story and content as the current game, at least 2-4 new character classes, and several new game play concepts. If you want me to pay the price for a new game, I need the equivalent of a new game out of it. As for $100, no. Ain't happening.
What is it is 1/3 of a continent, 20% more characters, and 5x more buggy, but... they add more microtransactions to the game so you could give them even more money.
I'm not going to buy it, because I don't like the series or genre. Feels really shallow and repetitive to me.
But in general -- say, assuming some hypothetical developer of a game that I like, sure. I'd buy a $100 DLC. Hell, lots of games have more than $100 DLC (though it's commonly broken up into smaller chunks).
But that sword cuts two ways. The DLC that the hypothetical developer is making has to actually be worth $100 to me. And I can get a lot of really good games for considerably less than $100. Which means that whatever they're coming out with would need to provide a great deal of really good gameplay to be competitive.
If bg3 came out with a dlc that added more playable classes, playable races (kobolds), more story content with raised level cap, etc they could have my $100. But they won't do that, all their new content patches are free.