Mine is paid and I`m away to have a nice hot bath while playing this game!
Why?, life too short and I`m a hardcore wiper and I want it!
stevie:mr-t
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Mine is paid and I`m away to have a nice hot bath while playing this game!
Why?, life too short and I`m a hardcore wiper and I want it!
stevie:mr-t
Score it up!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dogg Thang
I won't be able to buy any packs... I don't own a credit card nor does ANYONE in my family. :(
In portugal we use another type of credit card, it doesnt work online anywhere.
Of course i can get one but my parents wont let me.
I'm so sad. The old pack were free... Don't get it why we need to pay
here, this is the file that contains the DLC
probs wont work
extract and put in PSP>GAME folder
Goodbye - thanks for playing.
The above member had been banned for three months for posting a link to the downloadable content for WipEout Pulse. He then re-registered, so I'm banning his IP address and his account for good.
I can understand that some of you are angry right now and if you feel the need to vent then go for your life.
However, being angry does not excuse breaking the rules of this board. :-
Hehehe, now that was funny Rob :+
Oh well, the pack, you gotta love it in the end, it's Wipeout!
Zone is pretty fun on the new tracks :)
You see? I'm not pissed anymore, i just caved in to DLC capitalism ;)
Just for the record, you don't need a credit card, you can use a debit card (I used my visa debit card, don't own a credit card)
In response to all these people who are simply whining about a charge and not specifically the price, come on, get real. We we're spoiled with all the stuff for Pure, I'll also point out here that Pures download service was experimental to see what the response would be like. If you open your eyes and look at how other games with extra content work you'll find there is a charge. We should expect Wipeout be different and not follow this trend because?
Yeah i guess you're right. Wipeout Pulse was so cheap to me (25€) so i guess the packs can count as a price of a normal game (in my country arround 50€ - 60€)
You did well getting Pulse for €25. It cost me €35. Still a pretty good price though.
I think so too. Pulse was rather cheap compared to other titles. It's high quality gaming. So the extra costs for these four packs are not to bad.
I do not know if it was already mentioned, but on Insidegamer.nl they said that each week in February a downloadpack will be available. Sorry if this is already mentioned.
I can't imagine what would deter charging for DLC. They exist to make $, content will do that, they're just looking for the best way to do it. Once a good method has been found, expect to see global adoption, but digital content is a tricky issue and has been for almost it's entire lifespan.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Gracer
Either way though, you can count on companies continuing to create DLC. At the very least, it expands the software lifetime. When it takes a year to make even a basic game, anything that'll keep people buying the game for more than a week or month is going to be aggressively pursued.
Also, once the game is released, you still have everything in place to create additional content, and you're actually at the point where it's as easy as it possibly can be for you to do so, but you just can't put it on the game disk anymore. DLC allows you to utilize your most effective software production period (the end, when the tools are in place and everyone knows how to get the most out of them) and continue producing for a game that's already generating sales. I'm sure you can see the power of that!
Now come on, you're criticising somone and then you go right ahead and do the exact same thing yourself? That's kinda weak, and quite the double-standard you're driving there.Quote:
Originally Posted by sakerbax
Additionally, you're completely wrong.
This content was NOT already made, it wasn't made until after the game had been frozen for release. I'm not in SL or anything, but I know enough about software development to guarantee that as much as anyone outside of SL possible could. There's no time in the development phase to create content for after launch. There's no time for it until it's launch time. You're busy making the game itself, everything that will actually be on the UMD. The DLC is additional content not on the UMD.
Putting together a high-quality game takes more effort and teamwork than you'd believe, it's pretty close to impossible to do what you're suggesting.
I do think that £3.50 for a ship which you can't use online and one variation (not even white and black) of 2 tracks is a little stingy.
However, I think people are overracting. It's true what the person above says, in my experience too pulse has been around 20% cheaper than other PSP games, even when it had only just come out.
That could just be in my area though, admittedly.
Task, the Mirage ship was all over promotionsl stills long before release. You're just speculating too.
Total speculation on my part ---> ...... uh, now I can't think of anything to say. :)
Well I was already fairly cold on Pulse anyway. Loved it to start with but then the novelty wore off.
I paid £30 for this game from a Game store and now if i want to download packs i've got to pay £3.50 for each one!? No thanks.
This next bit is just speculation but:
This isn't new content they've been developing since it was released. All of the ships were done before the game was out. How else would you be able to create a skin for Mirage from the day of release if it was developed after(?)
So to me it looks like SL or Sony have decided to create a game with lots of content, cut 30% of it from the released game and then charge lots of £££'s for "new" content afterwards.
Not very happy.
Before anyone (else) says it, I know Sony exist to make money and not make me happy but this is taking it to new extremes.
For those interested here are a few shots of the awesome looking mirage concept ship, enjoy :D.
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2...8212835oa2.jpg
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/1...8212820yv1.jpg
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/5...8212802oo2.jpg
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1...8212732vd6.jpg
:eek *jaw drop*
Oh... my... god!
It looks like Goteki on Pure!
looks kinda ugly lol, wat track is that in the bottom screenie? im guessing vorkos reef because i can see water reflecting
I don't want to nit-pick Lance, but what with your being the boards' grammarian and all, shouldn't
read its?Quote:
for almost it's entire lifespan
@topic: I made my points clear on, what, page 5? And I'm still not willing to fork out 5 Euros a pack. Maybe if they offer the whole package (4 teams and 4 tracks) for €5 at some point, I consider a purchase.
well i had another post on the page before that and i didn't feel like repeating myself. there i mentioned this and based myself on this post from colin on the "10 things i hate about pulse"Quote:
Originally Posted by Task
additionally I am aware that making a quality game takes time and money.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colin Berry
that's why i bought the game. i have no problem with piracy especially with dumb pc ports like halo2 wich requires a pc better than a 360 to play a game that ran on the original xbox.. but for wipeout and other series (quake starcraft/warcraft/diablo) i really feel like my money is well spent.
if it's not enough don't sell it so cheap (my copy was actually 50€) and the idea of free content isn't that original like you seem to think. quake games and most fps have map packs for download and even player models, stuff that programmers liked and weren't able to put into the game but wanted to share with the community.
lately it's been proven that ppl don't mind paying for this, and it's true but cmon it has to be a decent deal. and ill end this post the same way i ended my other 2 on the thread. it's too expensive for the ammount of content/features it adds to the game.
Indeed it should, but though I'm very aware of language, I am not always perfect in its execution. Close to, but not quite. :gQuote:
Originally Posted by phl0w
OMG! :hyper New info on the packs! http://www.wipeoutpulse.com/en_US/index.html I simply can't wait! My favorite circuit on first glace is Vostok Reef. It's an underwater circuit, what's not to love? :g I love the Mirage craft. I think it'll hold well during racing. ;)
Just to follow up on Task's point, the very first screenshot on IGN from 4th of April 2007 features Mirage prominantly. Other shots from that date feature Auricom. The first teaser trailer features Edgewinter track.
Now, we can't know whether they were finished or not. Quite likely not for the tracks (but, again, that's speculation) but there is no doubt some elements were in advance stages and I can't imagine that the ships weren't well finished given that Mirage and Auricom actually look the most finished of the craft back from April of last year. That's enough to disprove your point.
From that point, things get a little conflicted. The later trailer clearly lists the amount of tracks you get and the amount of teams that come with Pulse and, as I stated, for the price of Pulse I think there is loads there and it's very good value. There is tons of game for the price. But then the official site lists all the teams as if standard, and has done from the European launch. And, of course, the in-game advertising implies the teams are all present and correct (this is unlike Pure which added th new team ads when the packs began to become available - a far cleaner way of doing it if the packs are being paid for). So it's easy to see how people would think the teams at least should be standard.
But then I think the biggest issue is simply the price. Yeah, some people expect content for free but I think, if these packs were a good bit cheaper, there would be far fewer complaints.
I did completed the Mirage Grid and seriously, I do really enjoyed the tracks and I AM getting next pack 2, when they become online.
stevie:)
I'm enjoying Vostok Reef and I love the visuals on that cave section. It's really nice. The layout feels really short but I quite like it. I could take or leave Edgewinter. That wavy section (that's in the trailer) looks great but actually doesn't really do anything and I find the visuals and layout a little dull when compared to the main bulk of the Pulse tracks.
I like better edgewinters layout coz no BS .. eer .. BRs
I'm sure the BR bas.. masters will find one soon enought but atm I'm enjoying it!
:sonar haha there is one on edgewinters !
I really don't like this. It's going to split up the already small online community...Quote:
Originally Posted by lunar
I knew that! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by KANDANG
so where is it?
guess ;)
ok, a wild guess:
over the small bump, before the magstrip, using the boost? :p
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i agree this is stupid its gonna screw it all up, I for one aint played pulse since i found out about the packs costing so much too pissed offQuote:
Originally Posted by PjotrStroganov
Well, last night I realized the packs were out. Reading all this made me think about it and I came out with bitter taste. I don’t have a card and because of that it will be a long time until I’ll be able to have them. Why all the quotes? Because under all the rage that spurred here, exists some common sense. The bitter part is that in all this the image of WO has to suffer especially in the eyes of the people that were just beginning to see wipeout for what it is. This people are lost and most certainly will drop wipeout as just a simple game or turn over to piracy. It is sad.
The same “cheap” price of the game, from some countries, becomes enormous (up to half of a monthly paycheck) in others but it would have been more fair play to ask for a bigger price for the game and let the packs free. I just can’t help not thinking that drug dealers do the same: first dose in on the house, second is cheap and then …..you are hooked up.
But just to see the funny part ….does Overtel corporation rings any bell? ;)
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well I believe this IS true. In fact I believe with this kind of attitude Sony is loosing more money then they actually win.Quote:
Originally Posted by BravePotato7
But I doubt it. I could bet most of the money are going into Sony’s pockets especially from the pack sales.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mobius
I believe this is going to bring the sales down even more. Some of my friends were planning to buy it and now thy changed their mindsQuote:
Originally Posted by supersocks
Ive had trouble adding my debit card to the Playstation Store, clearly they dont want my money :p
Too similar to Goteki ship from Pure, I prefer the original Mirage design. (another reason for don't download the pack).:naughtyQuote:
Originally Posted by Fascia
I know this is off topic, but...
Is There any other way to pay on the store other than with a credit card?
If so, how can i select other payment types? When i try to add funds it asks me a credit card number and no other options.
It's like this:
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/984...shot125db4.jpg
Image <50Kb
You don`t need a credit card even it`s written on it, now, it can be used Maestro, Solo and other two names which I can`t remember.
But, just click and you will see.
stevie:)
I think that may depend on your country, Stin. You could be right but I think debit cards only work in some places.