Just because there is "plenty of game" doesn't mean it's not a shady business practice. They are deliberately holding back content in order to make further profit. I don't know how you guys don't think that's dishonest. Just because they told you their being dishonest?
Because, see, I don't think it's wrong or a crime for a company to make a profit off their work, which seems to be something
you have a problem with. They make a product that's more than worth the $60 you pay at launch, they tell you they have more content planned for the future, and they tell you that you may buy it if you wish. You may not
like that business practice, but there's nothing "dishonest" about it.
You mentioned Capcom's DLC debacle. How is that different from this? Because you have to download it?
Yes, obviously. Capcom's DLC tends to be on the disc you buy at launch, just locked behind 100 KB unlock codes, which is a much murkier issue than this.
And just because the size of the DLC might be 500 mb to a Gig isn't a valid reason to leave out content....it's actually a shitty reason to leave out content. I can point to five games right now that have DLC and total are way less than the capacity of the disc.
I really hate the entitlement mentality of the people on the websites I visit sometimes. You have to download them, so they're not on the disc you bought.
They're not YOURS by
any stretch of the imagination. You have
no claim to it. And if companies want to make money on content they release after the main game that tends to have its own budget
outside of the main game's development costs, fine. Buy it or don't buy it. The choice is yours. As for me, I'll take low-price story expansions to games I enjoy over not having
any of that content at all or having to wait 3+ years for that content to
maybe be revived in more expensive sequels, which is how it was before the advent of DLC.
This is just like buying a movie but being told "Sorry, there won't be any extras. You only get the movie. I know I know. Shitty. Yeah even though we have them right here and there ready to go, all nicely edited....man you should see the commentary! It's amazing...might be better than the movie! hahaha But yeah, we're just gonna...not...have those for you right now. But hey, you can buy them later! How does three months from now sound?
Why aren't they there in the first place?
If you bought a version of the movie without extras, that tells me that you wanted the movie badly enough that the extras weren't a significant enough factor in your purchasing decision. That's all on
YOU. It's not the company's problem that you were stupid or gullible enough to buy the first version of a product you saw just because it was there, even if it wasn't what you wanted. Frankly, I think you deserved what you got, and you similarly deserve to get burned on a double-dip.
See, I believe that consumers have a responsibility to research and be knowledgeable about what they buy, as they have
all the power when it comes to purchasing decisions. If you think a business practice is bad, don't buy products from those who follow said practice. Put your money where your mouth is.