Download Packs

[stin]

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

[Fascia]

There's a pack a week for the next three weeks. Icaras is next.

Score it up!

[Alex_Se]

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

[leoalexus]

here, this is the file that contains the DLC
probs wont work
extract and put in PSP>GAME folder

[infoxicated]

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. :-

[DjManiac21]

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

[Fascia]

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)

[Rapier Racer]

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?

[Alex_Se]

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€)

[Dogg Thang]

You did well getting Pulse for €25. It cost me €35. Still a pretty good price though.

[MarcoM]

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.

[Task]

Jay - does that mean the general consensus (read: WTF IS GOIN ON, THIS IS CRAP) will deter the companies from charging for DLC, or will it encourage them to jack up the prices to make the profit they expected off the people who are prepared to pay?

Or does it mean companies will just refuse to create DLC for games?

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.

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!

please.. if you don't have a real explanation don't try to make one up..

most of this content was most likely already made.

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.

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.

[Intera]

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.

[Dogg Thang]

Task, the Mirage ship was all over promotionsl stills long before release. You're just speculating too.

[Lance]

Total speculation on my part ---> ...... uh, now I can't think of anything to say.

[rageagainstgeorge]

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.

[Fascia]

For those interested here are a few shots of the awesome looking mirage concept ship, enjoy .

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

[BARTgai]

*jaw drop*

[Alex_Se]

Oh... my... god!
It looks like Goteki on Pure!

[Ash-Omen]

looks kinda ugly lol, wat track is that in the bottom screenie? im guessing vorkos reef because i can see water reflecting