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[fireflame]

I generally buy games when they are discounted at -75%, i know that some people like to criticize this, but i try to save money when i buy games. One issue i have with DLCS is that whenever i see that a game is on sale, i feel i am going to loose an opportunity if i get tthe game while it does not benefit froma "GOTY" edition with all DLCS. For example, i would get Fallout 4 when it is discounted, but the story DLCS are not included yet.

When i discuss with people i realize that i am not the only one to do this and that people ooften wait for the goty edition because the dlc have the same price as the game itself(if you cpombine all of them). Somehow, even if i wanted, once in a while, to get a gamez at launch, i would refrain from doing so in fear of missing on valuable story DLCs.

Do you consider DLCS as an incentive to wait even more?

 

[Lupercal]

It do not.

 

[Gravy Boat]

I won't buy DLC until I know I like the base game enough. The last non-cosmetic DLC that I bought was The Old Hunters.

 

[WillySJ3]

Only dlc I buy are the big ones like Bloodborne's The Old Hunters and DS3's The Ringed City. I'm more into expansions than cheap crappy cash grabs dlc.

 

[MaKTaiL]

The best DLCs I've played so far were:

Undead Nightmare (RDR)
The Following (Dying Light)

I only buy DLCs that I think will be worth my money and for games that I really enjoy.

 

[Phatosaurus]

Nah, I'll only buy into a DLC if it genuinely looks good and I already like and still play the base game.

The Witcher 3's DLCs both released while i was still playing the game, the base game was amazing in my opinion and the DLC looked like my cup of tea.

Fallout 4's DLC didn't interest me and I'd already stopped playing it before they'd all came out.

 

[RaginRoss]

The only DLC i've really bothered with at all in recent memory was the Witcher 3 expansions, which were both absolutely fantastic, and the Mario Kart 8 / Smash Bros Wii U DLC which were also very good.

Outwith that, it just never really seems worth bothering with. Most single player DLC just doesn't feel important enough to pay money for.

On the multiplayer side all the games I play seem to be doing the free DLC supported by micro-transactions model.

 

[JPS Kai]

It's a case by case basis.

Fighting games I'll support day one for roster additions or new stages.

Bethesda games, I'll usually play at launch, finish them, then never come back for the DLC.

 

[bati]

Do you consider DLCS as an incentive to wait even more?

For some games, yes. I've been trying to get into Crusader Kings 2 for years now but Paradox keeps pushing out new dlcs and patches so I keep putting it off.

 

[ChoppedandScrewed]

A lot of times, I lose interest in a game by the time the DLC comes out, even if I originally loved it. I skipped Witcher 3: Blood and Wine and pretty much all of the Fallout 4 DLC because it came out long after I stopped playing the main game.

 

[Fbh]

Not really.
The truth is that I just don't care about DLC in the vast majority of games. For these past 2 console gens I've played a ton of games but purchased less than 10 dlc (with like half of them being for the souls games).


Games that generally motivate me to buy DLC are games I really like and I often will buy them ASAP. It's smarter to wait for the goty edition of the next FROM game but I just won't be able to resist buying it as soon as it's available

 

[Piers]

It should, but boredom towards a game over time always ends up taking precedence.
It's particularly a stinker with Bethesda games because there's already a lot to do, and new stuff to try on a fresh replay.

 

[formasymphonic]

I generally buy games when they are discounted at -75%, i know that some people like to criticize this, but i try to save money when i buy games. One issue i have with DLCS is that whenever i see that a game is on sale, i feel i am going to loose an opportunity if i get tthe game while it does not benefit froma "GOTY" edition with all DLCS. For example, i would get Fallout 4 when it is discounted, but the story DLCS are not included yet.

When i discuss with people i realize that i am not the only one to do this and that people ooften wait for the goty edition because the dlc have the same price as the game itself(if you cpombine all of them). Somehow, even if i wanted, once in a while, to get a gamez at launch, i would refrain from doing so in fear of missing on valuable story DLCs.

Do you consider DLCS as an incentive to wait even more?

The reason a lot of DLC are priced the way they are and rarely receive discounts is to recoup investment from players who only buy when the main game is discounted, (the rate at which a game's sale price degrades below $60, and people who trade/buy used are big fears for publishers). This is also part of the reason for the increase in microtransactions in games.

 

[CSJ]

I think a lot of DLC misses the mark, I can't be the only one. (As I now realise already people in this thread feel the same). I don't buy season passes, I selectively buy the one's that make sense to me.
When a dev creates dlc that is retroactively redundant it annoys me, but I can't enjoy something when I've finished the main game and they decide to add fluff, instead of a continuation of a story or side step.

Fallout 4, I feel the only one that was actually worth anything was Far Harbour.
The rest was like; "Could've been good in the actual game". Boring as fuck to go back and just play them alone.

I feel like they could sell more if they actually just fucking made content that takes place in a time-line that makes sense, you know? After you actually finish the game and then wonder, what's next?
I honestly feel like we're not getting any Mass Effect Andromeda DLC anymore, but even if we did; for the love of fuck please CONTINUE the story, like the

Spoiler

Quarian Ark

instead of adding some nonsense filler stuff that takes place in the middle of a story I already completed.

 

[Shifty]

I have zero expectations of any of kind DLC, so no. Waiting on it would be pointless.

I can't remember the last one I played that was legitimately worthwhile.

 

[Budi]

Not really, since most of the DLC we get I don't feel to be worth the money, or interesting at all. I prefer when the DLC makes me install and boot a great game again. And usually it's only story DLC that I consider being worth a damn.

 

[RPGam3r]

So I'm the opposite.

Buy games day one and buy most DLC the moment it comes out. Hell, I purchase season passes usually the moment they get announced with games I believe I'll like.

 

[watdaeff4]

Over the last couple of years I've bought a decent amount of DLC.

It's really hit or miss but I can generally expect to like From Software DLC (yes including DSIII's) and Forza related expansions (both MS and Horizon).

Most Ubisoft DLC I've bought is mediocre and not worth waiting for a GOTY edition. The FC4 Yeti DLC was the best I've bought from them.

The Arkham Knight season pass is still by biggest DLC mistake.

Now the only way I buy DLC is if 1) I trust the source (i.e. From or Turn 10/Playground) 2) I can get the game with the DLC bundled at a great price or 3) I love the base game and heard good things about the DLC

 

[lucebuce12]

It depends on the game and the DLC.

If it's a fighting game I think I'm going to enjoy then I'm usually there day-1, and buy all the character-based DLC as soon as it's available. The only exception to this is going to be MvC:I which I'm going to buy during Black Friday as I just can't buy another Capcpom game until I KNOW that it's good.

However for single player games, it comes down to how much I like them. Yakuza games = instant pre-order. But for a lot of series/games I tend to wait for at least a small discount and that includes any DLC they might have.

 

[Z3M0G]

I rarely bother with DLCs. This gen:

- Driveclub Season Pass because the game was amazing and the Season Pass was a fantastic deal. Got Bikes too because I really wanted to support this game.
- Destiny DLC up to TTK, because it was basically mandatory and I wanted to see the game improve.
- Dead or Alive costumes because reasons

 

[chrominance]

I realized a while ago that I almost never go back to play DLC expansions. I just realized I still have the Gravity Rush 2 free DLC expansion to play, and I loved that game. I have unplayed expansions going all the way back to Fallout: New Vegas at least, if not further.

So no, GOTY editions don't really factor into my purchase calculations very much anymore. Sometimes I'll even track down the non-GOTY version just to save a few bucks on stuff I probably won't ever play.

 

[Tik-Tok]

I don't know what attentism is.

 

[J_Viper]

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[bman94]

Depends on the game. If I feel that I can get the full experience without the DLC then it won't bother me much. Especially large games that are already massive, I don't need more content to justify price.