BioShock 2 DLC Already on Disc
It looks as though a certain downloadable content trend is continually trucking along. The trend of “DLC Already on the Disc,” is one that many gamers do not like. But that has not stopped developers from doing it, unfortunately.
Members of the 2K Forum have uncovered something sinister in 2K Games’ DLC model. The company’s latest big hit, BioShock 2, recently received DLC on Thursday (for PSN users). The members of the forum suspected “unlocking content,” and not “downloading content.” What this means is that DLC that is available online for a price is already on the disc. When you purchase it, it becomes unlocked.
BioShock 2 Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack is in fact this “unlockable content.” The size of the DLC confirms it, at a mere 24.00KB on PC, and 103KB on PS3.
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14 Responses to “BioShock 2 DLC Already on Disc”
Well that just chaps my hide.
I bought the DLC…noticed it was 103kb…figured the content came in a patch, but to my surprise I loaded the game and was not prompted for a patch install. Sad what gaming has come to these days…as if our $60 wasn’t enough.
Simple, easy money because too many gamers will buy the DLC. Resident Evil 5 original edition did the same for the Versus mode. Don’t be surprised more games will start to do this. It’s a cheap scheme.
This kind of thing is stupid. Spend the extra time and just build it into the game damn it. Gamers will be more than willing to buy DLC that comes out later that adds substantial play to the game, much like Borderlands has done. They expanded the game and have made it worth keeping an eye on. Granted it seems like they have turned it into a WoW model, but at least they have ACTUAL substance to add. Not a stupid unlock that could have been given to us with the original 60 bones we already pay.
Funny I thought April Fool’s was next month! Wait? You mean this isn’t a clever joke? Wow I can’t believe 2K would actually go ahead and do such a dick move. They can be scewed if they think I’m going anywhere near this DLC now.
On the disc already, good I reckon we find a way to hack the disc to get the content for free, f**k 2K they’ve lost me now I don’t care how good the Bioshock series is, if they make a third game they’ve lost a sale from me now.
Well content whether for the original or dlc is created as part of a multi staged process ie one team starts the work then passes it on to the next then they do their part and pass it on again etc. Youre not going to have coders sitting their twiddling their thumbs while the game is being alpha/beta tested by another team (and you wont need to have the whole coding team perform mods as per feedback from testing). So it’s entirely plausible that the “dlc” on the disk was created after the original content but finished in time to be printed on the physical disk.
The benefit of doing this? The publisher/developers get charged less bandwidth fees from Sony/Microsoft who host their content. To me that sounds like smart business.
Of course if they are doing dlc at the same time as the original content then thats just balls.
uioppoiu got it right.
It’s the ps3′s development model that encourages this: http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/57760
If the model were more like the itunes model (70/30), this just wouldn’t happen.
The model works fine if your game isn’t graphics/cutscene intensive, but if it’s something like Bioshock, then unlockable is the only thing that makes sense. They lose money if it’s truly downloadable.
I don’t like it. But saying the dev’s the only one who’s being a jerk here is disingenuous.
BEHOLD THE POWER OF THE BLURAY FORMAT!! So capacious, it stores content that hasn’t even been created yet!
This really sucks, you people should just be happy with what u got in the original game, dont buy the DLC
if your dlc takes kb of memory then this content is already on the disc & u just bought an unlock key
The only dlc I bought was when I downloaded Burnout Paradise. I got the whole package for $30 and each dlc was 100kb. After noticing that I decided not to buy another dlc, unless if its for certain games like uncharted or God of war
I bought the disc but there’s NO WAY IN HELL I’ll buy the “dlc”. It’s horse shit and it’s ethically inappropriate as far as how a business should conduct itself. It wouldn’t surprise me if I read about someone taking it up with the Better Business Bureau or the like.
people need to stop buying the add-ons already on the disc so developers will turn away from it.
wow, really glad I didn’t buy this… frankly I wasn’t interested anyway when it appeared there were no new maps, but just new powers and costumes. oddly enough another game published by 2k has done the best dlc ever (and for some reason is never posted on this site), Borderlands. The recently released Secret Armory of General Knoxx is hands down the best DLC I have ever played. And damn, I bought a lot of this crap. Thank you Gearbox.