EA charges FIFTY DOLLARS for locked NFS: Carbon content. THE AGE OF BOHICA IS UPON US

Mike G.E.D. · (11-02-2006, 08:12 AM)

Guess what: if you bought Need for Speed: Carbon today, you already have premium content waiting for you on Xbox Live Marketplace! Not only is there day one content available, but it's still on the disc waiting to be unlocked. But that's not all. You want to own all of this wonderful content that's already sitting on the very game disc you purchased? It's going to cost you an additional $50 in microtransactions. That's right, fifty ****ing dollars to UNLOCK game data.

Heres a list of the parts and items you can 'download' on Marketplace:

The Collectors Edition Upgrade - 800 Points
Performance Drivetrain Bundle - 400 Points
Performance Engine Boost Bundle - 400 Points
Performance Handling Bundle - 400 Points
Ultimate Performance Bundle - 800 Points
Muscle Car Autosculpt Body Kit - 300 Points
Autosculpt Tuner Body Kit - 300 Points
Autosculpt Exotic Body Kit - 300 Points
1999 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 - 80 Points
2004 Lamborghini Murcielago - 80 Points
2006 Dodge Viper SRT-10 - 80 Points

If you even THINK of buying this shit, I will bitch slap you.

Kabouter · (11-02-2006, 08:14 AM)

I love you next-gen.

Oichi · (11-02-2006, 08:14 AM)

LOL

Striek · (11-02-2006, 08:14 AM)

Hahahahaha, EA is entertaining.

linsivvi · (11-02-2006, 08:14 AM)

Are these options available in the other platforms?

unomas · (11-02-2006, 08:14 AM)

Unbelievable........

Amir0x · (11-02-2006, 08:14 AM)

That is the single worst thing I've heard related to gaming, without hyperbole, since the day Animal Crossing became a smashing success.

**** you, EA.

Matrix · (11-02-2006, 08:15 AM)

Awful

Blimblim · (11-02-2006, 08:15 AM)

SOLD!

Beatbox · (11-02-2006, 08:15 AM)

Slanging cheatcodes for cheddar. Dirty business.

Surreal · 08:20 AM

Hell yes! *buys everything* This is going to be a legendary thread.

linsivvi · (11-02-2006, 08:16 AM)

Originally Posted by Amir0x:

That is the single worst thing I've heard related to gaming, without hyperbole, since the day Animal Crossing became a smashing success.

**** you, EA.

Oh it can get worse. Imagine if Animal Crossing was released on the Xbox 360. It would take you $500 to buy all the furniture, flowers, inserts, fishes, fruits, clothes, whatever.

echoshifting · (11-02-2006, 08:16 AM)

I would like to welcome the acronym FUBAR back into my internet lingo! If this marketplace bullshit continues I am going to have many opportunities to use it.

Christ, I don't even own a 360 and I'm pissed off. These are the new dark days of gaming.

Odrion · (11-02-2006, 08:16 AM)

Is the content on the other consoles for free?

Amir0x · (11-02-2006, 08:16 AM)

Originally Posted by linsivvi:

Oh it can get worse. Imagine if Animal Crossing was released on the Xbox 360. It would take you $500 to buy all the furniture, flowers, inserts, fishes, fruits, clothes, whatever.

what the hell, i have to go to sleep soon. do you want me to have a nightmare?

unomas · (11-02-2006, 08:16 AM)

It would be nice if they would release sales data on these microtransactions in the future. I'd love to know how many people spent money on stuff like this.

linsivvi · (11-02-2006, 08:17 AM)

Originally Posted by Amir0x:

what the hell, i have to go to sleep soon. do you want me to have a nightmare?

Zelda:TP no waggle upgrade $25

duckroll · (11-02-2006, 08:17 AM)

Originally Posted by linsivvi:

Oh it can get worse. Imagine if Animal Crossing was released on the Xbox 360. It would take you $500 to buy all the furniture, flowers, inserts, fishes, fruits, clothes, whatever.

Did someone just say Viva Pinata?

Grayman · (11-02-2006, 08:18 AM)

so retarded. I bet those upgrades help a lot in online racing too. gg EA. You took the hobby where having more money didn't make you win and turned that around.

Bad_Boy · (11-02-2006, 08:18 AM)

mood · (11-02-2006, 08:18 AM)

Originally Posted by unomas:

It would be nice if they would release sales data on these microtransactions in the future. I'd love to know how many people spent money on stuff like this.

We'll know when EA flaunts the numbers in their sales reports.

Aristotlekh · 08:23 AM

This really is - also without hyperbole - the most disgusting thing I've seen in years and years of gaming. Worse things have probably happened, mind you, but this sickens me more than anything else I can think of. Just terrible. Makes the Oblivion horse armor fiasco sound like a cool little extra I might actually think about getting in comparison. Holy shit.

Edit - animal crossing is a great game wtf

black_13 · (11-02-2006, 08:19 AM)

I think these are all included in the premium version of the game. And the other versions of the game on other platforms include them also in the premium version.

So you can buy the Limited Edition for $10 more I believe or get the basic one and buy these later.

EA ain't using any lube on 360 owners. It's straight up the ass.

echoshifting · (11-02-2006, 08:19 AM)

Seriously...EA? **** YOU. Microsoft? Regulate the ****ing marketplace. None of this 'it's about choice' dodgy bullshit. Get the **** in there and square this shit.

DCharlie · (11-02-2006, 08:19 AM)

god damn, we will NOT bitch about this on the gafcast...

Fusebox · (11-02-2006, 08:20 AM)

Muscle Car Autosculpt Body Kit - 300 Points
Autosculpt Tuner Body Kit - 300 Points
Autosculpt Exotic Body Kit - 300 Points

Wait, can we not autosculpt in the 360 version until we buy these?? o.O

Grayman · (11-02-2006, 08:20 AM)

Originally Posted by black_13:

I think these are all included in the premium version of the game. And the other versions of the game on other platforms include them also in the premium version.

So you can buy the Limited Edition for $10 more I believe or get the basic one and buy these later.

EA ain't using any lube on 360 owners. It's straight up the ass.

sandpaper for lube

TheCardPlayer · (11-02-2006, 08:20 AM)

I think all of this is unlockable for free. You just pay to get it earlier.

Nameless · (11-02-2006, 08:21 AM)

$110 Dollars for a need for speed game..

buckfutter · (11-02-2006, 08:22 AM)

Downgrade megaton diminishing returns am cry.

But seriously, EA sucks. And quite frankly, I don't think they should allow game content to be sold on the marketplace that was finished at the same time the game was. Or rather I think people should be less retarded and stop buying it, but that may be asking too much.

kevm3 · (11-02-2006, 08:22 AM)

This is pretty disgusting. Extracting content that should be in the regular game and selling it for the price of a WHOLE OTHER game is insane.

JonathanEx · (11-02-2006, 08:23 AM)

****. YOU. EA.

ram · (11-02-2006, 08:23 AM)

Originally Posted by echoshifting:

These are the new dark days of gaming.

completly agree, i am not surprised, that some giant like ea rape such a cool idea (download content) to death. but ssadly, most people wont car and buy thet shit anyway, i`ll imagine next weeks uk sales headline:

UK: NFS: Carbon Xbox360 fastest seeling Xbox360 game.

Edwood · (11-02-2006, 08:23 AM)

EA has some shit they try to pass of as games.

Makes the decision not to buy easy for me.

-Ed

Jcgamer60 · (11-02-2006, 08:23 AM)

That is absolutley ridiculous!

Kabouter · (11-02-2006, 08:24 AM)

Originally Posted by linsivvi:

Oh it can get worse. Imagine if Animal Crossing was released on the Xbox 360. It would take you $500 to buy all the furniture, flowers, inserts, fishes, fruits, clothes, whatever.

Error · (11-02-2006, 08:24 AM)

this company needs go bankrupt or something

ridiculous.

TheCardPlayer · (11-02-2006, 08:25 AM)

I confirm that most of these are free in the game but locked. You just buy them online if you don't feel like unlocking them.

Nameless · (11-02-2006, 08:25 AM)

I can't wait to see what they do when "The Sims" franchise comes to the 360. They'll probably incorporate a system where game money=real money. So that designer lamp for my Sim-room will REALLY cost $35!!

Chris Remo · (11-02-2006, 08:26 AM)

Originally Posted by Pedobear:

I think all of this is unlockable for free. You just pay to get it earlier.

Some of the stuff isn't unlockable for free, including everything in the Collector's pack.

Joe Molotov · (11-02-2006, 08:26 AM)

Xbox Live Marketplace. Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

Aaron · (11-02-2006, 08:26 AM)

Buy a crap game, get what you deserve. EA will probably make easy money off of this though.

echoshifting · (11-02-2006, 08:27 AM)

Originally Posted by Pedobear:

I confirm that most of these are free in the game but locked. You just buy them online if you don't feel like unlocking them.

How did you confirm this? Link please.

TheCardPlayer · (11-02-2006, 08:28 AM)

Originally Posted by Chris Remo:

Some of the stuff isn't unlockable for free, including everything in the Collector's pack.

Most of it is unlockable. The important stuff anyway.

Chris Remo · (11-02-2006, 08:28 AM)

Originally Posted by Nameless:

I can't wait to see what they do when "The Sims" franchise comes to the 360. They'll probably incorporate a system where game money=real money. So that designer lamp for my Sim-room will REALLY cost $35!!

You can already buy in-game money using real money in The Godfather on 360.

Sephon · (11-02-2006, 08:28 AM)

This is insane. EA FTL!

I hope people don't start to compare this to other outrageous stuff of XBLM, 'cause then we're in their control. As someone mentioned

Quote:

Makes the Oblivion horse armor fiasco sound like a cool little extra I might actually think about getting in comparison

**** NO!
XBLM is just ripping us new holes. MS should regulate this more, and set a standard for pricing.
If they do, the pricey stuff will go down (Unless we, the users, already buy everything)

Personally I haven't bought anything except XBLA-games.

byproduct · (11-02-2006, 08:28 AM)

So how much does the stuff cost that isn't unlockable for free?

TheCardPlayer · (11-02-2006, 08:29 AM)

Originally Posted by echoshifting:

How did you confirm this? Link please.

Look in the game. The Dodge Viper is there. The Lambo is there. You just gotta win some territories to get them. Or pay up and get them at the start.

Chris Remo · (11-02-2006, 08:30 AM)

Originally Posted by Pedobear:

Most of it is unlockable. The important stuff anyway.

Okay, and like I said, some of it isn't, like the stuff in the Collector's pack.

Borys · (11-02-2006, 08:31 AM)

SAY NO TO MICRORAPEMENTS
SAY NO TO MICRORAPEMENTS
SAY NO TO MICRORAPEMENTS