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By: Unscripted 360 » Episode #20 - EA’s John Doyle on NFS Carbon Content

Unscripted 360 » Episode #20 - EA’s John Doyle on NFS Carbon Content — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:56:11 +0000

[...] Welcome to Episode #20, a special edition show before I head out to the Lost Planet Summit. Coming up in the show is what you’ve all been emailing about…a sit down with John Doyle, Online Producer for Need for Speed Carbon. He took some time out to chat with me about the Premium Unlockable Content (PULC) that has the community in a frenzy. You remember PULC don’t you? [...]

By: nbafreak93

nbafreak93 — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:52:09 +0000

well, the collecctors edition upgrade was a good idea, the rest was bull shit

By: dpcough

dpcough — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:57:28 +0000

[quote comment="6963"]i think Duncan nailed it and it’s what i tried to bold in the post above…you DON’T have to buy these items as you can simply get them while playing the game…PULC, and dont’ confuse it with just Premium Content, is as idea i think aimed at the impatient player who wants all the stuff right now. sure it’s not available as a code and you have to play through the game, but still it’s available to you without having to purchase it.[/quote]

On current generation it is free, a free cheat code away.

By: nbafreak93

nbafreak93 — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:22:29 +0000

[quote comment="6979"][quote comment="6908"]I’m confused why people are upset by this… lots of games are selling extra content (Chromehounds, PGR3, LOTR, even Lego Star Wars II)… this seems to be *better* to me, because you can unlock it for *free* if you would rather…

So… instead of making all the extras cost $, they made them cost $ only if you are lazy/impatient

Maybe I’m missing something… I was ranting about micro-transactions the other day on http://on10.net/Blogs/duncan/microtransactions-xbox-gold-exclusives-and-your-money so it isn’t that I’m a big fan of that concept… it just seems like this PULC idea isn’t such a bad thing.[/quote]

People are just eager to bash EA and this just gives them another excuse (albeit, a weak one) to do so.

None of this content is required and all of it can be unlocked for free.

Welcome to the next gen.[/quote]problem is that current-gen users payt 20 bucks less and get this stuff as codes. Think, next EA will do something like require these upgrades because without them, u wont be able to beat the nexy level.

By: UNSCleric

UNSCleric — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:24:12 +0000

This doesn’t surprise me, and also doesn’t bother me. If people want to support a cancer to the gaming industry by buying these games, they deserved to be ripped off, same with PS3 buyers.

By: LosDaddie

LosDaddie — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:16:29 +0000

[quote comment="6908"]I’m confused why people are upset by this… lots of games are selling extra content (Chromehounds, PGR3, LOTR, even Lego Star Wars II)… this seems to be *better* to me, because you can unlock it for *free* if you would rather…

So… instead of making all the extras cost $, they made them cost $ only if you are lazy/impatient

People are just eager to bash EA and this just gives them another excuse (albeit, a weak one) to do so.

None of this content is required and all of it can be unlocked for free.

Welcome to the next gen.

By: DeaconBlade

DeaconBlade — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:07:28 +0000

i think Duncan nailed it and it’s what i tried to bold in the post above…you DON’T have to buy these items as you can simply get them while playing the game…PULC, and dont’ confuse it with just Premium Content, is as idea i think aimed at the impatient player who wants all the stuff right now. sure it’s not available as a code and you have to play through the game, but still it’s available to you without having to purchase it.

By: nbafreak93

nbafreak93 — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:53:13 +0000

So… instead of making all the extras cost $, they made them cost $ only if you are lazy/impatient

By: greekGeek718

greekGeek718 — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:27:21 +0000

I dont know whats worse, but this has got to be the worst idea ever! GamerAndy’s blog added up the content at about 50.00 US dollars. Noway in heck im paying over 100.00 to play need for speed carbon. Why MS lets EA do this is beyond me.

By: NFS Carbon Next Up With Premium Unlockable Content » Archive » Gaming Truth

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:14:15 +0000

[...] Here’s hoping companies start setting price points reasonably for stuff like this, because the world’s used to them being free. A low price is the only option. Unscripted 360 » NFS Carbon Premium Unlockable Content [...]

By: kmillard92

kmillard92 — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:35:26 +0000

Man…the forums are going crazy over this.

But I don’t really care, because I d/l the demo…and I didn’t like it.

By: D'Juan

D'Juan — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:32:45 +0000

Nicely done, Deac.

In case you aren’t aware of my personal views on PULC, I think that while it’s an interesting option to give consumers, it’s got to hurt the wallet/pride a bit to pay for content you could easily get by playing the game…

Oh, and Duncan – thanks for the link to my article in your microtransaction rant .