“All DLC is great. Games are getting shorter, DLC is keeping people engaged, it’s a profit deal. I don’t think it makes much difference how it’s delivered.” So says Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter who seems to put 'the profit deal' and gaming into a very precise perspective. Or does he?
Leading into this, he states firmly about on-disc DLC such as Capcom's much debated Street Fighter X vs Tekken, which is now under consideration by the company, that it is "Plain greed. It's a simple as that."
He fleshes this out stating, “The stuff on the disc... some gamers feel entitled to because they bought the disc so they should have a right to anything that’s on the disc, and that’s a dicey one. You actually do own the disc and I think theoretically, if you could crack the code on the DLC then you probably would be allowed to access it without paying.
“And I’m not even sure that’s stealing because you did, in fact, buy the disc. That’s about as close as you can get to legal piracy.”
It's possible that Mr P has not read any End User License Agreements (EULAs) ever. Standard practice is that the physical media is owned, the content remains under the ownership of the IP holder. Same as books, movies, music... in short, if you pay to get into a cinema... you are not paying to see all the movies on show.
Leading into this, he states firmly about on-disc DLC such as Capcom's much debated Street Fighter X vs Tekken, which is now under consideration by the company, that it is "Plain greed. It's a simple as that."
He fleshes this out stating, “The stuff on the disc... some gamers feel entitled to because they bought the disc so they should have a right to anything that’s on the disc, and that’s a dicey one. You actually do own the disc and I think theoretically, if you could crack the code on the DLC then you probably would be allowed to access it without paying.
“And I’m not even sure that’s stealing because you did, in fact, buy the disc. That’s about as close as you can get to legal piracy.”
It's possible that Mr P has not read any End User License Agreements (EULAs) ever. Standard practice is that the physical media is owned, the content remains under the ownership of the IP holder. Same as books, movies, music... in short, if you pay to get into a cinema... you are not paying to see all the movies on show.
Companies:
Capcom
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