Gamers Protest Against The Last of Us Season Pass
Consumer dissent starting to grow.
E3 2012
Naughty Dog has announced a DLC Season Pass for its upcoming blockbuster action game, The Last of Us. This news hasn't exactly been met with very positive responses, with the studio pressured to explain why it has saved some single-player features post-release.
Naughty Dog explained the Season Pass on its website, which will allow players to pre-purchase three pieces of DLC that will launch after the game releases on June 14. Season Pass owners will also get a number of Day 1 bonuses - weapons and items that will make Joel and Ellie's post-apocalyptic journey a little bit easier, along with a 90-minute documentary.
"For the first time ever we’ll be offering single player DLC. The journey and cast of characters in The Last of Us lends itself to thorough narrative exploration and we’ve got more of the story to tell," Naughty Dog said in its blog post. "The two other DLC packs will feature multiplayer content in the form of additional multiplayer maps and other expansions."
But commenters were largely unimpressed. "That’s it, no day one. Maybe a year later with all the DLC and shit they want to scrap out of the game to rob the consumers. This industry deserves and needs a crash," reads one comment. Another reads, "What’s wrong with it is that all of this stuff could have been on the actual disc, instead of purchased separately.
"Behind the Scenes looks at the making of the games have been included on the Uncharted series for FREE, and now all of a sudden, ND decides that they should charge us separately for it. And there is no telling what story DLC they took out from the disc."
Of course, the fact that consumers are being vocal about this could be a knock-on effect of Microsoft's catastrophic messaging surrounding the Xbox One. Gamers have been enraged at the upcoming console's apparent ability to transform consumer's ownership rights and confusing stance on pre-owned content.
The tide is starting to turn. Consumers are beginning to ask questions and wonder whether practices that have been established this past generation (and being planned for the next) are really worth their time and money. Companies such as Microsoft and Sony should start to take these as warnings ahead of any next-gen feature announcements.
Naughty Dog explained the Season Pass on its website, which will allow players to pre-purchase three pieces of DLC that will launch after the game releases on June 14. Season Pass owners will also get a number of Day 1 bonuses - weapons and items that will make Joel and Ellie's post-apocalyptic journey a little bit easier, along with a 90-minute documentary.
"For the first time ever we’ll be offering single player DLC. The journey and cast of characters in The Last of Us lends itself to thorough narrative exploration and we’ve got more of the story to tell," Naughty Dog said in its blog post. "The two other DLC packs will feature multiplayer content in the form of additional multiplayer maps and other expansions."
But commenters were largely unimpressed. "That’s it, no day one. Maybe a year later with all the DLC and shit they want to scrap out of the game to rob the consumers. This industry deserves and needs a crash," reads one comment. Another reads, "What’s wrong with it is that all of this stuff could have been on the actual disc, instead of purchased separately.
"Behind the Scenes looks at the making of the games have been included on the Uncharted series for FREE, and now all of a sudden, ND decides that they should charge us separately for it. And there is no telling what story DLC they took out from the disc."
Of course, the fact that consumers are being vocal about this could be a knock-on effect of Microsoft's catastrophic messaging surrounding the Xbox One. Gamers have been enraged at the upcoming console's apparent ability to transform consumer's ownership rights and confusing stance on pre-owned content.
The tide is starting to turn. Consumers are beginning to ask questions and wonder whether practices that have been established this past generation (and being planned for the next) are really worth their time and money. Companies such as Microsoft and Sony should start to take these as warnings ahead of any next-gen feature announcements.
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Hadn't seen anything like this, 18 Jun 2013 11:19
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Seems you are trying to create a controversy based on some online bitching, but it has been almost no one saying this.